VRAI Short Volume
Virtus Real Asset Income ETF (VRAI) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $17.9M, listed on AMEX, employing roughly 58 people, carrying a beta of 0.54 to the broader market. Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest not less than 80% of its assets in component securities of the underlying index. Led by John F. Abbey, public since 2019-02-08.
Short volume measures the number of shares sold short on a given day as reported by FINRA. Tracking short volume relative to total volume helps identify unusual bearish sentiment or short-squeeze potential.
- Latest Date
- 2026-07-15
- Short Volume
- 89
- Total Volume
- 106
- Short %
- 83.96%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 34.22%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Virtus Real Asset Income ETF.
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Frequently asked VRAI short volume questions
- What is the daily VRAI short volume?
- As of Jul 15, 2026, Virtus Real Asset Income ETF (VRAI) short volume is 89 shares against 106 total reported volume, or 83.96% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is VRAI short volume reported?
- FINRA publishes the Daily Short Sale Volume File for trades reported to FINRA TRFs and the FINRA/Nasdaq ADF on a T+1 basis. The headline figure is the count of shares that printed at the short-sale or short-exempt tick across all reporting venues for the symbol; each exchange separately publishes its own daily short-sale data file.
- What does VRAI short volume tell options traders?
- Daily short-sale flow is one input that helps disambiguate dealer-hedging activity from directional bear flow when the chain shows fresh customer call inventory. It is not a clean MM-only proxy: the headline number mixes directional shorting, options-MM delta-hedging, ETF-creation arbitrage, and convertible-arb hedging. Cross-check against gamma-exposure and OI changes for a cleaner read.