VXX Short Volume
iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $434.4M, listed on CBOE, employing roughly 93,000 people, carrying a beta of -1.96 to the broader market. These iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETNs are unsecured debt instruments, issued by Barclays Bank PLC. public since 2018-01-19.
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
- 2026-08-14
- Short Volume
- 942.2K
- Total Volume
- 1.8M
- Short %
- 53.01%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 39.84%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
VXX most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $19.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 2.5K | 234 | 30.2% | $0.51 | $0.55 |
Top 1 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked VXX short volume questions
- What is the daily VXX short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX) short volume is 942.2K shares against 1.8M total reported volume, or 53.01% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is VXX 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 VXX 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.