VXZ Short Volume
iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN (VXZ) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $34.1M, listed on CBOE, employing roughly 93,000 people, carrying a beta of -0.97 to the broader market. These iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETNs are structured to track the S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures Index Total Return. public since 2018-01-17.
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
- 5.9K
- Total Volume
- 13.8K
- Short %
- 43.03%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 41.63%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN.
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Frequently asked VXZ short volume questions
- What is the daily VXZ short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN (VXZ) short volume is 5.9K shares against 13.8K total reported volume, or 43.03% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is VXZ 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 VXZ 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.