WUGI Short Volume
AXS Esoterica NextG Economy ETF (WUGI) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $35.5M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 1.52 to the broader market. This actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) typically allocates a minimum of 80% of its total capital, under normal market conditions, to a selection of both domestic and international equity securities. public since 2020-03-31.
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
- 2026-07-16
- Short Volume
- 4
- Total Volume
- 138
- Short %
- 2.90%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 24.28%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for AXS Esoterica NextG Economy ETF.
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Frequently asked WUGI short volume questions
- What is the daily WUGI short volume?
- As of Jul 16, 2026, AXS Esoterica NextG Economy ETF (WUGI) short volume is 4 shares against 138 total reported volume, or 2.90% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is WUGI 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 WUGI 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.