XVAZ Short Volume
FT Vest AMZN & Target Income ETF (XVAZ) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $1.5M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 0.00 to the broader market. Under normal market conditions, the fund will pursue its investment objectives by investing primarily in a portfolio of common stock and options contracts, including standardized listed options and/or FLexible EXchange options that utilize the common stock of Amazon. public since 2026-09-22.
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
- 2026-10-15
- Short Volume
- 411
- Total Volume
- 3.5K
- Short %
- 11.64%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 58.10%
Showing 16 days of FINRA short volume data for FT Vest AMZN & Target Income ETF.
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Frequently asked XVAZ short volume questions
- What is the daily XVAZ short volume?
- As of Oct 15, 2026, FT Vest AMZN & Target Income ETF (XVAZ) short volume is 411 shares against 3.5K total reported volume, or 11.64% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is XVAZ 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 XVAZ 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.