ZSL Short Volume

ProShares - UltraShort Silver (ZSL) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Leveraged industry, with a market capitalization near $5.7M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of -0.90 to the broader market. The ProShares UltraShort Silver fund aims to deliver daily investment returns that effectively track twice the inverse (-2x) of the Bloomberg Silver SubindexSM's daily performance. public since 2008-12-03.

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
2026-06-30
Short Volume
212.5K
Total Volume
656.1K
Short %
32.38%
30-Day Avg Short %
32.55%

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Frequently asked ZSL short volume questions

What is the daily ZSL short volume?
As of Jun 30, 2026, ProShares - UltraShort Silver (ZSL) short volume is 212.5K shares against 656.1K total reported volume, or 32.38% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is ZSL 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 ZSL 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.