AEF Short Volume
abrdn Emerging Markets ex-China Fund, Inc. (AEF) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Income industry, with a market capitalization near $385.3M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.05 to the broader market. The Abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund Inc, managed by Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited, functions as a closed-end balanced mutual fund. Led by Hugh Young, public since 1989-09-26.
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
- 2026-08-28
- Short Volume
- 8.6K
- Total Volume
- 31.0K
- Short %
- 27.77%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 40.79%
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Frequently asked AEF short volume questions
- What is the daily AEF short volume?
- As of Aug 28, 2026, abrdn Emerging Markets ex-China Fund, Inc. (AEF) short volume is 8.6K shares against 31.0K total reported volume, or 27.77% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is AEF 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 AEF 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.