NPFD Short Volume

Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund (NPFD) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Income industry, with a market capitalization near $458.6M, listed on NYSE, carrying a beta of 0.74 to the broader market. Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund operates as a closed-end management investment company. Led by David Jsoseph Lamb, public since 2021-12-16.

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

2026-06-01

Short Volume

15.4K

Total Volume

33.0K

Short %

46.71%

30-Day Avg Short %

37.66%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund.

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Frequently asked NPFD short volume questions

What is the daily NPFD short volume?

As of Jun 1, 2026, Nuveen Variable Rate Preferred & Income Fund (NPFD) short volume is 15.4K shares against 33.0K total reported volume, or 46.71% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.

How is NPFD 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 NPFD 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.