PCQ Short Volume
PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund (PCQ) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Income industry, with a market capitalization near $501.3M, listed on NYSE, carrying a beta of 0.40 to the broader market. The PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund, structured as a closed-end mutual fund primarily focused on fixed-income investments, operates under the management of Allianz Global Investors Fund Management LLC. Led by David Hammer, public since 2001-06-27.
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
- 24.7K
- Total Volume
- 63.6K
- Short %
- 38.84%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 39.91%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund.
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Frequently asked PCQ short volume questions
- What is the daily PCQ short volume?
- As of Jul 16, 2026, PIMCO California Municipal Income Fund (PCQ) short volume is 24.7K shares against 63.6K total reported volume, or 38.84% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is PCQ 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 PCQ 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.