Defiance Oil Enhanced Options Income ETF (NASDAQ:USOY) Short Interest Up 102.4% in August

Posted by Joseph Casey on Aug 30th, 2026

Defiance Oil Enhanced Options Income ETF (NASDAQ:USOY – Get Free Report) saw a significant increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 156,635 shares, an increase of 102.4% from the July 30th total of 77,388 shares. Approximately 1.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 338,464 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.5 days.

Defiance Oil Enhanced Options Income ETF Stock Down 0.3%

Shares of NASDAQ USOY opened at $6.93 on Friday. Defiance Oil Enhanced Options Income ETF has a 12-month low of $6.35 and a 12-month high of $9.58. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $6.98 and its two-hundred day moving average is $7.76.

Defiance Oil Enhanced Options Income ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 28th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 27th were paid a $0.0589 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, August 27th.

Defiance Oil Enhanced Options Income ETF Company Profile

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The Defiance Oil Enhanced Options Income ETF (USOY) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in crude oil commodities. The fund is an actively managed fund that employs a put options strategy that emphasizes current income while providing exposure to the price of United States Oil Fund (USO). The underlying fund holds short-term futures contracts on WTI crude oil. USOY was launched on May 9, 2024 and is issued by Defiance.