EWZ Short Volume
iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $8.60B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.92 to the broader market. iShares, Inc. public since 2000-07-10.
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
- 2026-10-14
- Short Volume
- 14.3M
- Total Volume
- 22.2M
- Short %
- 64.57%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 58.12%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for iShares MSCI Brazil ETF.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
EWZ most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $37.00 | Nov 20, 2026 | 102.4K | 119.1K | 55.0% | $0.81 | $0.82 |
| CALL | $50.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 33.6K | 386.7K | 37.1% | $0.40 | $0.44 |
| CALL | $48.00 | Nov 20, 2026 | 32.2K | 45.0K | 37.7% | $0.46 | $0.48 |
| CALL | $47.00 | Jan 15, 2027 | 30.6K | 51.8K | 34.8% | $1.24 | $1.30 |
| CALL | $54.00 | Jan 15, 2027 | 30.5K | 54.4K | 33.1% | $0.22 | $0.27 |
Top 5 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked EWZ short volume questions
- What is the daily EWZ short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ) short volume is 14.3M shares against 22.2M total reported volume, or 64.57% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is EWZ 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 EWZ 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.