HYG Short Volume
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Bonds industry, with a market capitalization near $17.60B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.67 to the broader market. The iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF aims to replicate the performance of a specific market benchmark. public since 2007-04-11.
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
- 2026-10-15
- Short Volume
- 23.9M
- Total Volume
- 44.6M
- Short %
- 53.58%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 55.72%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
HYG most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $75.00 | Feb 19, 2027 | 210.0K | 98.5K | 7.7% | $0.76 | $0.89 |
| PUT | $75.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 204.4K | 772.1K | 8.7% | $0.52 | $0.57 |
| PUT | $75.00 | Nov 20, 2026 | 63.0K | 233.9K | 9.4% | $0.24 | $0.28 |
| PUT | $77.00 | Nov 20, 2026 | 58.1K | 312.6K | 5.9% | $0.73 | $0.79 |
| PUT | $70.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 50.1K | 113.2K | 11.0% | $0.12 | $0.14 |
| PUT | $75.00 | Mar 19, 2027 | 40.0K | 18.3K | 7.4% | $0.60 | $1.46 |
| CALL | $77.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 38.8K | 51.8K | 6.4% | $0.07 | $0.10 |
| PUT | $77.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 32.9K | 248.5K | 6.4% | $0.24 | $0.26 |
| PUT | $76.00 | Nov 20, 2026 | 26.4K | 205.7K | 7.7% | $0.40 | $0.46 |
Top 9 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked HYG short volume questions
- What is the daily HYG short volume?
- As of Oct 15, 2026, iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) short volume is 23.9M shares against 44.6M total reported volume, or 53.58% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is HYG 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 HYG 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.