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 $17.21B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.66 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
- 2026-08-14
- Short Volume
- 3.6M
- Total Volume
- 8.3M
- Short %
- 43.56%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 49.49%
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 | $79.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 66.0K | 100.2K | 5.0% | $0.43 | $0.50 |
| PUT | $75.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 45.6K | 51.1K | 6.9% | $0.09 | $0.11 |
| PUT | $79.00 | Sep 18, 2026 | 31.5K | 348.0K | 4.5% | $0.20 | $0.22 |
| PUT | $78.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 27.0K | 31.7K | 6.6% | $0.64 | $0.93 |
| PUT | $75.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 24.4K | 598.1K | 8.8% | $0.22 | $0.36 |
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 HYG short volume questions
- What is the daily HYG short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) short volume is 3.6M shares against 8.3M total reported volume, or 43.56% 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.