IBIT Short Volume
iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Cryptocurrency industry, with a market capitalization near $78.94B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 2.18 to the broader market. The iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF is engineered to generally replicate the market price performance of Bitcoin. Led by Shannon Ghia, public since 2024-01-11.
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
- 2026-09-30
- Short Volume
- 5.7M
- Total Volume
- 11.2M
- Short %
- 51.22%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 50.89%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
IBIT most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $52.00 | Nov 20, 2026 | 30.0K | 10.6K | 36.2% | $1.07 | $1.09 |
| CALL | $53.00 | Nov 20, 2026 | 27.4K | 9.4K | 36.4% | $0.86 | $0.88 |
| CALL | $50.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 26.3K | 49.3K | 36.9% | $0.58 | $0.59 |
| CALL | $55.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 25.3K | 54.2K | 38.5% | $1.15 | $1.18 |
| CALL | $65.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 20.9K | 26.2K | 42.5% | $0.29 | $0.31 |
| PUT | $35.00 | Jan 15, 2027 | 20.0K | 45.6K | 45.9% | $0.46 | $0.48 |
Top 6 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked IBIT short volume questions
- What is the daily IBIT short volume?
- As of Sep 30, 2026, iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) short volume is 5.7M shares against 11.2M total reported volume, or 51.22% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is IBIT 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 IBIT 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.