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 $59.85B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 2.12 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
- 2026-08-14
- Short Volume
- 3.1M
- Total Volume
- 7.5M
- Short %
- 40.48%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 46.82%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $35.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 25.4K | 49.4K | 27.4% | $0.27 | $0.28 |
| CALL | $37.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 14.0K | 38.8K | 27.4% | $0.11 | $0.12 |
| CALL | $36.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 13.5K | 51.3K | 26.6% | $0.36 | $0.37 |
Top 3 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 Aug 14, 2026, iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) short volume is 3.1M shares against 7.5M total reported volume, or 40.48% 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.