IEF Short Volume
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Bonds industry, with a market capitalization near $45.36B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 1.16 to the broader market. The iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF, known by its ticker IEF, is designed to mirror the investment performance of an underlying index. public since 2002-07-30.
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
- 2.6M
- Total Volume
- 6.4M
- Short %
- 40.29%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 52.85%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
IEF most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $91.00 | Oct 30, 2026 | 30.1K | 30.5K | 8.5% | $0.22 | $0.25 |
| PUT | $86.00 | Jan 21, 2028 | 30.0K | 6.8K | 8.1% | $1.40 | $1.53 |
| PUT | $89.00 | Nov 20, 2026 | 25.0K | 34.8K | 8.3% | $1.00 | $1.05 |
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 IEF short volume questions
- What is the daily IEF short volume?
- As of Sep 30, 2026, iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF) short volume is 2.6M shares against 6.4M total reported volume, or 40.29% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is IEF 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 IEF 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.