LQD Short Volume
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Bonds industry, with a market capitalization near $29.80B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.33 to the broader market. This exchange-traded fund (ETF) is engineered to closely mirror the financial 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
- 2026-06-30
- Short Volume
- 9.9M
- Total Volume
- 14.8M
- Short %
- 67.13%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 69.58%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
LQD most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $110.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 410 | 88.1K | 5.1% | $0.35 | $0.39 |
| PUT | $108.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 0 | 39.2K | 5.4% | $0.17 | $0.21 |
| CALL | $109.00 | Jul 2, 2026 | 1.0K | 1.8K | 297.5% | $0.16 | $0.22 |
| PUT | $109.00 | Jul 2, 2026 | 93 | 4.2K | 297.5% | $0.29 | $0.33 |
| PUT | $109.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 0 | 24.1K | 4.8% | $0.49 | $0.54 |
| PUT | $109.00 | Jul 2, 2026 | 93 | 4.2K | 297.5% | $0.29 | $0.33 |
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 LQD short volume questions
- What is the daily LQD short volume?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) short volume is 9.9M shares against 14.8M total reported volume, or 67.13% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is LQD 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 LQD 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.