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 $33.13B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.34 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
- 2026-08-14
- Short Volume
- 8.8M
- Total Volume
- 14.1M
- Short %
- 62.46%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 52.49%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $104.00 | Nov 20, 2026 | 20.0K | 1.1K | 7.6% | $0.83 | $0.96 |
| CALL | $107.50 | Aug 28, 2026 | 18.3K | 1.7K | 5.0% | $0.03 | $0.06 |
| PUT | $104.00 | Aug 28, 2026 | 17.3K | 650 | 8.4% | $0.05 | $0.12 |
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 LQD short volume questions
- What is the daily LQD short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) short volume is 8.8M shares against 14.1M total reported volume, or 62.46% 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.