PFF Short Volume
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF (PFF) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Bonds industry, with a market capitalization near $12.75B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 0.97 to the broader market. The iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF is designed to replicate the investment outcomes of a benchmark, which is made up of preferred shares and hybrid securities priced exclusively in U. public since 2007-03-30.
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
- 987.0K
- Total Volume
- 2.3M
- Short %
- 43.35%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 41.23%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
PFF most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $30.00 | Apr 16, 2027 | 3 | 232 | 645.7% | $0.95 | $2.60 |
| PUT | $28.00 | Apr 16, 2027 | 5 | 176 | 277.6% | $0.05 | $0.80 |
Top 2 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked PFF short volume questions
- What is the daily PFF short volume?
- As of Sep 30, 2026, iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF (PFF) short volume is 987.0K shares against 2.3M total reported volume, or 43.35% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is PFF 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 PFF 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.