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 $13.03B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 0.95 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
- 2026-06-30
- Short Volume
- 726.9K
- Total Volume
- 1.6M
- Short %
- 46.62%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 52.34%
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 | $33.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 0 | 1.1K | 955.0% | $2.00 | $3.20 |
| PUT | $34.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 0 | 133 | 955.0% | $2.90 | $4.10 |
| PUT | $32.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 0 | 174 | 949.6% | $1.00 | $1.95 |
| PUT | $31.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 0 | 1.2K | 794.3% | $0.30 | $0.95 |
Top 4 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 Jun 30, 2026, iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF (PFF) short volume is 726.9K shares against 1.6M total reported volume, or 46.62% 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.