REM Short Volume
iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF (REM) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $556.5M, listed on CBOE, carrying a beta of 1.02 to the broader market. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the FTSE NAREIT Mortgage REITs Index. public since 2007-05-01.
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
- 73.1K
- Total Volume
- 158.7K
- Short %
- 46.06%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 46.33%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
REM most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $23.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 0 | 615 | 792.3% | $0.80 | $1.45 |
| CALL | $22.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 1 | 899 | 485.6% | $0.35 | $0.50 |
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 REM short volume questions
- What is the daily REM short volume?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF (REM) short volume is 73.1K shares against 158.7K total reported volume, or 46.06% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is REM 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 REM 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.