SLV Short Volume
iShares Silver Trust (SLV) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $28.30B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.88 to the broader market. The iShares Silver Trust is designed to broadly replicate the market price movements of silver. public since 2006-04-28.
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
- 2.8M
- Total Volume
- 5.4M
- Short %
- 50.92%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 51.84%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for iShares Silver Trust.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
SLV most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $60.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 28.4K | 37.9K | 44.8% | $0.35 | $0.37 |
Top 1 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked SLV short volume questions
- What is the daily SLV short volume?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, iShares Silver Trust (SLV) short volume is 2.8M shares against 5.4M total reported volume, or 50.92% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is SLV 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 SLV 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.