TLT Short Volume
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Bonds industry, with a market capitalization near $41.81B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 2.37 to the broader market. The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U. 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
- 2026-05-19
- Short Volume
- 7.8M
- Total Volume
- 13.1M
- Short %
- 59.30%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 57.44%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
TLT most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $76.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 35.1K | 675 | 17.4% | $0.22 | $0.23 |
| PUT | $80.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 26.3K | 17.8K | 14.2% | $0.60 | $0.62 |
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 TLT short volume questions
- What is the daily TLT short volume?
- As of May 19, 2026, iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) short volume is 7.8M shares against 13.1M total reported volume, or 59.30% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is TLT 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 TLT 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.