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 $41.97B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 2.40 to the broader market. Providing exposure to long-term government debt, the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF aims to replicate the performance of an index. 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
- 2026-08-21
- Short Volume
- 6.2M
- Total Volume
- 10.3M
- Short %
- 60.73%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 55.44%
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 | $81.00 | Sep 18, 2026 | 67.6K | 133.8K | 11.1% | $0.61 | $0.63 |
| PUT | $80.00 | Sep 18, 2026 | 67.3K | 66.4K | 11.5% | $0.34 | $0.35 |
| PUT | $83.00 | Sep 18, 2026 | 30.2K | 78.1K | 10.8% | $1.67 | $1.69 |
| PUT | $82.00 | Sep 18, 2026 | 25.9K | 129.8K | 10.8% | $1.04 | $1.06 |
| CALL | $85.00 | Sep 18, 2026 | 24.9K | 84.9K | 11.7% | $0.14 | $0.15 |
| PUT | $82.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 20.8K | 23.2K | 11.1% | $1.50 | $1.52 |
| CALL | $83.00 | Sep 18, 2026 | 17.5K | 76.1K | 10.8% | $0.51 | $0.52 |
Top 7 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 Aug 21, 2026, iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) short volume is 6.2M shares against 10.3M total reported volume, or 60.73% 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.