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 $39.07B, 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
- 2026-10-06
- Short Volume
- 5.6M
- Total Volume
- 12.7M
- Short %
- 44.16%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 56.53%
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 | $84.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 26.6K | 11.5K | 19.2% | $6.60 | $6.80 |
| PUT | $82.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 17.8K | 17.1K | 17.3% | $4.60 | $4.75 |
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 Oct 6, 2026, iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) short volume is 5.6M shares against 12.7M total reported volume, or 44.16% 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.