AA Short Volume
Alcoa Corporation (AA) operates in the Basic Materials sector, specifically the Aluminum industry, with a market capitalization near $12.82B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 14,900 people, carrying a beta of 1.63 to the broader market. Alcoa Corporation stands as a global industrial leader, primarily focused on the production and sale of bauxite, alumina, and aluminum products. Led by William F. Oplinger, public since 2016-11-01.
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
- 2026-07-16
- Short Volume
- 1.5M
- Total Volume
- 2.6M
- Short %
- 55.13%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 52.90%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Alcoa Corporation.
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AA most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $50.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 2.2K | 1.6K | 119.4% | $1.04 | $1.19 |
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 AA short volume questions
- What is the daily AA short volume?
- As of Jul 16, 2026, Alcoa Corporation (AA) short volume is 1.5M shares against 2.6M total reported volume, or 55.13% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is AA 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 AA 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.