AAL Short Volume
American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL) operates in the Industrials sector, specifically the Airlines, Airports & Air Services industry, with a market capitalization near $8.27B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 143,400 people, carrying a beta of 1.38 to the broader market. American Airlines Group Inc. Led by Robert D. Isom Jr., public since 2005-09-27.
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
- 2026-10-14
- Short Volume
- 37.3M
- Total Volume
- 57.0M
- Short %
- 65.36%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 50.03%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for American Airlines Group Inc..
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AAL most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $11.50 | Oct 16, 2026 | 30.2K | 5.3K | 44.3% | $0.03 | $0.06 |
| CALL | $15.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 15.7K | 34.6K | 44.1% | $0.11 | $0.13 |
| PUT | $10.00 | Sep 17, 2027 | 12.5K | 5.2K | 47.5% | $0.99 | $1.04 |
| PUT | $12.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 12.4K | 20.9K | 45.4% | $0.25 | $0.27 |
| CALL | $13.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 11.5K | 3.6K | 43.5% | $0.45 | $0.47 |
| PUT | $12.00 | Oct 23, 2026 | 9.6K | 8.5K | 57.3% | $0.51 | $0.53 |
| CALL | $12.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 9.0K | 717 | 45.4% | $0.08 | $0.09 |
| PUT | $12.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 4.7K | 37.1K | 43.7% | $0.90 | $0.93 |
| CALL | $12.00 | Jan 15, 2027 | 3.5K | 12.2K | 43.7% | $1.02 | $1.04 |
| CALL | $13.00 | Oct 23, 2026 | 3.1K | 2.8K | 58.6% | $0.08 | $0.09 |
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Frequently asked AAL short volume questions
- What is the daily AAL short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL) short volume is 37.3M shares against 57.0M total reported volume, or 65.36% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is AAL 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 AAL 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.