ABR Short Volume
Arbor Realty Trust (ABR) operates in the Real Estate sector, specifically the REIT - Mortgage industry, with a market capitalization near $1.04B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 667 people, carrying a beta of 1.11 to the broader market. Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. Led by Ivan Kaufman, public since 2004-04-06.
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
- 2026-06-30
- Short Volume
- 684.1K
- Total Volume
- 983.7K
- Short %
- 69.54%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 56.73%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Arbor Realty Trust.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
ABR most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $6.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 16 | 964 | 1000.0% | $0.50 | $0.70 |
| CALL | $5.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 0 | 255 | 771.7% | $0.35 | $0.60 |
| PUT | $5.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 1 | 1.1K | 771.7% | $0.05 | $0.10 |
| CALL | $5.50 | Jul 2, 2026 | 33 | 390 | 555.5% | $0.05 | $0.10 |
| PUT | $5.50 | Jul 2, 2026 | 50 | 157 | 555.5% | $0.05 | $0.15 |
| CALL | $5.50 | Jul 10, 2026 | 22 | 349 | 553.7% | $0.10 | $0.15 |
| CALL | $5.50 | Jul 17, 2026 | 18 | 233 | 527.0% | $0.10 | $0.35 |
| PUT | $5.00 | Jan 15, 2027 | 24 | 23.6K | 49.1% | $0.60 | $0.70 |
| PUT | $6.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 2 | 19.4K | 43.3% | $0.75 | $1.05 |
Top 9 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked ABR short volume questions
- What is the daily ABR short volume?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, Arbor Realty Trust (ABR) short volume is 684.1K shares against 983.7K total reported volume, or 69.54% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is ABR 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 ABR 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.