ABR Short Volume
Arbor Realty Trust (ABR) operates in the Real Estate sector, specifically the REIT - Mortgage industry, with a market capitalization near $502.1M, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 653 people, carrying a beta of 1.19 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
- 2026-10-15
- Short Volume
- 3.3M
- Total Volume
- 4.1M
- Short %
- 79.02%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 63.44%
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 | $3.00 | Oct 23, 2026 | 10 | 3.4K | 1000.0% | $0.35 | $0.50 |
| PUT | $3.50 | Oct 23, 2026 | 15 | 316 | 1000.0% | $0.75 | $1.10 |
| PUT | $4.00 | Oct 23, 2026 | 0 | 367 | 1000.0% | $1.10 | $1.60 |
| PUT | $2.00 | Nov 20, 2026 | 312 | 130 | 122.7% | $0.10 | $0.25 |
| CALL | $1.00 | Oct 23, 2026 | 0 | 301 | 957.5% | $1.45 | $1.80 |
| PUT | $5.00 | Jan 15, 2027 | 5 | 23.8K | 91.8% | $2.50 | $2.75 |
| CALL | $2.00 | Oct 23, 2026 | 1 | 140 | 938.0% | $0.55 | $0.90 |
| PUT | $6.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 1 | 19.3K | 1.0% | $3.30 | $3.50 |
Top 8 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 Oct 15, 2026, Arbor Realty Trust (ABR) short volume is 3.3M shares against 4.1M total reported volume, or 79.02% 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.