ABR Short Volume
Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (ABR) operates in the Real Estate sector, specifically the REIT - Mortgage industry, with a market capitalization near $1.13B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 659 people, carrying a beta of 1.21 to the broader market. Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. Led by Ivan Paul Kaufman, public since 2004-04-07.
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
- 2026-05-15
- Short Volume
- 1.2M
- Total Volume
- 2.0M
- Short %
- 56.31%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 50.44%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Arbor Realty Trust, Inc..
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ABR most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $6.00 | Jun 18, 2026 | 3.0K | 376 | 47.4% | $0.20 | $0.25 |
Top 1 contracts from the ORATS-sourced nightly 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 May 15, 2026, Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (ABR) short volume is 1.2M shares against 2.0M total reported volume, or 56.31% 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.