ABR Short Volume
Arbor Realty Trust (ABR) operates in the Real Estate sector, specifically the REIT - Mortgage industry, with a market capitalization near $1.00B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 653 people, carrying a beta of 1.12 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
- 2026-08-14
- Short Volume
- 808.3K
- Total Volume
- 1.4M
- Short %
- 56.73%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 64.99%
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 | $8.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 18 | 6.6K | 956.6% | $2.80 | $2.95 |
| PUT | $7.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 1 | 924 | 954.6% | $1.75 | $2.05 |
| PUT | $6.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 4 | 1.1K | 948.9% | $0.80 | $0.90 |
| PUT | $5.00 | Jan 15, 2027 | 2 | 23.7K | 45.9% | $0.55 | $0.65 |
| CALL | $5.00 | Sep 4, 2026 | 1 | 180 | 431.3% | $0.20 | $0.30 |
| PUT | $6.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 5 | 19.5K | 39.3% | $0.85 | $1.00 |
| CALL | $5.00 | Sep 18, 2026 | 27 | 341 | 421.0% | $0.30 | $0.40 |
| PUT | $5.00 | Sep 18, 2026 | 112 | 434 | 421.0% | $0.15 | $0.25 |
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 Aug 14, 2026, Arbor Realty Trust (ABR) short volume is 808.3K shares against 1.4M total reported volume, or 56.73% 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.