AEO Short Volume
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (AEO) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Apparel - Retail industry, with a market capitalization near $2.71B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 45,000 people, carrying a beta of 1.32 to the broader market. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. Led by Jay L. Schottenstein, public since 1994-04-14.
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
- 588.5K
- Total Volume
- 1.3M
- Short %
- 46.13%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 56.03%
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AEO most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $10.00 | Feb 19, 2027 | 500 | 109 | 61.7% | $0.33 | $0.37 |
| CALL | $16.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 41 | 8.3K | 46.8% | $0.51 | $0.68 |
Top 2 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked AEO short volume questions
- What is the daily AEO short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (AEO) short volume is 588.5K shares against 1.3M total reported volume, or 46.13% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is AEO 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 AEO 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.