AGNC Short Volume
AGNC Investment Corp. (AGNC) operates in the Real Estate sector, specifically the REIT - Mortgage industry, with a market capitalization near $9.88B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 54 people, carrying a beta of 1.34 to the broader market. AGNC Investment Corp. Led by Peter J. Federico, public since 2008-05-15.
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
- 2026-10-14
- Short Volume
- 6.8M
- Total Volume
- 11.4M
- Short %
- 59.61%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 58.05%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for AGNC Investment Corp..
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AGNC most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $8.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 3.1K | 26.0K | 29.1% | $0.21 | $0.23 |
| PUT | $8.50 | Oct 16, 2026 | 2.9K | 19.8K | 378.8% | $0.05 | $0.07 |
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 AGNC short volume questions
- What is the daily AGNC short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, AGNC Investment Corp. (AGNC) short volume is 6.8M shares against 11.4M total reported volume, or 59.61% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is AGNC 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 AGNC 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.