ALK Short Volume
Alaska Air Group, Inc. (ALK) operates in the Industrials sector, specifically the Airlines, Airports & Air Services industry, with a market capitalization near $6.00B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 29,773 people, carrying a beta of 1.31 to the broader market. Alaska Air Group, Inc. Led by Benito Minicucci, public since 1980-03-17.
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
- 2026-06-30
- Short Volume
- 567.0K
- Total Volume
- 1.1M
- Short %
- 53.53%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 44.62%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Alaska Air Group, Inc..
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ALK most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $25.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 1.5K | 1.7K | 72.5% | $0.40 | $0.65 |
| CALL | $55.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 1.5K | 1.8K | 62.2% | $7.70 | $8.60 |
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 ALK short volume questions
- What is the daily ALK short volume?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, Alaska Air Group, Inc. (ALK) short volume is 567.0K shares against 1.1M total reported volume, or 53.53% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is ALK 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 ALK 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.