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 $4.21B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 31,596 people, carrying a beta of 1.33 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
- 2026-10-14
- Short Volume
- 1.1M
- Total Volume
- 1.7M
- Short %
- 64.62%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 54.04%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $30.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 20 | 116 | 957.0% | $5.60 | $7.20 |
| CALL | $35.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 255 | 309 | 732.3% | $1.10 | $1.15 |
| PUT | $35.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 195 | 1.3K | 732.3% | $0.20 | $0.30 |
| CALL | $37.50 | Nov 20, 2026 | 229 | 129 | 50.1% | $1.60 | $1.70 |
Top 4 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 Oct 14, 2026, Alaska Air Group, Inc. (ALK) short volume is 1.1M shares against 1.7M total reported volume, or 64.62% 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.