ALL Short Volume
The Allstate Corporation (ALL) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Insurance - Property & Casualty industry, with a market capitalization near $60.85B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 53,150 people, carrying a beta of 0.14 to the broader market. The Allstate Corporation, along with its affiliated entities, provides a comprehensive suite of property, casualty, and other insurance offerings throughout the United States and Canada. Led by Thomas Joseph Wilson, public since 1993-06-03.
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
- 349.2K
- Total Volume
- 675.4K
- Short %
- 51.70%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 43.26%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for The Allstate Corporation.
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ALL most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $220.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 0 | 140 | 1000.0% | $13.90 | $16.30 |
| PUT | $220.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 7 | 830 | 1000.0% | $0.05 | $0.15 |
| CALL | $230.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 3 | 999 | 1000.0% | $4.60 | $6.90 |
| PUT | $230.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 2 | 1.0K | 1000.0% | $0.30 | $0.55 |
| CALL | $240.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 11 | 326 | 1000.0% | $0.50 | $0.80 |
| PUT | $240.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 2 | 619 | 1000.0% | $4.20 | $6.00 |
Top 6 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked ALL short volume questions
- What is the daily ALL short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, The Allstate Corporation (ALL) short volume is 349.2K shares against 675.4K total reported volume, or 51.70% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is ALL 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 ALL 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.