ALLY Short Volume
Ally Financial Inc. (ALLY) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Financial - Credit Services industry, with a market capitalization near $11.44B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 10,300 people, carrying a beta of 1.10 to the broader market. Ally Financial Inc. Led by Michael G. Rhodes, public since 2014-01-28.
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
- 892.5K
- Total Volume
- 1.9M
- Short %
- 47.40%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 58.65%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Ally Financial Inc..
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ALLY most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $40.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 0 | 2.1K | 956.0% | $3.20 | $3.90 |
| PUT | $39.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 2 | 420 | 952.0% | $2.15 | $2.90 |
| PUT | $38.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 24 | 4.5K | 907.0% | $1.35 | $1.70 |
| CALL | $37.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 3 | 948 | 704.0% | $0.05 | $0.30 |
| PUT | $37.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 25 | 1.1K | 704.0% | $0.50 | $1.05 |
Top 5 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked ALLY short volume questions
- What is the daily ALLY short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, Ally Financial Inc. (ALLY) short volume is 892.5K shares against 1.9M total reported volume, or 47.40% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is ALLY 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 ALLY 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.