AMZN Short Volume
Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Specialty Retail industry, with a market capitalization near $2.61T, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 1,560,000 people, carrying a beta of 1.44 to the broader market. Amazon. Led by Andrew R. Jassy, public since 1997-05-15.
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
- 2026-07-07
- Short Volume
- 5.5M
- Total Volume
- 16.0M
- Short %
- 34.26%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 26.82%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Amazon.com, Inc..
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AMZN most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $250.00 | Jul 8, 2026 | 11.7K | 3.8K | 37.3% | $0.97 | $1.00 |
| CALL | $250.00 | Jul 10, 2026 | 11.2K | 11.4K | 38.1% | $2.01 | $2.04 |
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 AMZN short volume questions
- What is the daily AMZN short volume?
- As of Jul 7, 2026, Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) short volume is 5.5M shares against 16.0M total reported volume, or 34.26% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is AMZN 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 AMZN 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.