AMZN Short Volume
Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Specialty Retail industry, with a market capitalization near $2.76T, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 1,576,000 people, carrying a beta of 1.46 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
- 2026-10-06
- Short Volume
- 3.3M
- Total Volume
- 12.9M
- Short %
- 25.32%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 30.29%
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 | $255.00 | Oct 7, 2026 | 55.3K | 4.2K | 29.2% | $2.42 | $2.48 |
| CALL | $260.00 | Oct 7, 2026 | 53.2K | 7.5K | 30.0% | $0.45 | $0.46 |
| CALL | $257.50 | Oct 7, 2026 | 51.7K | 3.6K | 29.1% | $1.14 | $1.16 |
| CALL | $260.00 | Oct 9, 2026 | 23.8K | 24.7K | 30.6% | $1.51 | $1.55 |
| PUT | $255.00 | Oct 7, 2026 | 22.1K | 468 | 29.2% | $0.91 | $0.94 |
| CALL | $260.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 20.0K | 39.4K | 28.3% | $3.40 | $3.45 |
| CALL | $255.00 | Oct 9, 2026 | 19.4K | 8.6K | 30.5% | $3.70 | $3.80 |
| PUT | $252.50 | Oct 7, 2026 | 17.2K | 2.2K | 30.6% | $0.33 | $0.34 |
Top 8 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 Oct 6, 2026, Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) short volume is 3.3M shares against 12.9M total reported volume, or 25.32% 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.