AMZN Short Volume
Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Specialty Retail industry, with a market capitalization near $2.85T, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 1,560,000 people, carrying a beta of 1.47 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
- 2026-05-20
- Short Volume
- 5.0M
- Total Volume
- 13.3M
- Short %
- 37.86%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 36.19%
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 | $270.00 | May 22, 2026 | 22.3K | 10.3K | 34.6% | $0.88 | $0.90 |
| CALL | $265.00 | May 22, 2026 | 18.6K | 6.6K | 33.8% | $2.56 | $2.63 |
| CALL | $277.50 | Jun 18, 2026 | 16.4K | 24.1K | 29.1% | $4.10 | $4.20 |
Top 3 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 May 20, 2026, Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) short volume is 5.0M shares against 13.3M total reported volume, or 37.86% 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.