AMZN Short Volume
Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Specialty Retail industry, with a market capitalization near $2.86T, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 1,576,000 people, carrying a beta of 1.45 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
- 2026-08-21
- Short Volume
- 4.0M
- Total Volume
- 14.4M
- Short %
- 27.53%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 33.13%
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 | $260.00 | Aug 24, 2026 | 19.9K | 601 | 18.3% | $1.67 | $1.70 |
| CALL | $280.00 | Sep 18, 2026 | 14.0K | 32.4K | 28.7% | $2.09 | $2.12 |
| CALL | $270.00 | Aug 28, 2026 | 13.9K | 13.1K | 27.6% | $0.85 | $0.87 |
| CALL | $262.50 | Aug 24, 2026 | 12.1K | 968 | 18.8% | $0.74 | $0.76 |
Top 4 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 Aug 21, 2026, Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) short volume is 4.0M shares against 14.4M total reported volume, or 27.53% 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.