APO Short Volume
Apollo Global Management, Inc. (APO) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $66.97B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 6,140 people, carrying a beta of 1.58 to the broader market. Apollo Global Management, Inc. Led by Marc Jeffrey Rowan, public since 2011-03-30.
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
- 884.6K
- Total Volume
- 2.0M
- Short %
- 44.91%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 56.34%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Apollo Global Management, Inc..
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APO most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $95.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 10.0K | 267 | 43.0% | $1.60 | $1.95 |
| PUT | $105.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 10.0K | 1.0K | 41.1% | $4.00 | $4.40 |
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 APO short volume questions
- What is the daily APO short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, Apollo Global Management, Inc. (APO) short volume is 884.6K shares against 2.0M total reported volume, or 44.91% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is APO 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 APO 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.