ASO Short Volume
Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (ASO) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Specialty Retail industry, with a market capitalization near $3.01B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 9,900 people, carrying a beta of 1.03 to the broader market. Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. Led by Steven Paul Lawrence, public since 2020-10-02.
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
- 2026-06-30
- Short Volume
- 603.2K
- Total Volume
- 772.0K
- Short %
- 78.13%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 68.23%
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ASO most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $50.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 1 | 4.1K | 43.6% | $0.65 | $0.85 |
Top 1 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked ASO short volume questions
- What is the daily ASO short volume?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. (ASO) short volume is 603.2K shares against 772.0K total reported volume, or 78.13% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is ASO 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 ASO 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.