AXS Short Volume
AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (AXS) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Insurance - Property & Casualty industry, with a market capitalization near $7.17B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 1,876 people, carrying a beta of 0.55 to the broader market. AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides various specialty insurance and reinsurance products worldwide. Led by Vincent Christopher Tizzio, public since 2003-07-01.
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
- 2026-05-15
- Short Volume
- 57.4K
- Total Volume
- 197.1K
- Short %
- 29.13%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 36.11%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for AXIS Capital Holdings Limited.
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Frequently asked AXS short volume questions
- What is the daily AXS short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (AXS) short volume is 57.4K shares against 197.1K total reported volume, or 29.13% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is AXS 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 AXS 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.