BANF Short Volume
BancFirst Corporation (BANF) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Banks - Regional industry, with a market capitalization near $3.85B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 2,135 people, carrying a beta of 0.60 to the broader market. BancFirst Corporation functions as the parent bank holding company for BancFirst, delivering a wide spectrum of commercial banking services to both retail customers and small to mid-sized businesses. Led by David R. Harlow, public since 1990-03-26.
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
- 27.8K
- Total Volume
- 45.8K
- Short %
- 60.71%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 63.57%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for BancFirst Corporation.
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Frequently asked BANF short volume questions
- What is the daily BANF short volume?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, BancFirst Corporation (BANF) short volume is 27.8K shares against 45.8K total reported volume, or 60.71% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is BANF 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 BANF 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.