BCS Short Volume
Barclays PLC (BCS) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Banks - Diversified industry, with a market capitalization near $77.75B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 93,000 people, carrying a beta of 0.88 to the broader market. Barclays PLC provides various financial services in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Led by Coimbatore Sundararajan Venkatakrishnan, public since 1986-09-09.
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
- 866.1K
- Total Volume
- 2.4M
- Short %
- 36.71%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 24.20%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Barclays PLC.
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Frequently asked BCS short volume questions
- What is the daily BCS short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, Barclays PLC (BCS) short volume is 866.1K shares against 2.4M total reported volume, or 36.71% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is BCS 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 BCS 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.