BKNG Short Volume
Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Travel Services industry, with a market capitalization near $140.61B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 24,500 people, carrying a beta of 1.09 to the broader market. Booking Holdings Inc. Led by Glenn D. Fogel, public since 1999-03-31.
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
- 1.1M
- Total Volume
- 2.6M
- Short %
- 40.90%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 37.68%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Booking Holdings Inc..
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BKNG most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $160.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 31.0K | 31.8K | 38.1% | $17.60 | $19.30 |
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 BKNG short volume questions
- What is the daily BKNG short volume?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG) short volume is 1.1M shares against 2.6M total reported volume, or 40.90% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is BKNG 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 BKNG 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.