BURL Short Volume
Burlington Stores, Inc. (BURL) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Apparel - Retail industry, with a market capitalization near $16.57B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 83,309 people, carrying a beta of 1.43 to the broader market. Burlington Stores, Inc. Led by Michael O'Sullivan, public since 2013-10-02.
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
- 2026-10-14
- Short Volume
- 300.2K
- Total Volume
- 525.5K
- Short %
- 57.13%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 67.70%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Burlington Stores, Inc..
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BURL most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $240.00 | Nov 20, 2026 | 31 | 8.5K | 38.7% | $3.90 | $4.40 |
| PUT | $260.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 31 | 1.2K | 46.1% | $2.55 | $3.20 |
| CALL | $260.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 0 | 875 | 46.1% | $4.00 | $4.60 |
| PUT | $240.00 | Nov 13, 2026 | 166 | 3.5K | 37.6% | $2.75 | $3.30 |
| PUT | $230.00 | Nov 20, 2026 | 9 | 3.6K | 38.7% | $1.65 | $2.70 |
Top 5 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked BURL short volume questions
- What is the daily BURL short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, Burlington Stores, Inc. (BURL) short volume is 300.2K shares against 525.5K total reported volume, or 57.13% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is BURL 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 BURL 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.