C Short Volume
Citigroup Inc. (C) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Banks - Diversified industry, with a market capitalization near $235.94B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 219,000 people, carrying a beta of 1.10 to the broader market. Citigroup, Inc. Led by Jane Nind Fraser, public since 1977-01-03.
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
- 2026-08-14
- Short Volume
- 904.8K
- Total Volume
- 2.6M
- Short %
- 34.48%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 33.14%
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Frequently asked C short volume questions
- What is the daily C short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, Citigroup Inc. (C) short volume is 904.8K shares against 2.6M total reported volume, or 34.48% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is C 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 C 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.