CBRL Short Volume
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Restaurants industry, with a market capitalization near $1.37B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 74,500 people, carrying a beta of 1.21 to the broader market. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. Led by Dave Deno, public since 1981-11-05.
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
- 236.9K
- Total Volume
- 365.3K
- Short %
- 64.85%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 68.23%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store.
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CBRL most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $62.50 | Oct 16, 2026 | 1.0K | 411 | 54.2% | $0.45 | $0.75 |
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 CBRL short volume questions
- What is the daily CBRL short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL) short volume is 236.9K shares against 365.3K total reported volume, or 64.85% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is CBRL 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 CBRL 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.