CCL Short Volume
Carnival Corporation & plc (CCL) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Leisure industry, with a market capitalization near $34.67B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 160,000 people, carrying a beta of 2.33 to the broader market. Carnival Corporation & plc operates as a leisure travel company. Led by Joshua Ian Weinstein, public since 1987-07-24.
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
- 2026-05-15
- Short Volume
- 3.2M
- Total Volume
- 6.8M
- Short %
- 46.85%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 43.07%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Carnival Corporation & plc.
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CCL most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $24.00 | Sep 18, 2026 | 20.0K | 18.6K | 52.5% | $2.57 | $2.62 |
Top 1 contracts from the ORATS-sourced nightly scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked CCL short volume questions
- What is the daily CCL short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Carnival Corporation & plc (CCL) short volume is 3.2M shares against 6.8M total reported volume, or 46.85% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is CCL 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 CCL 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.