CHCO Short Volume
City Holding Company (CHCO) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Banks - Regional industry, with a market capitalization near $1.72B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 942 people, carrying a beta of 0.49 to the broader market. City Holding Company operates as a holding company for City National Bank of West Virginia that provides various banking, trust and investment management, and other financial solutions in the United States. Led by Charles R. Hageboeck, public since 1987-06-26.
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
- 17.1K
- Total Volume
- 25.7K
- Short %
- 66.53%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 66.69%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for City Holding Company.
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CHCO most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $120.00 | Jun 18, 2026 | 0 | 145 | 170.7% | $0.55 | $5.40 |
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Frequently asked CHCO short volume questions
- What is the daily CHCO short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, City Holding Company (CHCO) short volume is 17.1K shares against 25.7K total reported volume, or 66.53% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is CHCO 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 CHCO 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.