CHWY Short Volume
Chewy, Inc. (CHWY) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Specialty Retail industry, with a market capitalization near $8.97B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 18,000 people, carrying a beta of 1.50 to the broader market. Chewy, Inc. Led by Ryan Cohen, public since 2019-06-14.
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
- 1.9M
- Total Volume
- 3.0M
- Short %
- 64.27%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 49.71%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Chewy, Inc..
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CHWY most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $12.50 | Jan 15, 2027 | 4.0K | 104 | 67.8% | $0.65 | $0.77 |
| CALL | $22.00 | May 22, 2026 | 1.3K | 461 | 54.3% | $0.31 | $0.48 |
Top 2 contracts from the ORATS-sourced nightly scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked CHWY short volume questions
- What is the daily CHWY short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Chewy, Inc. (CHWY) short volume is 1.9M shares against 3.0M total reported volume, or 64.27% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is CHWY 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 CHWY 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.