CNO Short Volume
CNO Financial Group, Inc. (CNO) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Insurance - Life industry, with a market capitalization near $4.30B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 3,400 people, carrying a beta of 0.83 to the broader market. CNO Financial Group, Inc. Led by Gary Chandru Bhojwani, public since 2003-09-10.
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
- 65.7K
- Total Volume
- 200.7K
- Short %
- 32.74%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 41.21%
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Frequently asked CNO short volume questions
- What is the daily CNO short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, CNO Financial Group, Inc. (CNO) short volume is 65.7K shares against 200.7K total reported volume, or 32.74% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is CNO 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 CNO 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.