COTY Short Volume
Coty Inc. (COTY) operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically the Household & Personal Products industry, with a market capitalization near $1.94B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 11,791 people, carrying a beta of 1.06 to the broader market. Coty Inc. Led by Markus Strobel, public since 2013-06-13.
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
- 1.8M
- Total Volume
- 3.2M
- Short %
- 57.07%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 53.63%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Coty Inc..
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COTY most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $2.00 | Jun 18, 2026 | 201 | 183 | 148.8% | $0.10 | $0.15 |
| CALL | $1.00 | Jan 21, 2028 | 10 | 214 | 118.5% | $1.20 | $1.50 |
Top 2 contracts from the ORATS-sourced nightly scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked COTY short volume questions
- What is the daily COTY short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Coty Inc. (COTY) short volume is 1.8M shares against 3.2M total reported volume, or 57.07% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is COTY 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 COTY 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.