ESS Short Volume
Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) operates in the Real Estate sector, specifically the REIT - Residential industry, with a market capitalization near $17.47B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 1,688 people, carrying a beta of 0.71 to the broader market. Essex Property Trust, Inc. Led by Angela L. Kleiman, public since 1994-06-07.
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
- 2026-10-14
- Short Volume
- 101.6K
- Total Volume
- 133.2K
- Short %
- 76.30%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 70.38%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Essex Property Trust, Inc..
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ESS most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $280.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 0 | 104 | 927.9% | $9.30 | $11.80 |
| CALL | $270.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 0 | 326 | 563.1% | $1.20 | $3.70 |
Top 2 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked ESS short volume questions
- What is the daily ESS short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) short volume is 101.6K shares against 133.2K total reported volume, or 76.30% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is ESS 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 ESS 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.