ESS Short Volume
Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) operates in the Real Estate sector, specifically the REIT - Residential industry, with a market capitalization near $18.48B, 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
- 2026-08-14
- Short Volume
- 139.6K
- Total Volume
- 200.9K
- Short %
- 69.47%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 73.85%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $290.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 117 | 401 | 611.0% | $0.90 | $2.95 |
Top 1 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 Aug 14, 2026, Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) short volume is 139.6K shares against 200.9K total reported volume, or 69.47% 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.