ETSY Short Volume
Etsy, Inc. (ETSY) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Specialty Retail industry, with a market capitalization near $7.56B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 2,375 people, carrying a beta of 1.82 to the broader market. Etsy, Inc. Led by Kruti Patel Goyal, public since 2015-04-16.
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
- 245.8K
- Total Volume
- 659.5K
- Short %
- 37.27%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 44.69%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Etsy, Inc..
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ETSY most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $95.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 2.0K | 2.2K | 48.1% | $0.01 | $0.12 |
| PUT | $75.00 | Sep 18, 2026 | 719 | 1.3K | 42.3% | $1.89 | $1.98 |
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 ETSY short volume questions
- What is the daily ETSY short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, Etsy, Inc. (ETSY) short volume is 245.8K shares against 659.5K total reported volume, or 37.27% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is ETSY 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 ETSY 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.