FLG Short Volume
Flagstar Financial, Inc. (FLG) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Banks - Regional industry, with a market capitalization near $4.61B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 5,631 people, carrying a beta of 1.05 to the broader market. Flagstar Financial, Inc. Led by Joseph Otting, public since 1993-11-23.
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
- 2026-10-15
- Short Volume
- 1.2M
- Total Volume
- 2.4M
- Short %
- 47.65%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 66.94%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Flagstar Financial, Inc..
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FLG most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $12.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 494 | 1.1K | 955.7% | $0.80 | $1.05 |
| PUT | $12.00 | Jan 15, 2027 | 0 | 43.5K | 31.3% | $1.15 | $1.30 |
| CALL | $12.00 | Nov 20, 2026 | 744 | 25.9K | 36.1% | $0.15 | $0.25 |
| CALL | $11.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 19 | 1.4K | 454.2% | $0.10 | $0.20 |
| PUT | $11.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 150 | 1.2K | 454.2% | $0.05 | $0.15 |
Top 5 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked FLG short volume questions
- What is the daily FLG short volume?
- As of Oct 15, 2026, Flagstar Financial, Inc. (FLG) short volume is 1.2M shares against 2.4M total reported volume, or 47.65% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is FLG 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 FLG 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.