GME Short Volume
GameStop Corp. (GME) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Specialty Retail industry, with a market capitalization near $9.73B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 6,000 people, carrying a beta of 1.83 to the broader market. GameStop Corp. Led by Ryan Cohen, public since 2002-02-13.
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
- 2026-06-01
- Short Volume
- 2.6M
- Total Volume
- 3.6M
- Short %
- 73.18%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 60.53%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for GameStop Corp..
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GME most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $21.50 | Jun 5, 2026 | 8.3K | 442 | 37.9% | $0.34 | $0.37 |
| CALL | $22.00 | Jun 5, 2026 | 7.7K | 3.7K | 43.0% | $0.23 | $0.26 |
| PUT | $21.50 | Jun 5, 2026 | 5.6K | 1.2K | 37.9% | $0.51 | $0.58 |
| CALL | $30.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 4.6K | 15.7K | 73.7% | $0.37 | $0.38 |
| CALL | $25.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 3.9K | 16.4K | 55.3% | $0.60 | $0.62 |
| CALL | $30.00 | Jun 18, 2026 | 3.9K | 60.2K | 94.8% | $0.14 | $0.16 |
| CALL | $23.00 | Jun 5, 2026 | 3.5K | 5.0K | 54.2% | $0.12 | $0.15 |
| CALL | $25.00 | Jun 18, 2026 | 3.5K | 33.7K | 67.9% | $0.30 | $0.33 |
| CALL | $30.00 | Jun 12, 2026 | 3.2K | 4.8K | 99.8% | $0.10 | $0.12 |
| CALL | $23.50 | Jun 5, 2026 | 2.7K | 1.3K | 59.6% | $0.10 | $0.11 |
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Frequently asked GME short volume questions
- What is the daily GME short volume?
- As of Jun 1, 2026, GameStop Corp. (GME) short volume is 2.6M shares against 3.6M total reported volume, or 73.18% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is GME 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 GME 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.