HOOD Short Volume
Robinhood Markets, Inc. (HOOD) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Financial - Capital Markets industry, with a market capitalization near $104.04B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 2,900 people, carrying a beta of 2.34 to the broader market. Robinhood Markets, Inc. Led by Vladimir Tenev, public since 2021-07-29.
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
- 2026-07-16
- Short Volume
- 6.7M
- Total Volume
- 12.0M
- Short %
- 56.02%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 55.26%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Robinhood Markets, Inc..
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HOOD most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $120.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 15.7K | 29.0K | 74.8% | $1.00 | $1.03 |
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 HOOD short volume questions
- What is the daily HOOD short volume?
- As of Jul 16, 2026, Robinhood Markets, Inc. (HOOD) short volume is 6.7M shares against 12.0M total reported volume, or 56.02% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is HOOD 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 HOOD 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.