HOPE Short Volume
Hope Bancorp, Inc. (HOPE) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Banks - Regional industry, with a market capitalization near $1.53B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 1,227 people, carrying a beta of 0.83 to the broader market. Hope Bancorp, Inc. Led by Kevin Sung Kim, public since 1998-01-29.
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
- 2026-05-15
- Short Volume
- 101.5K
- Total Volume
- 143.3K
- Short %
- 70.78%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 67.51%
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Frequently asked HOPE short volume questions
- What is the daily HOPE short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Hope Bancorp, Inc. (HOPE) short volume is 101.5K shares against 143.3K total reported volume, or 70.78% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is HOPE 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 HOPE 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.