HPE Short Volume
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) operates in the Technology sector, specifically the Communication Equipment industry, with a market capitalization near $42.57B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 61,000 people, carrying a beta of 1.29 to the broader market. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company provides solutions that allow customers to capture, analyze, and act upon data seamlessly in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Japan. Led by Antonio Fabio Neri, public since 2015-10-19.
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
- 2.0M
- Total Volume
- 5.7M
- Short %
- 34.88%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 59.48%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company.
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HPE most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $22.00 | Mar 19, 2027 | 20.8K | 20.8K | 59.0% | $1.54 | $2.02 |
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Frequently asked HPE short volume questions
- What is the daily HPE short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) short volume is 2.0M shares against 5.7M total reported volume, or 34.88% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is HPE 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 HPE 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.