JXN Short Volume
Jackson Financial Inc. (JXN) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Insurance - Life industry, with a market capitalization near $9.02B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 3,490 people, carrying a beta of 1.32 to the broader market. Jackson Financial Inc. Led by Laura Louene Prieskorn, public since 2021-09-01.
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
- 2026-09-30
- Short Volume
- 78.2K
- Total Volume
- 140.6K
- Short %
- 55.62%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 63.77%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Jackson Financial Inc..
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JXN most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $125.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 0 | 2.6K | 41.4% | $2.10 | $2.50 |
| PUT | $120.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 0 | 3.5K | 46.6% | $1.15 | $1.50 |
| PUT | $130.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 0 | 1.6K | 37.7% | $3.00 | $4.50 |
| PUT | $115.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 0 | 2.6K | 50.3% | $0.60 | $1.10 |
Top 4 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked JXN short volume questions
- What is the daily JXN short volume?
- As of Sep 30, 2026, Jackson Financial Inc. (JXN) short volume is 78.2K shares against 140.6K total reported volume, or 55.62% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is JXN 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 JXN 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.