KEY Short Volume
KeyCorp (KEY) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Banks - Regional industry, with a market capitalization near $25.11B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 16,989 people, carrying a beta of 1.04 to the broader market. KeyCorp functions as the parent entity for KeyBank National Association, delivering a wide array of banking services to retail and business clients across the United States. Led by Christopher Marrott Gorman, public since 1987-11-05.
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
- 2026-06-30
- Short Volume
- 2.1M
- Total Volume
- 3.5M
- Short %
- 60.40%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 53.28%
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Frequently asked KEY short volume questions
- What is the daily KEY short volume?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, KeyCorp (KEY) short volume is 2.1M shares against 3.5M total reported volume, or 60.40% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is KEY 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 KEY 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.