KEY Short Volume
KeyCorp (KEY) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Banks - Regional industry, with a market capitalization near $24.71B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 17,883 people, carrying a beta of 1.03 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
- 2026-08-14
- Short Volume
- 3.4M
- Total Volume
- 4.8M
- Short %
- 70.10%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 53.75%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for KeyCorp.
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KEY most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $20.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 0 | 126 | 955.5% | $2.90 | $3.60 |
| CALL | $21.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 0 | 247 | 954.6% | $1.90 | $2.55 |
| CALL | $22.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 0 | 460 | 922.0% | $1.15 | $1.50 |
| CALL | $23.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 12 | 1.9K | 671.8% | $0.40 | $0.50 |
| PUT | $23.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 9 | 1.5K | 671.8% | $0.10 | $0.20 |
| CALL | $24.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 124 | 6.1K | 189.3% | $0.05 | $0.10 |
| PUT | $24.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 0 | 544 | 189.3% | $0.50 | $1.00 |
Top 7 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked KEY short volume questions
- What is the daily KEY short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, KeyCorp (KEY) short volume is 3.4M shares against 4.8M total reported volume, or 70.10% 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.