LW Short Volume
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (LW) operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically the Packaged Foods industry, with a market capitalization near $5.73B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 10,000 people, carrying a beta of 0.46 to the broader market. Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. Led by Michael Jared Smith, public since 2016-11-10.
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
- 247.8K
- Total Volume
- 640.1K
- Short %
- 38.72%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 52.91%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc..
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LW most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $37.50 | Oct 16, 2026 | 83 | 32.7K | 56.1% | $0.35 | $0.40 |
| PUT | $37.50 | Oct 16, 2026 | 83 | 32.7K | 56.1% | $0.35 | $0.40 |
| PUT | $35.00 | Nov 20, 2026 | 43 | 15.2K | 46.3% | $0.40 | $0.50 |
| PUT | $37.50 | Jan 15, 2027 | 302 | 230 | 43.4% | $1.35 | $1.85 |
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 LW short volume questions
- What is the daily LW short volume?
- As of Sep 30, 2026, Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. (LW) short volume is 247.8K shares against 640.1K total reported volume, or 38.72% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is LW 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 LW 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.