MAA Short Volume
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (MAA) operates in the Real Estate sector, specifically the REIT - Residential industry, with a market capitalization near $15.40B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 2,507 people, carrying a beta of 0.72 to the broader market. Mid-America Apartment Communities, known as MAA, is a prominent S&P 500 entity operating as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). Led by Adrian Bradley Hill, public since 1994-01-28.
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
- 136.6K
- Total Volume
- 183.4K
- Short %
- 74.46%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 66.79%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc..
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MAA most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $135.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 1 | 109 | 406.9% | $0.50 | $1.45 |
Top 1 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked MAA short volume questions
- What is the daily MAA short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (MAA) short volume is 136.6K shares against 183.4K total reported volume, or 74.46% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is MAA 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 MAA 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.