MUR Short Volume
Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR) operates in the Energy sector, specifically the Oil & Gas Exploration & Production industry, with a market capitalization near $5.05B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 813 people, carrying a beta of 0.50 to the broader market. Murphy Oil Corporation, along with its affiliated entities, functions as a company primarily focused on discovering and extracting crude oil and natural gas. Led by Eric Hambly, public since 1980-03-17.
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
- 452.1K
- Total Volume
- 688.0K
- Short %
- 65.72%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 66.39%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Murphy Oil Corporation.
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MUR most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $40.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 1.2K | 991 | 43.0% | $0.70 | $0.90 |
| CALL | $35.00 | Oct 16, 2026 | 1.2K | 586 | 40.7% | $2.10 | $2.30 |
Top 2 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked MUR short volume questions
- What is the daily MUR short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR) short volume is 452.1K shares against 688.0K total reported volume, or 65.72% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is MUR 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 MUR 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.