NAVI Short Volume
Navient Corporation (NAVI) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Financial - Credit Services industry, with a market capitalization near $741.6M, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 2,100 people, carrying a beta of 1.26 to the broader market. Navient Corporation provides education loan management and business processing solutions for education, healthcare, and government clients at the federal, state, and local levels in the United States. Led by David L. Yowan, public since 2014-04-17.
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
- 2026-05-15
- Short Volume
- 130.6K
- Total Volume
- 212.5K
- Short %
- 61.43%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 48.36%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Navient Corporation.
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NAVI most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $10.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | 0 | 20.7K | 8.6% | $0.05 | $0.15 |
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Frequently asked NAVI short volume questions
- What is the daily NAVI short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Navient Corporation (NAVI) short volume is 130.6K shares against 212.5K total reported volume, or 61.43% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is NAVI 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 NAVI 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.