NWG Short Volume
NatWest Group plc (NWG) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Banks - Regional industry, with a market capitalization near $35.14B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 59,000 people, carrying a beta of 0.93 to the broader market. NatWest Group plc is a leading financial institution that delivers a broad spectrum of banking and financial services to individual customers, businesses, corporations, and institutional clients across the United Kingdom and globally. Led by John Paul Thwaite, public since 2007-10-18.
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
- 2026-10-14
- Short Volume
- 519.2K
- Total Volume
- 1.3M
- Short %
- 40.10%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 43.00%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for NatWest Group plc.
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Frequently asked NWG short volume questions
- What is the daily NWG short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, NatWest Group plc (NWG) short volume is 519.2K shares against 1.3M total reported volume, or 40.10% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is NWG 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 NWG 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.