PMT Short Volume
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT) operates in the Real Estate sector, specifically the REIT - Mortgage industry, with a market capitalization near $613.9M, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 7 people, carrying a beta of 1.17 to the broader market. PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT) functions as a specialized financial firm, concentrating its investments primarily on mortgage-related assets within the United States. Led by David A. Spector, public since 2009-07-30.
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
- 668.8K
- Total Volume
- 1.5M
- Short %
- 44.62%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 73.27%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
PMT most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $12.50 | Jan 15, 2027 | 0 | 202 | 955.9% | $5.10 | $6.10 |
| PUT | $10.00 | Jan 15, 2027 | 1 | 387 | 951.0% | $3.30 | $3.60 |
| PUT | $10.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 0 | 521 | 936.6% | $2.60 | $3.20 |
Top 3 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked PMT short volume questions
- What is the daily PMT short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT) short volume is 668.8K shares against 1.5M total reported volume, or 44.62% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is PMT 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 PMT 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.