PRU Short Volume
Prudential Financial, Inc. (PRU) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Insurance - Life industry, with a market capitalization near $42.59B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 36,607 people, carrying a beta of 0.83 to the broader market. Prudential Financial, Inc. Led by Andrew F. Sullivan, public since 2001-12-13.
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
- 305.0K
- Total Volume
- 479.7K
- Short %
- 63.57%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 66.97%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Prudential Financial, Inc..
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PRU most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $125.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 26 | 1.6K | 507.5% | $1.00 | $1.35 |
| PUT | $125.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 5 | 549 | 507.5% | $0.75 | $1.70 |
| CALL | $120.00 | Aug 21, 2026 | 5 | 897 | 124.9% | $4.50 | $5.80 |
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 PRU short volume questions
- What is the daily PRU short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, Prudential Financial, Inc. (PRU) short volume is 305.0K shares against 479.7K total reported volume, or 63.57% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is PRU 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 PRU 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.