PYPL Short Volume
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Financial - Credit Services industry, with a market capitalization near $44.94B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 23,800 people, carrying a beta of 1.29 to the broader market. PayPal Holdings, Inc. Led by Enrique J. Lores, public since 2015-07-06.
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
- 2026-09-30
- Short Volume
- 1.7M
- Total Volume
- 3.4M
- Short %
- 49.73%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 45.59%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for PayPal Holdings, Inc..
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PYPL most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $70.00 | Jan 21, 2028 | 5 | 94.8K | 30.2% | $3.20 | $3.65 |
| CALL | $75.00 | Jan 21, 2028 | 3 | 91.0K | 29.3% | $2.11 | $2.90 |
| CALL | $90.00 | Jan 21, 2028 | 0 | 84.2K | 28.4% | $0.69 | $1.49 |
| CALL | $95.00 | Jan 21, 2028 | 1 | 77.8K | 29.5% | $0.30 | $1.14 |
| CALL | $100.00 | Jan 15, 2027 | 7 | 61.9K | 43.0% | $0.02 | $0.03 |
| PUT | $53.00 | Oct 9, 2026 | 1.6K | 209 | 36.3% | $1.24 | $1.44 |
Top 6 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked PYPL short volume questions
- What is the daily PYPL short volume?
- As of Sep 30, 2026, PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL) short volume is 1.7M shares against 3.4M total reported volume, or 49.73% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is PYPL 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 PYPL 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.