RDW Short Volume
Redwire Corporation (RDW) operates in the Industrials sector, specifically the Aerospace & Defense industry, with a market capitalization near $1.72B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 750 people, carrying a beta of 2.42 to the broader market. Redwire Corporation, a space infrastructure company, develops, manufactures, and sells mission critical space solutions and components for national security, civil, and commercial space markets in the United States, Luxembourg, Germany, South Korea, Poland, and internationally. Led by Peter Anthony Cannito Jr., public since 2021-01-14.
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
- 5.8M
- Total Volume
- 20.8M
- Short %
- 27.78%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 33.52%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Redwire Corporation.
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Frequently asked RDW short volume questions
- What is the daily RDW short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Redwire Corporation (RDW) short volume is 5.8M shares against 20.8M total reported volume, or 27.78% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is RDW 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 RDW 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.