UPS Short Volume
United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) operates in the Industrials sector, specifically the Integrated Freight & Logistics industry, with a market capitalization near $88.29B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 460,000 people, carrying a beta of 1.04 to the broader market. United Parcel Service, Inc. Led by Carol Tomé, public since 1999-11-10.
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
- 1.3M
- Total Volume
- 1.8M
- Short %
- 73.46%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 61.64%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for United Parcel Service, Inc..
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UPS most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $65.00 | Jan 15, 2027 | 1.3K | 100 | 37.0% | $39.15 | $40.30 |
| CALL | $60.00 | Jan 15, 2027 | 1.3K | 117 | 37.0% | $43.95 | $45.10 |
Top 2 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked UPS short volume questions
- What is the daily UPS short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) short volume is 1.3M shares against 1.8M total reported volume, or 73.46% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is UPS 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 UPS 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.