W Short Volume
Wayfair Inc. (W) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Specialty Retail industry, with a market capitalization near $12.10B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 12,800 people, carrying a beta of 2.96 to the broader market. Wayfair Inc. Led by Niraj S. Shah, public since 2014-10-02.
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
- 2026-07-16
- Short Volume
- 412.0K
- Total Volume
- 859.3K
- Short %
- 47.95%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 55.07%
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Frequently asked W short volume questions
- What is the daily W short volume?
- As of Jul 16, 2026, Wayfair Inc. (W) short volume is 412.0K shares against 859.3K total reported volume, or 47.95% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is W 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 W 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.