WBD Short Volume
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) operates in the Communication Services sector, specifically the Entertainment industry, with a market capitalization near $69.32B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 35,500 people, carrying a beta of 1.56 to the broader market. Warner Bros. Led by David Zaslav, public since 2005-07-08.
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
- 1.6M
- Total Volume
- 4.2M
- Short %
- 36.95%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 23.89%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc..
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WBD most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $20.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 41.5K | 131.8K | 40.0% | $0.16 | $0.24 |
| PUT | $23.00 | Sep 18, 2026 | 15.0K | 2.4K | 33.5% | $0.01 | $0.05 |
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 WBD short volume questions
- What is the daily WBD short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) short volume is 1.6M shares against 4.2M total reported volume, or 36.95% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is WBD 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 WBD 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.