WEN Short Volume
The Wendy's Company (WEN) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Restaurants industry, with a market capitalization near $1.56B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 4,833 people, carrying a beta of 0.35 to the broader market. The Wendy's Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a quick-service restaurant company. Led by Kenneth Cook, public since 1980-05-06.
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
- 2026-05-15
- Short Volume
- 2.0M
- Total Volume
- 5.1M
- Short %
- 39.29%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 52.71%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for The Wendy's Company.
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WEN most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $8.00 | Jun 18, 2026 | 1.9K | 28.4K | 62.2% | $0.60 | $0.65 |
| PUT | $8.00 | May 29, 2026 | 1.8K | 1.6K | 61.4% | $0.20 | $0.50 |
| CALL | $10.00 | Jun 18, 2026 | 1.3K | 3.4K | 60.9% | $0.05 | $0.15 |
Top 3 contracts from the ORATS-sourced nightly scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked WEN short volume questions
- What is the daily WEN short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, The Wendy's Company (WEN) short volume is 2.0M shares against 5.1M total reported volume, or 39.29% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is WEN 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 WEN 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.