WFC Short Volume
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Banks - Diversified industry, with a market capitalization near $242.25B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 197,466 people, carrying a beta of 0.92 to the broader market. Wells Fargo & Company, a financial services company, provides diversified banking, investment, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance products and services in the United States and internationally. Led by Charles W. Scharf, public since 1972-06-01.
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
- 2026-09-30
- Short Volume
- 1.6M
- Total Volume
- 5.8M
- Short %
- 27.99%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 41.53%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Wells Fargo & Company.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
WFC most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $80.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 139 | 65.6K | 28.1% | $3.80 | $3.95 |
| CALL | $100.00 | Dec 18, 2026 | 257 | 63.2K | 27.3% | $0.15 | $0.20 |
| PUT | $80.00 | Oct 2, 2026 | 2.6K | 21.5K | 30.1% | $0.47 | $0.53 |
Top 3 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked WFC short volume questions
- What is the daily WFC short volume?
- As of Sep 30, 2026, Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) short volume is 1.6M shares against 5.8M total reported volume, or 27.99% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is WFC 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 WFC 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.