WFC Short Volume
Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Banks - Diversified industry, with a market capitalization near $225.02B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 217,000 people, carrying a beta of 0.96 to the broader market. Wells Fargo & Company, a diversified financial services company, provides 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
- 2026-05-15
- Short Volume
- 1.5M
- Total Volume
- 4.7M
- Short %
- 33.14%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 37.99%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Wells Fargo & Company.
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WFC most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $70.00 | Jun 18, 2026 | 67 | 67.3K | 30.7% | $1.20 | $1.25 |
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Frequently asked WFC short volume questions
- What is the daily WFC short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) short volume is 1.5M shares against 4.7M total reported volume, or 33.14% 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.