WLY Short Volume
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY) operates in the Communication Services sector, specifically the Publishing industry, with a market capitalization near $2.62B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 4,500 people, carrying a beta of 0.78 to the broader market. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Led by Matthew Kissner, 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
- 2026-08-14
- Short Volume
- 179.3K
- Total Volume
- 194.6K
- Short %
- 92.12%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 67.42%
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Frequently asked WLY short volume questions
- What is the daily WLY short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (WLY) short volume is 179.3K shares against 194.6K total reported volume, or 92.12% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is WLY 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 WLY 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.