USA Short Volume
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $1.85B, listed on NYSE, carrying a beta of 0.96 to the broader market. The Liberty All-Star Equity Fund operates as a closed-end investment vehicle focused on equities. Led by Howard Roy Gleicher, public since 1986-10-24.
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
- 2026-07-16
- Short Volume
- 220.8K
- Total Volume
- 782.7K
- Short %
- 28.21%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 31.13%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Liberty All-Star Equity Fund.
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Frequently asked USA short volume questions
- What is the daily USA short volume?
- As of Jul 16, 2026, Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA) short volume is 220.8K shares against 782.7K total reported volume, or 28.21% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is USA 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 USA 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.