ACU Short Volume
Acme United Corporation (ACU) operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically the Household & Personal Products industry, with a market capitalization near $160.8M, listed on AMEX, employing roughly 633 people, carrying a beta of 0.52 to the broader market. Acme United Corporation supplies first aid and safety, cutting, sharpening, and measuring products to the school, home, office, hardware, sporting goods, and industrial markets in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. Led by Walter C. Johnsen, public since 1980-03-17.
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
- 2026-06-01
- Short Volume
- 3.7K
- Total Volume
- 4.2K
- Short %
- 88.64%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 51.03%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Acme United Corporation.
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Frequently asked ACU short volume questions
- What is the daily ACU short volume?
- As of Jun 1, 2026, Acme United Corporation (ACU) short volume is 3.7K shares against 4.2K total reported volume, or 88.64% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is ACU 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 ACU 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.