ARCC Short Volume
Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $13.48B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 1,200 people, carrying a beta of 0.63 to the broader market. Ares Capital Corporation is a business development company specializing in acquisition, recapitalization, mezzanine debt, restructurings, rescue financing, and leveraged buyout transactions of middle market companies. Led by Kort Schnabel, public since 2004-10-05.
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
- 1.6M
- Total Volume
- 2.7M
- Short %
- 59.04%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 61.70%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Ares Capital Corporation.
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Frequently asked ARCC short volume questions
- What is the daily ARCC short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Ares Capital Corporation (ARCC) short volume is 1.6M shares against 2.7M total reported volume, or 59.04% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is ARCC 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 ARCC 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.