ARKR Short Volume
Ark Restaurants Corp. (ARKR) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Restaurants industry, with a market capitalization near $22.8M, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 1,246 people, carrying a beta of 0.33 to the broader market. Ark Restaurants Corp. Led by Michael Weinstein, public since 1985-12-13.
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
- 390
- Total Volume
- 1.4K
- Short %
- 28.40%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 37.07%
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Frequently asked ARKR short volume questions
- What is the daily ARKR short volume?
- As of Jun 1, 2026, Ark Restaurants Corp. (ARKR) short volume is 390 shares against 1.4K total reported volume, or 28.40% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is ARKR 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 ARKR 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.