BABA Short Volume
Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Specialty Retail industry, with a market capitalization near $268.79B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 131,462 people, carrying a beta of 0.50 to the broader market. Alibaba Group Holding Limited, through its various subsidiaries, furnishes crucial technological infrastructure and extensive marketing channels. Led by Yongming Wu, public since 2014-09-19.
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
- 2026-07-24
- Short Volume
- 948.5K
- Total Volume
- 2.9M
- Short %
- 32.28%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 44.31%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Alibaba Group Holding Limited.
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Frequently asked BABA short volume questions
- What is the daily BABA short volume?
- As of Jul 24, 2026, Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) short volume is 948.5K shares against 2.9M total reported volume, or 32.28% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is BABA 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 BABA 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.