BFST Short Volume
Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Banks - Regional industry, with a market capitalization near $883.6M, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 849 people, carrying a beta of 0.78 to the broader market. Business First Bancshares, Inc. Led by David R. Melville, public since 2018-04-23.
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
- 27.6K
- Total Volume
- 35.2K
- Short %
- 78.27%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 51.75%
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Frequently asked BFST short volume questions
- What is the daily BFST short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Business First Bancshares, Inc. (BFST) short volume is 27.6K shares against 35.2K total reported volume, or 78.27% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is BFST 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 BFST 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.