BHB Short Volume

Bar Harbor Bankshares (BHB) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Banks - Regional industry, with a market capitalization near $566.2M, listed on AMEX, employing roughly 458 people, carrying a beta of 0.60 to the broader market. Bar Harbor Bankshares operates as the holding company for Bar Harbor Bank & Trust that provides commercial, lending, retail, and wealth management banking services. Led by Curtis C. Simard, public since 1997-09-23.

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
6.0K
Total Volume
14.5K
Short %
41.42%
30-Day Avg Short %
45.05%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Bar Harbor Bankshares.

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Frequently asked BHB short volume questions

What is the daily BHB short volume?
As of May 15, 2026, Bar Harbor Bankshares (BHB) short volume is 6.0K shares against 14.5K total reported volume, or 41.42% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is BHB 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 BHB 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.