CLW Short Volume
Clearwater Paper Corporation (CLW) operates in the Basic Materials sector, specifically the Paper, Lumber & Forest Products industry, with a market capitalization near $217.9M, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 2,200 people, carrying a beta of 0.21 to the broader market. Clearwater Paper Corporation manufactures and supplies bleached paperboards, and consumer and parent roll tissues in the United States and internationally. Led by Arsen S. Kitch, public since 2008-12-05.
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
- 34.5K
- Total Volume
- 63.7K
- Short %
- 54.26%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 50.46%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Clearwater Paper Corporation.
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Frequently asked CLW short volume questions
- What is the daily CLW short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Clearwater Paper Corporation (CLW) short volume is 34.5K shares against 63.7K total reported volume, or 54.26% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is CLW 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 CLW 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.