COLD Short Volume
Americold Realty Trust, Inc. (COLD) operates in the Real Estate sector, specifically the REIT - Industrial industry, with a market capitalization near $4.25B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 13,755 people, carrying a beta of 0.90 to the broader market. Americold is the world's largest publicly traded REIT focused on the ownership, operation, acquisition and development of temperature-controlled warehouses. Led by Nathan H. Harwell, public since 2018-01-19.
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
- 2026-05-15
- Short Volume
- 465.6K
- Total Volume
- 1.2M
- Short %
- 39.56%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 47.17%
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Frequently asked COLD short volume questions
- What is the daily COLD short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Americold Realty Trust, Inc. (COLD) short volume is 465.6K shares against 1.2M total reported volume, or 39.56% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is COLD 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 COLD 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.