DG Short Volume
Dollar General Corporation (DG) operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically the Discount Stores industry, with a market capitalization near $26.35B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 194,200 people, carrying a beta of 0.26 to the broader market. Dollar General Corporation is a prominent discount retail chain that offers a wide array of merchandise across the southern, southwestern, Midwestern, and eastern regions of the United States. Led by Todd J. Vasos, public since 2009-11-13.
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
- 2026-06-30
- Short Volume
- 289.9K
- Total Volume
- 805.1K
- Short %
- 36.01%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 45.58%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Dollar General Corporation.
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Frequently asked DG short volume questions
- What is the daily DG short volume?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, Dollar General Corporation (DG) short volume is 289.9K shares against 805.1K total reported volume, or 36.01% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is DG 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 DG 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.