DLR Short Volume
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR) operates in the Real Estate sector, specifically the REIT - Office industry, with a market capitalization near $67.93B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 3,936 people, carrying a beta of 1.08 to the broader market. Digital Realty supports the world's leading enterprises and service providers by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. Led by Andrew Power, public since 2004-10-29.
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
- 234.4K
- Total Volume
- 588.5K
- Short %
- 39.84%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 45.50%
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Frequently asked DLR short volume questions
- What is the daily DLR short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (DLR) short volume is 234.4K shares against 588.5K total reported volume, or 39.84% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is DLR 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 DLR 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.