GAIN Short Volume
Gladstone Investment Corporation (GAIN) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $626.8M, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 70 people, carrying a beta of 0.79 to the broader market. Gladstone Investment Corporation is business development company, specializes in lower middle market, mature stage, buyouts; refinancing existing debt; senior debt securities such as senior loans, senior term loans, lines of credit, and senior notes; senior subordinated debt securities such as senior subordinated loans and senior subordinated notes; junior subordinated debt securities such as subordinated notes and mezzanine loans; limited liability company interests, and warrants or options. Led by David A. R. Dullum, public since 2005-06-23.
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
- 59.2K
- Total Volume
- 99.3K
- Short %
- 59.63%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 55.47%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Gladstone Investment Corporation.
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Frequently asked GAIN short volume questions
- What is the daily GAIN short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Gladstone Investment Corporation (GAIN) short volume is 59.2K shares against 99.3K total reported volume, or 59.63% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is GAIN 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 GAIN 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.