HCHL Short Volume
Happy City Holdings Limited Class A Ordinary shares (HCHL) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Restaurants industry, with a market capitalization near $68.9M, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 104 people, carrying a beta of -1.30 to the broader market. Operates three all-you-can-eat Thai and Japanese hotpot restaurants in Hong Kong through wholly owned subsidiaries, established in 2019 and headquartered in Kwai Chung Led by Suk Yee Kwan, public since 2025-06-24.
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
- 2026-06-01
- Short Volume
- 534.5K
- Total Volume
- 778.3K
- Short %
- 68.67%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 48.41%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Happy City Holdings Limited Class A Ordinary shares.
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Frequently asked HCHL short volume questions
- What is the daily HCHL short volume?
- As of Jun 1, 2026, Happy City Holdings Limited Class A Ordinary shares (HCHL) short volume is 534.5K shares against 778.3K total reported volume, or 68.67% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is HCHL 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 HCHL 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.