HD Short Volume
The Home Depot, Inc. (HD) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Home Improvement industry, with a market capitalization near $301.35B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 470,100 people, carrying a beta of 1.00 to the broader market. The Home Depot, Inc. Led by Edward Decker, public since 1981-09-22.
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
- 2026-05-13
- Short Volume
- 778.0K
- Total Volume
- 2.8M
- Short %
- 27.56%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 36.25%
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Frequently asked HD short volume questions
- What is the daily HD short volume?
- As of May 13, 2026, The Home Depot, Inc. (HD) short volume is 778.0K shares against 2.8M total reported volume, or 27.56% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is HD 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 HD 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.