LATA Short Volume
Galata Acquisition Corp. II Class A Ordinary Shares (LATA) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $173.5M, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 0.08 to the broader market. A special‐purpose acquisition company (SPAC) formed to effect a business combination (merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, etc. Led by Craig William Perry, public since 2025-11-10.
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
- 2026-05-28
- Short Volume
- 20.9K
- Total Volume
- 25.5K
- Short %
- 81.96%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 53.38%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Galata Acquisition Corp. II Class A Ordinary Shares.
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Frequently asked LATA short volume questions
- What is the daily LATA short volume?
- As of May 28, 2026, Galata Acquisition Corp. II Class A Ordinary Shares (LATA) short volume is 20.9K shares against 25.5K total reported volume, or 81.96% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is LATA 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 LATA 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.