LFS Short Volume
LEIFRAS Co., Ltd. American Depositary Shares (LFS) operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically the Education & Training Services industry, with a market capitalization near $58.1M, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 1,055 people, carrying a beta of -0.94 to the broader market. LEIFRAS Co. Led by Kiyotaka Ito, public since 2025-10-08.
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
- 2026-07-16
- Short Volume
- 4.3K
- Total Volume
- 11.3K
- Short %
- 38.04%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 37.82%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for LEIFRAS Co., Ltd. American Depositary Shares.
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Frequently asked LFS short volume questions
- What is the daily LFS short volume?
- As of Jul 16, 2026, LEIFRAS Co., Ltd. American Depositary Shares (LFS) short volume is 4.3K shares against 11.3K total reported volume, or 38.04% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is LFS 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 LFS 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.