LINC Short Volume
Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (LINC) operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically the Education & Training Services industry, with a market capitalization near $1.65B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 1,875 people, carrying a beta of 0.77 to the broader market. Lincoln Educational Services Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides various career-oriented post-secondary education services to high school graduates and working adults in the United States. Led by Scott Shaw, 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
- 96.7K
- Total Volume
- 258.7K
- Short %
- 37.40%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 39.64%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Lincoln Educational Services Corporation.
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Frequently asked LINC short volume questions
- What is the daily LINC short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (LINC) short volume is 96.7K shares against 258.7K total reported volume, or 37.40% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is LINC 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 LINC 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.