MAA Short Volume
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (MAA) operates in the Real Estate sector, specifically the REIT - Residential industry, with a market capitalization near $13.70B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 2,507 people, carrying a beta of 0.71 to the broader market. Mid-America Apartment Communities, known as MAA, is a prominent S&P 500 entity operating as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). Led by Adrian Bradley Hill, public since 1994-01-28.
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
- 2026-09-30
- Short Volume
- 274.4K
- Total Volume
- 419.6K
- Short %
- 65.40%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 52.75%
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Frequently asked MAA short volume questions
- What is the daily MAA short volume?
- As of Sep 30, 2026, Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (MAA) short volume is 274.4K shares against 419.6K total reported volume, or 65.40% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is MAA 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 MAA 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.