MAIN Short Volume

Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $4.74B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 104 people, carrying a beta of 0.77 to the broader market. Main Street Capital Corporation is a business development company specializes in equity capital to lower middle market companies. Led by Dwayne Louis Hyzak, public since 2007-10-09.

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
267.7K
Total Volume
456.4K
Short %
58.66%
30-Day Avg Short %
56.73%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Main Street Capital Corporation.

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Frequently asked MAIN short volume questions

What is the daily MAIN short volume?
As of May 15, 2026, Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN) short volume is 267.7K shares against 456.4K total reported volume, or 58.66% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is MAIN 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 MAIN 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.