PAA Short Volume
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (PAA) operates in the Energy sector, specifically the Oil & Gas Midstream industry, with a market capitalization near $16.40B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 3,900 people, carrying a beta of 0.49 to the broader market. Plains All American Pipeline, L. Led by Willie Chiang, public since 1998-11-18.
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
- 2026-08-14
- Short Volume
- 434.4K
- Total Volume
- 732.2K
- Short %
- 59.33%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 48.92%
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Frequently asked PAA short volume questions
- What is the daily PAA short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (PAA) short volume is 434.4K shares against 732.2K total reported volume, or 59.33% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is PAA 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 PAA 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.