SHOE Short Volume
Shoe Carnival, Inc. Common Stock (SHOE) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Apparel - Retail industry, with a market capitalization near $401.0M, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 2,500 people, carrying a beta of 1.42 to the broader market. Shoe Station Group, Inc. Led by Clifton E. Sifford, public since 1993-03-16.
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
- 121.9K
- Total Volume
- 285.0K
- Short %
- 42.75%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 44.30%
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Frequently asked SHOE short volume questions
- What is the daily SHOE short volume?
- As of Jul 16, 2026, Shoe Carnival, Inc. Common Stock (SHOE) short volume is 121.9K shares against 285.0K total reported volume, or 42.75% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is SHOE 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 SHOE 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.