SLM Short Volume
SLM Corporation (SLM) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Financial - Credit Services industry, with a market capitalization near $4.02B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 1,710 people, carrying a beta of 1.02 to the broader market. SLM Corporation, through its subsidiaries, originates and services private education loans to students and their families to finance the cost of their education in the United States. Led by Jonathan W. Witter, public since 1983-09-23.
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
- 426.0K
- Total Volume
- 683.8K
- Short %
- 62.30%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 58.16%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for SLM Corporation.
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Frequently asked SLM short volume questions
- What is the daily SLM short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, SLM Corporation (SLM) short volume is 426.0K shares against 683.8K total reported volume, or 62.30% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is SLM 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 SLM 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.