SMID Short Volume
Smith-Midland Corporation (SMID) operates in the Basic Materials sector, specifically the Construction Materials industry, with a market capitalization near $156.3M, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 172 people, carrying a beta of 1.77 to the broader market. Smith-Midland Corporation, through its subsidiaries, invents, develops, manufactures, markets, leases, licenses, sells, and installs precast concrete products primarily for use in the construction, highway, utilities, and farming industries. Led by Ashley Smith, public since 1995-12-13.
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
- 2026-06-01
- Short Volume
- 640
- Total Volume
- 3.1K
- Short %
- 20.47%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 40.89%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Smith-Midland Corporation.
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Frequently asked SMID short volume questions
- What is the daily SMID short volume?
- As of Jun 1, 2026, Smith-Midland Corporation (SMID) short volume is 640 shares against 3.1K total reported volume, or 20.47% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is SMID 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 SMID 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.