TAL Short Volume
TAL Education Group (TAL) operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically the Education & Training Services industry, with a market capitalization near $7.69B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 26,100 people, carrying a beta of 0.07 to the broader market. Established in 2003 and headquartered in Beijing, People's Republic of China, TAL Education Group specializes in providing extracurricular academic support for K-12 students. Led by Bangxin Zhang, public since 2010-10-20.
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
- 2026-10-14
- Short Volume
- 490.7K
- Total Volume
- 992.6K
- Short %
- 49.43%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 46.34%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for TAL Education Group.
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Frequently asked TAL short volume questions
- What is the daily TAL short volume?
- As of Oct 14, 2026, TAL Education Group (TAL) short volume is 490.7K shares against 992.6K total reported volume, or 49.43% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is TAL 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 TAL 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.