TANH Short Volume
Tantech Holdings Ltd (TANH) operates in the Consumer Defensive sector, specifically the Household & Personal Products industry, with a market capitalization near $2.7M, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 86 people, carrying a beta of 0.55 to the broader market. Tantech Holdings Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, develops and manufactures bamboo-based charcoal products for industrial energy, household cooking, heating, purification, agricultural, and cleaning applications in the People's Republic of China and internationally. Led by Wangfeng Yan, public since 2015-03-24.
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
- 17.9K
- Total Volume
- 33.8K
- Short %
- 52.89%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 43.96%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Tantech Holdings Ltd.
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Frequently asked TANH short volume questions
- What is the daily TANH short volume?
- As of Jun 1, 2026, Tantech Holdings Ltd (TANH) short volume is 17.9K shares against 33.8K total reported volume, or 52.89% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is TANH 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 TANH 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.