TLF Short Volume
Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (TLF) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Specialty Retail industry, with a market capitalization near $19.6M, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 538 people, carrying a beta of 0.57 to the broader market. Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. Led by Johan Hedberg, public since 1993-09-27.
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
- 5.4K
- Total Volume
- 10.4K
- Short %
- 51.64%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 42.00%
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Frequently asked TLF short volume questions
- What is the daily TLF short volume?
- As of Jul 16, 2026, Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (TLF) short volume is 5.4K shares against 10.4K total reported volume, or 51.64% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is TLF 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 TLF 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.