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Quantisnow Short Volume Ratio

Short volume ratio in July 2026

Last updated . Recomputed daily.

In July 2026, short sales made up 49.6% of FINRA-reported volume across US stocks (June: 47.7%), and 2,504 liquid stocks had a monthly short volume ratio above 50%.

Source: Quantisnow, Quantisnow Short Volume Ratio, July 2026

Key figures

Market short volume ratio
49.6%
Prior month: 47.7%
Highest daily ratio
51.6%
Prior month: 50.5%
Lowest daily ratio
46.9%
Prior month: 46.4%
Liquid stocks above 50%
2,504
Prior month: 2,219
Liquid stocks measured
4,432
Prior month: 4,585
Trading days
22
Prior month: 21

Highest short volume ratios (5M+ shares of monthly volume), July 2026

StockShort ratioReported volume
Autoliv Inc. (ALV)83.5%7,017,437
Life360 Inc. (LIF)82.7%5,109,248
iShares iBonds Dec 2030 Term Treasury ETF (IBTK)81.3%5,722,829
Noble Corporation plc A (NE)79.0%14,090,156
Academy Sports and Outdoors Inc. (ASO)77.9%12,194,677
iShares iBonds Dec 2028 Term Treasury ETF (IBTI)77.8%7,552,861
Range Resources Corporation (RRC)77.8%27,632,567
RadNet Inc. (RDNT)77.2%5,722,070
Hancock Whitney Corporation (HWC)77.0%6,952,707
A.O. Smith Corporation (AOS)76.9%15,707,072
Logitech International S.A. (LOGI)76.5%11,035,689
Ormat Technologies Inc. (ORA)76.5%7,206,182
Textron Inc. (TXT)76.3%14,137,798
First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC)76.2%7,362,951
Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW)75.9%11,463,936
Skyworks Solutions Inc. (SWKS)75.9%44,704,032
Arcus Biosciences Inc. (RCUS)75.7%9,120,994
Kailera Therapeutics Inc. (KLRA)75.6%5,111,711
Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. (CFR)75.5%5,322,544
Thomson Reuters Corporation (TRI)75.4%14,242,985
Tanger Inc. (SKT)75.2%7,349,384
NCR Voyix Corporation (VYX)75.1%13,191,780
Sonoco Products Company (SON)75.0%10,047,742
United Bankshares Inc. (UBSI)74.7%6,260,430
Century Therapeutics Inc. (IPSC)74.6%8,436,580

Methodology

FINRA publishes daily short sale volume for every security reported to its consolidated trade reporting facilities. Quantisnow ingests the file every trading day. The short volume ratio is short sale volume divided by total reported volume.

FINRA short sale volume is not short interest: market makers report many short sales while providing liquidity, so ratios around 40 to 50% are normal. The series is useful for relative comparisons across time and between stocks, not as a measure of bearish positioning on its own.

Monthly stock ratios are volume-weighted (sum of short volume over sum of total volume for the month). The ranking excludes stocks with under 5 million shares of reported monthly volume to avoid thinly traded names.

Figures are recomputed daily from the Quantisnow event database. The current month is marked as month to date until it closes; closed months are recomputed for a few days after month end to pick up late filings, then stay fixed.

Definitions for every column are in the JSON download.

Metric definitions

Market short volume ratio
(ratio): Sum of FINRA short sale volume divided by sum of total reported volume, all covered stocks.
Highest daily ratio
(highDay)
Lowest daily ratio
(lowDay)
Liquid stocks above 50%
(above50): Stocks with 1M+ shares of monthly reported volume whose monthly short ratio exceeded 50%.
Liquid stocks measured
(liquid)
Trading days
(days)

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Quantisnow. (2026). Quantisnow Short Volume Ratio, July 2026 [Data set]. Retrieved October 27, 2026, from https://www.quantisnow.com/data/short-volume/2026-07

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