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Get daily short-sale volume and the share of total volume that was short selling, with aggregate statistics across the returned window. Useful for spotting unusual short-selling activity day to day. Endpoint: POST /api/v1/fundamentals/short-volume Tier: point · Delivery: sync

Request

FieldType
tickerstring
as_of_datestring
limitnumber

Response

The response is the two-key envelope { finterm, data }, where data is the finterm.result:ShortVolume/v1 contract:
FieldDescription
tickerThe stock ticker symbol, uppercased (e.g. “AAPL”).
recordsDaily short-sale volume readings, newest first. Each carries date, short_volume, total_volume, short_volume_ratio (short_volume as a percent of total_volume), and the exempt_volume / non_exempt_volume split (null when not reported).
summaryAggregate statistics across the returned window: avg_short_volume_ratio, max_short_volume_ratio, min_short_volume_ratio, and days_above_40_pct (count of days the short_volume_ratio exceeded 40 percent). Null when there are no readings.

Example

finterm tool short_volume TSLA --as-of-date 2024-03-15