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Short Sale Volume and Transaction Data

To increase the transparency surrounding short sale transactions, several self-regulatory organizations (SROs) are providing on their websites daily aggregate short selling volume information for individual equity securities.  The SROs are also providing website disclosure on a one-month delayed basis of information regarding individual short sale transactions in all exchange-listed equity securities.  For short sale data provided by a specific SRO, you can click on the hyperlinks below.

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Concept at a glance

Term
Short Sale Volume and Transaction Data [1]
Subject area
Investor.gov glossary [1]
Jurisdiction / scope
US regulatory and investor-education context [1]
Primary reference
SEC · Investor.gov [1]

Definition and explanation

To increase the transparency surrounding short sale transactions, several self-regulatory organizations (SROs) are providing on their websites daily aggregate short selling volume information for individual equity securities.  The SROs are also providing website disclosure on a one-month delayed basis of information regarding individual short sale transactions in all exchange-listed equity securities.  For short sale data provided by a specific SRO, you can click on the hyperlinks below. [1]

CBOE Exchanges: BYX Equities, BZX Equities, EDGA Equities, EDGX Equities (Subscription Required) [1]

NASDAQ (includes The Nasdaq Stock Market, Nasdaq BX and Nasdaq PSX markets) [1]

In addition, the SEC discloses twice-monthly on its website fails to deliver data for all equity securities.  You also can go to the SROs’ websites for the threshold securities list for those securities for which the SRO is the primary market. [1]

Source-supported connections

Short Sale Volume and Transaction Data → Mentioned in the official explanation → Disclosure [1]
Short Sale Volume and Transaction Data → Mentioned in the official explanation → Primary Market [1]
Short Sale Volume and Transaction Data → Mentioned in the official explanation → Stock [1]
Short Sale Volume and Transaction Data → Mentioned in the official explanation → Stock Market [1]
Short Sale Volume and Transaction Data → Mentioned in the official explanation → Threshold Securities [1]

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To increase the transparency surrounding short sale transactions, several self-regulatory organizations (SROs) are providing on their websites daily aggregate short selling volume information for individual equity securities.  The SROs are also providing website disclosure on a one-month delayed basis of information regarding individual short sale transactions in all exchange-listed equity securities.  For short sale data provided by a specific SRO, you can click on the hyperlinks below. [1]

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