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# FINRA short volume.

One ticker day of short-sale volume, total volume and off-exchange ratios. Every response carries its sources and dates.

- [See plans](https://gloom.sh/datasets/pricing)
- [Read the reference](https://gloom.sh/datasets/docs/datasets/short-volume)

Request 2 credits

```
curl "https://api.gloom.sh/v1/short-volume?symbols=AAPL" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GLOOM_DATASETS_KEY"
```

With your key, this call returns the latest data. The response is one record of the [free sample](https://api.gloom.sh/v1/datasets/short-volume/sample), which needs no key.

Response · data[0]

```
{
  "date": "2026-09-21",
  "shortVolume": "5442428.346356",
  "totalVolume": "12178460.751537",
  "ratioPercent": 44.68896732
}
```

Trimmed real output

## Who uses it.

- ### Quant teams

  Daily short-sale ratios for signals.
- ### Research agents

  Cite a ticker's short volume by day.

## Coverage and price.

- **route**: 1
- **source**: 1
- **credits a call**: 2

In all 44 datasets on every plan, from $200/mo. [See plans](https://gloom.sh/datasets/pricing)

**Routes and credits (1)**

- `GET /v1/short-volume` Daily off-exchange short-sale volume and ratios 2 credits

## Related.

- [CFTC positioning](https://gloom.sh/datasets/cot)
- [FINRA short interest](https://gloom.sh/datasets/short-interest)
- [EIA energy inventories](https://gloom.sh/datasets/energy-inventories)