Daily Short Volume RatioThe short volume ratio is the number of shares sold short divided by the average daily volume and is used to indicate sentiment. In its most basic form, short volume ratio above 0.5 indicates more folks are shorting the stock while a short volume ratio below 0.5 indicates more folks are buying the stock. Short volume and total volume data is collected daily from FINRA for the NYSE and the NASDAQ exchange and represents lit markets. Daily short and total volume is calculated after the exchanges close so will lag by a day on the chart.
This indicator displays the short volume ratio for the last 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 days and includes a smoothing function (def: off) to better visualize trends.
The indicator also includes the ability to view the short volume ratio for the last day for a reference ticker (def: SPY) to compare with total market sentiment.
Thanks to those before me for providing ideas and code.
Shortinterest
DIX Short Sale VolumeThis indicator combines all the short sale volumes from NASDAQ, NYSE and BATS exchanges and calculates Short Vol % to Total Volume across these 3 exchanges. Use it on Daily Timeframe as shown in the above chart.
For more information on Short Sale Volumes refer to www.finra.org
Usage
When short sale volume data is rising rapidly, it indicates bullishness in the underlying as market makers do not have the shares to sell which results in short sale
When a stock gets dumped by institutions, short sale %age is normally very low and trend is downwards
NASDAQ/NYSE Short Volume [NeoButane]This shows short volume from NASDAQ and NYSE.
If you do not understand what short volume is, I highly recommend researching FINRA documentation and reporting.
The indicator looks nice in histogram and column style.
The neat thing about nesting str.replace_all is that you can get the ticker without using a mutable variable.
Short Interest, Shs Outstanding, & Short RatioA brief, high level study for looking at short interest volume and it's derivative, short volume ratio.
Calculated based on the symbol lookup for short data at Quandl (Example TSLA: FINRA/FNSQ_TSLA )
Definitions:
Short Volume = Total number of short shares traded on the major US markets each day
Short Volume Ratio = Total number of short shares traded divided by the total shares traded each day (lower chart)
Dependent on quality of data from Quandl / FINRA. Author takes no liability for quality / errors etc. Use at own risk.
Short Interest - Daily VolumeShort interest and daily volume comparison. Originally "Nasdaq SI: Short Interest by Greeny"
