---
title: "FINRA daily short sale volume"
method: GET
path: "/api/markets/short-volume"
tags: ["Companies"]
---

# FINRA daily short sale volume

`GET /api/markets/short-volume`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://xoomar.com`
- URL: `https://xoomar.com/api/markets/short-volume`
- Auth: one of:
  - none
  - API key in header `x-api-key`

Without symbol: the latest day, the 100 highest short shares of volume (sort=shares for the largest volumes). With symbol: daily history, oldest first; history starts in August 2021 and the free API returns the last six months. Docs: https://xoomar.com/markets/api/short-interest

## Query parameters

- `symbol` string
- `days` integer
- `from` string
- `to` string
- `limit` integer
- `sort` 'shares'

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `data` object[]
    - `date` string, date: Trade date
    - `symbol` string: Ticker as FINRA publishes it
    - `shortVolume` number: Shares sold short that day, as reported to FINRA's facilities
    - `shortExemptVolume` number, nullable: Short sales marked exempt
    - `totalVolume` number: Total shares reported to FINRA's facilities that day (not the consolidated tape)
    - `shortRatio` number, nullable: shortVolume divided by totalVolume
    - `canonicalUrl` string, uri: The matching page on xoomar.com
  - `updatedAt` string, date-time: When the response was built; a few dated feeds give the date of their newest row instead
  - `source` 'xoomar.com'
  - `docs` string
  - `license` string: Data terms
  - `attribution` string
  - `canonicalUrl` string, uri: The matching page on xoomar.com
  - `meta` object: Who publishes the data and how to credit it
    - `source` string: The publisher or publishers of the data, comma-separated
    - `sourceAttribution` string: The credit line to show wherever the data is displayed
    - `notice` string: Requests without a key only: the free key, app registration and the credit

## Other responses

- `404`: Unknown slug, ticker or country
- `429`: Rate limit: 10 requests a minute without a key, 30 with a free key

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