longbridge short-trades ​

Daily short sale volume — unlike short-positions (outstanding balance), this command shows the actual short selling transactions that occurred each day. Supports US stocks (FINRA/Nasdaq) and HK stocks (HKEX). Market is auto-detected from the symbol suffix.

Quote Permission RequiredBasic

Included with OpenAPI activation — no extra purchase needed.

My QuotesOpenAPI quote perms are separate from App/Web perms

Basic Usage ​

bash
longbridge short-trades AAPL.US
Short Trades — AAPL.US

| date       | nas_short | ny_short | total_vol  | rate%  | close   |
|------------|-----------|----------|------------|--------|---------|
| 2026-05-22 | 3,809,598 | 0        | 10,564,290 | 36.06% | 308.820 |
| 2026-05-21 | 3,485,781 | 0        | 9,375,861  | 37.18% | 304.990 |

Examples ​

View US daily short sale volume ​

bash
longbridge short-trades AAPL.US
longbridge short-trades AAPL.US --count 30

US field reference:

FieldDescription
dateTrading date (YYYY-MM-DD)
nas_shortShort volume on Nasdaq/national trading systems
ny_shortShort volume on NYSE
total_volTotal short volume for the day
rate%Short volume as a percentage of total daily volume
closeClosing price for the day

US JSON output ​

bash
longbridge short-trades AAPL.US --format json
json
{
  "symbol": "AAPL.US",
  "data": [
    {
      "close": "308.820",
      "nus_amount": "3809598",
      "ny_amount": "0",
      "rate": "0.3606",
      "timestamp": "1779422400",
      "total_amount": "10564290"
    }
  ],
  "sources": 1
}

JSON field reference (US):

FieldDescription
symbolSymbol in CODE.MARKET format
data[].timestampTrading date as Unix timestamp (seconds)
data[].nus_amountShort volume on national trading systems (NUS/Nasdaq)
data[].ny_amountShort volume on NYSE
data[].total_amountTotal short volume for the day
data[].rateShort volume as a ratio (e.g. "0.3606" = 36.06%)
data[].closeClosing price for the day

View HK daily short sale volume ​

bash
longbridge short-trades 700.HK
longbridge short-trades 700.HK --count 30
Short Trades — 700.HK

| date       | rate%  | short_shares | balance          | total_vol  | close |
|------------|--------|--------------|------------------|------------|-------|
| 2026-05-21 | 8.16%  | 1,957,600    | 865,793,700.00   | 23,998,219 | 441.4 |

HK field reference:

FieldDescription
dateTrading date (YYYY-MM-DD)
short_sharesShort shares sold for the day
balanceOutstanding short selling balance (HKD)
total_volTotal market shares traded for the day
rate%Short volume as a percentage of total daily volume
closeClosing price for the day

HK JSON output ​

bash
longbridge short-trades 700.HK --format json
json
{
  "symbol": "700.HK",
  "data": [
    {
      "amount": "1957600",
      "balance": "865793700.00",
      "close": "441.4",
      "rate": "0.0816",
      "timestamp": "1779379200",
      "total_amount": "23998219"
    }
  ]
}

JSON field reference (HK):

FieldDescription
symbolSymbol in CODE.MARKET format
data[].timestampTrading date as Unix timestamp (seconds)
data[].amountShort shares sold for the day
data[].balanceOutstanding short selling balance (HKD)
data[].total_amountTotal market shares traded for the day
data[].rateShort volume ratio (e.g. "0.0816" = 8.16%)
data[].closeClosing price for the day

Difference from short-positions ​

  • short-trades: actual short sale transactions that happened each day (flow)
  • short-positions: outstanding short position balance at a point in time (stock), updated bi-monthly for US stocks

Options ​

FlagDescription
--countNumber of records (1–100, default: 20)
--formatOutput format: table (default) or json

Requirements ​

  • US: US market data subscription required.
  • HK: HK market data subscription required.