# short_volume_ratio

Share of the day's volume executed as short sales (0–1).

A numeric signal column on the Tickerbot computed state table (20,798+ ticker rows) — computed by the platform, queryable by bare name across the API. Values are NULL on rows the signal doesn't apply to.

- Group: Fundamentals
- Category: Short interest
- Type: numeric
- Update cadence: post-close daily
- Universe: all tickers
- History: none — live row only, not historized (no as-of reads for this column)
- Nullable: yes

## Query it

Every applicable form factor, grouped by endpoint family. Response payloads are real captures, sampled 2026-08-18 and trimmed; your run's values and dates will differ.

### Use signals — `/v2/signals/{signal}`

One signal across the market: who matches now, who matched then, and a push when someone starts. (https://tickerbot.io/docs/endpoints/signals.md)

#### Live — every ticker with short_volume_ratio above a cutoff

```bash
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/short_volume_ratio" \
  --data-urlencode "condition=> 1" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
```

Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed):

```json
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:25:49.066Z",
 "signal": "short_volume_ratio",
 "condition": "> 1",
 "universe": null,
 "count": 0,
 "results": []
}
```

#### Subscribe — webhook when a ticker starts matching

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/short_volume_ratio/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"condition": "> 1", "target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'
```

Returns 201 with the created webhook — the same shape as GET /v2/webhooks/{id}, plus a one-time signing_secret for HMAC verification.

### Use scan — `/v2/scan`

The whole market through a WHERE clause — this signal composed freely with any other column. (https://tickerbot.io/docs/endpoints/scan.md)

#### Live — the whole market, ranked by this column

```bash
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  --data-urlencode "q=short_volume_ratio IS NOT NULL" \
  -d "order=short_volume_ratio" -d "columns=short_volume_ratio" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
```

Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed):

```json
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:25:49.472Z",
 "query": {
  "q": "short_volume_ratio IS NOT NULL",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "short_volume_ratio",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "short_volume_ratio"
  ],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "AACBU",
   "name": "Artius II Acquisition Inc. Units",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "UNIT",
   "price": 10.576,
   "day_change_pct": -0.0116,
   "gap_pct": null,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": null,
   "short_volume_ratio": 1
  },
  {
   "ticker": "AACPR",
   "name": "Apogee Acquisition Corp Rights",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "RIGHT",
   "price": 0.166,
   "day_change_pct": null,
   "gap_pct": null,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": null,
   "short_volume_ratio": 1
  }
 ]
}
```

#### Subscribe — webhook on a market-wide condition

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"q": "short_volume_ratio > 1", "target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'
```

Returns 201 with the created webhook object; deliveries carry the tickers matching the condition at each evaluation.

## Related signals (Short interest)

- [days_to_cover](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/days_to_cover.md)
- [high_short_interest](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/high_short_interest.md)
- [short_interest](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/short_interest.md)
- [short_interest_settlement_date](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/short_interest_settlement_date.md)
- [short_percent_of_float](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/short_percent_of_float.md)
- [short_volume_spike](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/short_volume_spike.md)

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