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Short Selling Reports

The Market Data browser's separate Short Selling family, with stored symbol, security name, trade date and short-quantity rows.

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What you can do here

Short Selling is an implemented report option with its own column definition in the dashboard browser. It presents reported short quantity, not borrower identities, a complete outstanding-short balance or the net directional exposure of all investors. Available dates and rows depend on stored report coverage.

  • Select the short-selling report explicitly instead of inferring short interest from SLBM fees.
  • Search a security and inspect the report's actual date and quantity units.

A look inside Short Selling Reports

Historical capture
Short Selling Reports / terminal capture
The reused Market Data image shows the report-browser controls, not a loaded Short Selling table. No observed short-selling result is supplied.

From numbers to understanding

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    The columns are Symbol, Security Name, Date and Short Qty.

  2. 02

    Reported short quantity is not automatically an outstanding position after later covering.

  3. 03

    This family is distinct from SLBM lending fees/open positions and derivatives OI.

  4. 04

    Search and row/page controls narrow the displayed report; no rows can reflect coverage or filters.

HYUNDAI SHORT-QUANTITY LOOKUP

Illustrative walkthrough

Illustrative workflow: choose Short Selling, select a stored date and search HYUNDAI. No row or short quantity is asserted. The captured SLBM fee of ₹21.01 per share cannot establish this report's short quantity or a borrower's strategy.

A practice scenario using a real instrument or account workflow, not an observed result or a recommendation.
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What this does not tell you

Do not equate reported short-sale activity with total short interest, lending demand, borrower identity or an investment recommendation.

Analysis, not advice. Past performance does not predict future results. Examples are illustrative; prices, scores and counts may have changed.

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