Japan Margin Trading Balance
Weekly outstanding margin transactions on the Tokyo and Nagoya stock exchanges since January 2002, by application date: shares sold short and shares bought on margin in value (million yen, at contract prices) and in thousand shares, by customers' and members' account and by negotiable versus standardized margin, with loans of shares and funds by the securities finance company (Japan Securities Finance) and by members themselves.
| Indicator | 28-08-2026 | 21-08-2026 | 14-08-2026 | 07-08-2026 | 31-07-2026 | 24-07-2026 | 17-07-2026 | 10-07-2026 | 03-07-2026 | 26-06-2026 | 19-06-2026 | 12-06-2026 | 05-06-2026 | 29-05-2026 | 22-05-2026 | 15-05-2026 | 01-05-2026 | 24-04-2026 | 17-04-2026 | 10-04-2026 | 03-04-2026 | 27-03-2026 | 19-03-2026 | 13-03-2026 | 06-03-2026 | 27-02-2026 | 20-02-2026 | 13-02-2026 | 06-02-2026 | 30-01-2026 | 23-01-2026 | |
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| Shares sold short (value)2 | 825,046 | 896,181 | 893,083 | 778,435 | 728,711 | 725,262 | 681,412 | 795,524 | 785,272 | 1,053,736 | 1,016,129 | 874,200 | 888,275 | 902,824 | 912,756 | 878,954 | 840,675 | 980,144 | 943,439 | 973,312 | 867,952 | 1,542,042 | 1,021,970 | 1,001,233 | 979,359 | 1,003,420 | 1,062,099 | 1,022,829 | 929,926 | 881,619 | 912,210 | |
| Customers' account: shares sold short (value) | 669,333 | 745,323 | 739,665 | 632,910 | 570,742 | 576,733 | 532,636 | 638,322 | 638,927 | 872,310 | 848,918 | 707,255 | 714,841 | 717,105 | 715,584 | 683,413 | 647,918 | 788,551 | 766,943 | 791,232 | 675,507 | 1,216,892 | 853,595 | 831,986 | 815,821 | 854,159 | 920,155 | 883,821 | 797,951 | 750,726 | 802,590 | |
| Members' account: shares sold short (value) | 155,713 | 150,858 | 153,418 | 145,525 | 157,969 | 148,529 | 148,776 | 157,202 | 146,345 | 181,426 | 167,211 | 166,945 | 173,434 | 185,719 | 197,172 | 195,541 | 192,757 | 191,593 | 176,496 | 182,080 | 192,445 | 325,150 | 168,375 | 169,247 | 163,538 | 149,261 | 141,944 | 139,008 | 131,975 | 130,893 | 109,620 | |
| Shares bought on margin (value)2 | 6,529,363 | 6,482,543 | 6,200,665 | 6,268,057 | 6,202,268 | 6,476,938 | 6,709,743 | 6,732,228 | 6,745,211 | 7,016,733 | 6,475,640 | 6,373,312 | 6,695,866 | 6,391,535 | 6,079,329 | 6,011,376 | 5,754,752 | 5,623,290 | 5,485,965 | 5,156,513 | 5,270,469 | 5,441,948 | 5,802,582 | 5,719,487 | 5,718,133 | 5,540,554 | 5,583,035 | 5,285,335 | 5,355,280 | 5,386,720 | 5,116,197 | |
| Customers' account: shares bought on margin (value) | 6,526,845 | 6,480,238 | 6,198,349 | 6,265,837 | 6,200,152 | 6,474,626 | 6,706,977 | 6,728,228 | 6,739,099 | 7,009,980 | 6,469,134 | 6,366,615 | 6,683,641 | 6,379,584 | 6,075,748 | 6,006,808 | 5,750,437 | 5,617,756 | 5,476,372 | 5,154,061 | 5,267,389 | 5,440,042 | 5,800,274 | 5,717,375 | 5,715,909 | 5,534,247 | 5,580,706 | 5,274,069 | 5,353,016 | 5,384,053 | 5,106,172 | |
| Members' account: shares bought on margin (value) | 2,518 | 2,305 | 2,316 | 2,220 | 2,116 | 2,312 | 2,766 | 4,000 | 6,112 | 6,753 | 6,506 | 6,697 | 12,225 | 11,951 | 3,581 | 4,568 | 4,315 | 5,534 | 9,593 | 2,452 | 3,080 | 1,906 | 2,308 | 2,112 | 2,224 | 6,307 | 2,329 | 11,266 | 2,264 | 2,667 | 10,025 | |
| By type of margin transaction (value)4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares sold short, negotiable margin (value) | 254,930 | 341,673 | 315,403 | 266,607 | 231,188 | 220,024 | 200,076 | 210,333 | 195,223 | 337,701 | 308,923 | 262,224 | 226,113 | 208,542 | 204,345 | 193,328 | 178,452 | 247,427 | 242,490 | 232,314 | 191,639 | 593,341 | 386,126 | 324,330 | 287,152 | 256,509 | 373,530 | 326,124 | 283,806 | 252,895 | 246,711 | |
| Shares sold short, standardized margin (value) | 570,116 | 554,508 | 577,680 | 511,828 | 497,523 | 505,238 | 481,336 | 585,191 | 590,049 | 716,035 | 707,206 | 611,976 | 662,162 | 694,282 | 708,411 | 685,626 | 662,223 | 732,717 | 700,949 | 740,998 | 676,313 | 948,701 | 635,844 | 676,903 | 692,207 | 746,911 | 688,569 | 696,705 | 646,120 | 628,724 | 665,499 | |
| Shares bought on margin, negotiable margin (value) | 2,950,674 | 2,915,165 | 2,869,003 | 2,876,730 | 2,846,033 | 2,900,296 | 2,962,054 | 3,027,148 | 3,028,625 | 3,081,077 | 2,944,141 | 2,874,900 | 2,987,020 | 2,905,614 | 2,780,302 | 2,705,063 | 2,585,172 | 2,505,182 | 2,442,695 | 2,324,667 | 2,326,754 | 2,393,872 | 2,582,179 | 2,568,500 | 2,619,228 | 2,576,644 | 2,610,299 | 2,490,612 | 2,467,785 | 2,502,662 | 2,402,122 | |
| Shares bought on margin, standardized margin (value) | 3,578,689 | 3,567,378 | 3,331,662 | 3,391,327 | 3,356,235 | 3,576,642 | 3,747,689 | 3,705,080 | 3,716,586 | 3,935,656 | 3,531,499 | 3,498,412 | 3,708,846 | 3,485,921 | 3,299,027 | 3,306,313 | 3,169,580 | 3,118,108 | 3,043,270 | 2,831,846 | 2,943,715 | 3,048,076 | 3,220,403 | 3,150,987 | 3,098,905 | 2,963,910 | 2,972,736 | 2,794,723 | 2,887,495 | 2,884,058 | 2,714,075 | |
| Shares sold short (shares)2 | 461,498 | 502,517 | 483,812 | 445,953 | 421,084 | 415,199 | 402,095 | 403,128 | 394,905 | 498,572 | 437,974 | 423,071 | 438,612 | 439,393 | 458,095 | 446,002 | 422,455 | 461,877 | 450,482 | 442,796 | 459,502 | 843,359 | 535,687 | 513,692 | 460,736 | 451,722 | 488,724 | 463,580 | 433,520 | 408,998 | 417,898 | |
| Customers' account: shares sold short (shares) | 352,942 | 393,920 | 373,835 | 337,589 | 305,752 | 301,863 | 288,349 | 285,874 | 281,113 | 370,571 | 310,974 | 294,154 | 301,289 | 293,638 | 300,309 | 287,714 | 263,708 | 305,022 | 303,163 | 290,093 | 296,819 | 619,538 | 399,312 | 379,879 | 337,907 | 343,954 | 384,175 | 364,827 | 340,022 | 317,374 | 339,324 | |
| Members' account: shares sold short (shares) | 108,556 | 108,597 | 109,977 | 108,364 | 115,332 | 113,336 | 113,746 | 117,254 | 113,792 | 128,001 | 127,000 | 128,917 | 137,323 | 145,755 | 157,786 | 158,288 | 158,747 | 156,855 | 147,319 | 152,703 | 162,683 | 223,821 | 136,375 | 133,813 | 122,829 | 107,768 | 104,549 | 98,753 | 93,498 | 91,624 | 78,574 | |
| Shares bought on margin (shares)2 | 3,479,986 | 3,505,570 | 3,519,645 | 3,551,878 | 3,584,486 | 3,662,922 | 3,704,116 | 3,806,882 | 3,871,201 | 3,940,572 | 3,915,786 | 3,813,468 | 3,921,488 | 3,854,835 | 3,756,697 | 3,799,259 | 3,797,625 | 3,803,972 | 3,623,441 | 3,623,455 | 3,586,892 | 3,545,577 | 3,775,021 | 3,742,128 | 3,686,652 | 3,656,625 | 3,734,229 | 3,635,713 | 3,678,330 | 3,729,861 | 3,639,379 | |
| Customers' account: shares bought on margin (shares) | 3,478,719 | 3,504,221 | 3,517,974 | 3,550,640 | 3,583,401 | 3,661,672 | 3,702,769 | 3,805,847 | 3,870,000 | 3,939,461 | 3,914,732 | 3,812,350 | 3,920,130 | 3,853,205 | 3,755,066 | 3,797,688 | 3,796,282 | 3,802,509 | 3,621,695 | 3,621,665 | 3,584,872 | 3,544,289 | 3,773,701 | 3,740,930 | 3,685,481 | 3,655,157 | 3,732,906 | 3,634,326 | 3,677,027 | 3,728,556 | 3,637,670 | |
| Members' account: shares bought on margin (shares) | 1,267 | 1,349 | 1,671 | 1,238 | 1,085 | 1,250 | 1,347 | 1,035 | 1,201 | 1,111 | 1,054 | 1,118 | 1,358 | 1,630 | 1,631 | 1,571 | 1,343 | 1,463 | 1,746 | 1,790 | 2,020 | 1,288 | 1,320 | 1,198 | 1,171 | 1,468 | 1,323 | 1,387 | 1,303 | 1,305 | 1,709 | |
| Amount matched within each member (shares) | 176,766 | 171,080 | 170,354 | 154,587 | 148,863 | 151,160 | 145,531 | 154,469 | 149,179 | 163,096 | 151,856 | 146,812 | 130,388 | 160,985 | 167,653 | 164,188 | 157,769 | 176,690 | 174,034 | 165,270 | 168,085 | 215,043 | 183,684 | 186,694 | 161,867 | 175,939 | 173,344 | 171,060 | 171,408 | 170,999 | 181,108 | |
| Securities finance loans and members' own funding4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loans by securities finance company: shares lent (value) | 251,788 | 229,861 | 238,896 | 224,236 | 214,168 | 200,310 | 205,452 | 227,867 | 254,659 | 317,909 | 284,309 | 248,083 | 281,373 | 339,887 | 336,377 | 292,594 | 278,485 | 297,731 | 297,809 | 334,682 | 299,186 | 533,164 | 266,184 | 269,113 | 285,835 | 312,933 | 286,719 | 295,960 | 252,701 | 215,248 | 264,971 | |
| Loans by securities finance company: funds lent (value) | 426,778 | 435,467 | 373,865 | 358,018 | 359,123 | 371,514 | 427,993 | 411,337 | 418,778 | 606,012 | 400,038 | 385,148 | 551,871 | 530,941 | 394,710 | 402,397 | 393,247 | 420,428 | 368,164 | 331,514 | 360,896 | 463,483 | 455,449 | 459,742 | 441,410 | 413,518 | 427,871 | 360,090 | 374,481 | 403,362 | 352,363 | |
| Shares lent by members (value) | 200,921 | 286,589 | 263,593 | 217,931 | 183,251 | 156,436 | 143,252 | 138,017 | 133,287 | 273,919 | 226,096 | 184,833 | 192,826 | 148,173 | 149,466 | 128,764 | 116,852 | 151,717 | 153,520 | 127,196 | 118,563 | 504,967 | 278,280 | 226,217 | 201,034 | 186,971 | 298,338 | 261,601 | 210,012 | 174,922 | 173,855 | |
| Funds lent by members (value) | 5,480,767 | 5,405,930 | 5,332,648 | 5,265,901 | 5,083,835 | 5,326,343 | 5,344,451 | 5,728,136 | 5,886,516 | 5,912,614 | 5,916,188 | 5,506,487 | 5,877,567 | 5,571,849 | 5,332,926 | 5,091,995 | 4,856,390 | 4,649,468 | 4,621,256 | 4,265,313 | 4,277,188 | 4,295,730 | 4,735,348 | 4,665,293 | 4,783,945 | 4,853,530 | 4,781,349 | 4,574,895 | 4,575,200 | 4,555,276 | 4,429,561 |
Latest reading
Shares bought on margin (value) stood at 6,529,363 million yen in Aug 28, 2026. That is +0.7% from Aug 21, 2026 and +57.4% from a year earlier. The series on this page is weekly and runs from Aug 2, 2002 to Aug 28, 2026.
- Latest
- 6,529,363 million yen
- Aug 28, 2026
- vs previous period
- +0.7%
- Aug 21, 2026
- vs a year earlier
- +57.4%
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About this data
Weekly outstanding margin transactions on the Tokyo and Nagoya stock exchanges since January 2002, by application date: shares sold short and shares bought on margin in value (million yen, at contract prices) and in thousand shares, by customers' and members' account and by negotiable versus standardized margin, with loans of shares and funds by the securities finance company (Japan Securities Finance) and by members themselves. Figures to 12 July 2013 include the Osaka exchange. The buy/sell margin ratio is a closely watched sentiment gauge. Source: Japan Exchange Group.
