American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp. A (AEXA) short interest & short volume · 123K shares short
American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp. A official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
AEXA short interest rose 1.9% to 123K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 21.5% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 32.0% the 20 sessions before, the 1st percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 29, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 123K
- prior 121K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 197K
- Change vs prior report
- +1.9%
Days to cover is short interest divided by FINRA's average daily volume for the period: how many average days of trading it would take shorts to buy back.
Source: FINRA equity short interest (twice monthly) · Settlement Oct 15, 2026
Daily short volume
Share of each day's volume sold short · FINRA Reg SHO
- Latest (Nov 2)
- 34.2%
- 10K of 29K
- 20-day average
- 21.5%
- prior 32.0%
- Percentile vs own history
- 1st
- 229 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 2, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -0.5%
Model, not a forecast: 40 pts short interest % of float (full at 30%), 25 pts days to cover (full at 10), 15 pts rise in short interest since the prior report (full at +50%), 20 pts price gain since the settlement date (full at +25%). Missing inputs score 0.
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Market-wide: most shorted stocks, biggest changes and unusual short volume · AEXA overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 9,999 | 29,264 | 34.2% |
| 2026-10-30 | 10,892 | 47,276 | 23.0% |
| 2026-10-29 | 4,070 | 19,918 | 20.4% |
| 2026-10-28 | 3,689 | 54,275 | 6.8% |
| 2026-10-27 | 4,123 | 8,862 | 46.5% |
| 2026-10-26 | 3,888 | 18,050 | 21.5% |
| 2026-10-23 | 16,469 | 26,028 | 63.3% |
| 2026-10-22 | 2,995 | 18,293 | 16.4% |
| 2026-10-21 | 2,334 | 10,160 | 23.0% |
| 2026-10-20 | 20,250 | 530,237 | 3.8% |
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AEXA among 516 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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AEXA short interest FAQ
What is AEXA's short interest?
American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp. A (AEXA) had 123K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does AEXA have?
1.0 days: 123K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 197K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is AEXA short interest rising or falling?
AEXA short interest rose (+1.9%) from 121K to 123K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is AEXA a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores AEXA 3 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0.6/15, price change since settlement date 0/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of AEXA daily volume is sold short?
21.5% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 1st percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was AEXA's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp. A (AEXA) was 9,999 shares, 34.2% of 29,264 total volume.
How many AEXA short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp. A (AEXA), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did AEXA short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp. A (AEXA) moved from 23.0% on Oct 30, 2026 to 34.2% on Nov 2, 2026, up 11.2 percentage points.
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