AIQ stock
Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF (AIQ) short interest & short volume · 608K shares short
Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
AIQ short interest fell 23.8% to 608K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 47.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 54.1% the 20 sessions before, the 42nd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 2, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 608K
- prior 798K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 1.1M
- Change vs prior report
- -23.8%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 608K | $39.0M | -23.8% | — | 1.0 | $64.09 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 798K | $52.0M | -1.8% | — | 1.0 | $65.16 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 813K | $51.2M | -19.6% | — | 1.0 | $62.96 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 1.0M | $65.0M | +2.5% | — | 1.0 | $64.30 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 987K | $63.4M | -72.1% | — | 1.0 | $64.20 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 3.5M | $208.6M | +493.6% | — | 1.6 | $58.89 |
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 11)
- 80.1%
- 777K of 970K
- 20-day average
- 47.4%
- prior 54.1%
- Percentile vs own history
- 42nd
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -7.2%
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 · AIQ overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 777,247 | 969,881 | 80.1% |
| 2026-11-10 | 227,373 | 518,017 | 43.9% |
| 2026-11-09 | 285,053 | 780,380 | 36.5% |
| 2026-11-06 | 358,854 | 1,076,946 | 33.3% |
| 2026-11-05 | 1,524,181 | 2,991,912 | 50.9% |
| 2026-11-04 | 205,580 | 531,712 | 38.7% |
| 2026-11-03 | 157,957 | 420,220 | 37.6% |
| 2026-11-02 | 179,845 | 562,989 | 31.9% |
| 2026-10-30 | 345,850 | 947,866 | 36.5% |
| 2026-10-29 | 204,017 | 481,078 | 42.4% |
AIQ short interest FAQ
What is AIQ's short interest?
Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF (AIQ) had 608K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does AIQ have?
1.0 days: 608K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 1.1M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is AIQ short interest rising or falling?
AIQ short interest fell (-23.8%) from 798K to 608K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is AIQ a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores AIQ 3 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, 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 AIQ daily volume is sold short?
47.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 42nd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was AIQ's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF (AIQ) was 777,247 shares, 80.1% of 969,881 total volume.
How many AIQ short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF (AIQ), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did AIQ short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF (AIQ) moved from 43.9% on Nov 10, 2026 to 80.1% on Nov 11, 2026, up 36.2 percentage points.
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