Aeluma, Inc. Common Stock (ALMU) short interest & short volume · 40.6% of float short
Aeluma, Inc. Common Stock official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
ALMU short interest rose 6.7% to 4.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (40.6% of float, 6.5 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 52.9% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 63.9% the 20 sessions before, the 6th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 22, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 4.0M
- prior 3.7M
- % of float
- 40.6%
- float 9.8M
- Days to cover
- 6.5
- avg vol 613K
- Change vs prior report
- +6.7%
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.
% of float uses the current float for every report (no float was stored with older reports).
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)
- 45.5%
- 160K of 350K
- 20-day average
- 52.9%
- prior 63.9%
- Percentile vs own history
- 6th
- 233 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: -15.3%
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 · ALMU overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 159,561 | 350,398 | 45.5% |
| 2026-10-30 | 182,440 | 332,736 | 54.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 139,090 | 318,400 | 43.7% |
| 2026-10-28 | 91,901 | 257,104 | 35.7% |
| 2026-10-27 | 300,620 | 645,014 | 46.6% |
| 2026-10-26 | 177,799 | 316,323 | 56.2% |
| 2026-10-23 | 144,650 | 240,329 | 60.2% |
| 2026-10-22 | 184,432 | 368,401 | 50.1% |
| 2026-10-21 | 117,213 | 202,982 | 57.8% |
| 2026-10-20 | 110,693 | 251,287 | 44.0% |
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ALMU is rated 1.10 of 5 among 462 rated Technology stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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ALMU short interest FAQ
What is ALMU's short interest?
Aeluma, Inc. Common Stock (ALMU) had 4.0M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 40.6% of its 9.8M-share float.
How many days to cover does ALMU have?
6.5 days: 4.0M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 613K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is ALMU short interest rising or falling?
ALMU short interest rose (+6.7%) from 3.7M to 4.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is ALMU a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores ALMU 58 out of 100 (elevated) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 40/40, days to cover 16.2/25, change in short interest vs prior report 2/15, 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 ALMU daily volume is sold short?
52.9% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 6th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was ALMU's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Aeluma, Inc. Common Stock (ALMU) was 159,561 shares, 45.5% of 350,398 total volume.
How many ALMU short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Aeluma, Inc. Common Stock (ALMU), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did ALMU short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Aeluma, Inc. Common Stock (ALMU) moved from 54.8% on Oct 30, 2026 to 45.5% on Nov 2, 2026, down 9.3 percentage points.
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