ALPS stock
ALPS (ALPS) short interest & short volume · 119K shares short
ALPS official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
ALPS short interest fell 5.6% to 119K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (4.1 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 33.3% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 27.1% the 20 sessions before, the 44th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 31, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 119K
- prior 126K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 4.1
- avg vol 29K
- Change vs prior report
- -5.6%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 119K | $40K | -5.6% | — | 4.1 | $0.34 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 126K | $50K | +1.3% | — | 2.0 | $0.40 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 124K | $50K | +264.0% | — | 2.0 | $0.40 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 34K | $13K | +28.9% | — | 1.0 | $0.39 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 26K | $8K | +61.6% | — | 1.0 | $0.32 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 16K | $7K | -47.3% | — | 1.0 | $0.41 |
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)
- 37.4%
- 27K of 73K
- 20-day average
- 33.3%
- prior 27.1%
- Percentile vs own history
- 44th
- 216 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: +246.6%
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 · ALPS overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 27,132 | 72,626 | 37.4% |
| 2026-11-10 | 1,526 | 10,587 | 14.4% |
| 2026-11-09 | 7,728 | 35,076 | 22.0% |
| 2026-11-06 | 73,239 | 176,261 | 41.5% |
| 2026-11-05 | 4,589 | 12,914 | 35.5% |
| 2026-11-04 | 3,015 | 10,523 | 28.6% |
| 2026-11-03 | 15,133 | 19,506 | 77.6% |
| 2026-11-02 | 13,650 | 32,286 | 42.3% |
| 2026-10-30 | 2,999 | 23,445 | 12.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 1,029 | 12,825 | 8.0% |
ALPS short interest FAQ
What is ALPS's short interest?
ALPS had 119K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does ALPS have?
4.1 days: 119K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 29K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is ALPS short interest rising or falling?
ALPS short interest fell (-5.6%) from 126K to 119K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is ALPS a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores ALPS 30 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 10.2/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 20/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of ALPS daily volume is sold short?
33.3% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 44th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was ALPS's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for ALPS was 27,132 shares, 37.4% of 72,626 total volume.
How many ALPS short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for ALPS, from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did ALPS short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for ALPS moved from 14.4% on Nov 10, 2026 to 37.4% on Nov 11, 2026, up 23.0 percentage points.
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