American Resources Corp Class A (AREC) short interest & short volume · 21.7% of float short
American Resources Corp Class A official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
AREC short interest rose 12.9% to 18.6M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (21.7% of float, 9.2 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 55.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 49.4% the 20 sessions before, the 100th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 22, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 18.6M
- prior 16.5M
- % of float
- 21.7%
- float 85.7M
- Days to cover
- 9.2
- avg vol 2.0M
- Change vs prior report
- +12.9%
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.
% 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)
- 65.8%
- 988K of 1.5M
- 20-day average
- 55.4%
- prior 49.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 100th
- 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: -11.3%
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 · AREC overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 987,814 | 1,501,821 | 65.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 607,090 | 1,205,346 | 50.4% |
| 2026-10-29 | 1,218,434 | 2,145,011 | 56.8% |
| 2026-10-28 | 679,976 | 1,073,017 | 63.4% |
| 2026-10-27 | 611,972 | 1,241,317 | 49.3% |
| 2026-10-26 | 880,949 | 1,133,218 | 77.7% |
| 2026-10-23 | 527,981 | 879,679 | 60.0% |
| 2026-10-22 | 530,378 | 1,047,034 | 50.7% |
| 2026-10-21 | 799,700 | 1,512,687 | 52.9% |
| 2026-10-20 | 752,423 | 1,137,072 | 66.2% |
Materials peers with similar quant ratings
AREC is rated 3.40 of 5 among 146 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
- CDE short interest3.51 · Buy · stock
- KRO short interest3.48 · Hold · stock
- CRH short interest3.45 · Hold · stock
- ESI short interest3.42 · Hold · stock
- CLMT short interest3.37 · Hold · stock
- IFF short interest3.34 · Hold · stock
- ECVT short interest3.32 · Hold · stock
- ODC short interest3.29 · Hold · stock
AREC short interest FAQ
What is AREC's short interest?
American Resources Corp Class A (AREC) had 18.6M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 21.7% of its 85.7M-share float.
How many days to cover does AREC have?
9.2 days: 18.6M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 2.0M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is AREC short interest rising or falling?
AREC short interest rose (+12.9%) from 16.5M to 18.6M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is AREC a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores AREC 56 out of 100 (elevated) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 29/40, days to cover 22.9/25, change in short interest vs prior report 3.9/15, 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 AREC daily volume is sold short?
55.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 100th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was AREC's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for American Resources Corp Class A (AREC) was 987,814 shares, 65.8% of 1,501,821 total volume.
How many AREC short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for American Resources Corp Class A (AREC), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did AREC short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for American Resources Corp Class A (AREC) moved from 50.4% on Oct 30, 2026 to 65.8% on Nov 2, 2026, up 15.4 percentage points.
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