Advent Convertible & Income Fund (AVK) short interest & short volume · 85K shares short
Advent Convertible & Income Fund official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
AVK short interest rose 153.6% to 85K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 30.6% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 41.8% the 20 sessions before, the 0th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 2, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 85K
- prior 33K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 209K
- Change vs prior report
- +153.6%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 85K | $942K | +153.6% | — | 1.0 | $11.14 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 33K | $382K | -41.2% | — | 1.0 | $11.46 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 57K | $672K | +1.2% | — | 1.0 | $11.84 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 56K | $702K | -37.0% | — | 1.0 | $12.53 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 89K | $1.2M | -7.1% | — | 1.0 | $12.97 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 96K | $1.2M | +27.3% | — | 1.0 | $12.38 |
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)
- 26.4%
- 15K of 56K
- 20-day average
- 30.6%
- prior 41.8%
- Percentile vs own history
- 0th
- 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: -2.0%
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 · AVK overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 14,841 | 56,276 | 26.4% |
| 2026-11-10 | 23,769 | 70,402 | 33.8% |
| 2026-11-09 | 20,571 | 68,017 | 30.2% |
| 2026-11-06 | 23,154 | 80,772 | 28.7% |
| 2026-11-05 | 97,690 | 231,298 | 42.2% |
| 2026-11-04 | 15,704 | 73,236 | 21.4% |
| 2026-11-03 | 12,733 | 67,408 | 18.9% |
| 2026-11-02 | 30,995 | 87,537 | 35.4% |
| 2026-10-30 | 52,882 | 131,276 | 40.3% |
| 2026-10-29 | 47,236 | 130,243 | 36.3% |
AVK short interest FAQ
What is AVK's short interest?
Advent Convertible & Income Fund (AVK) had 85K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does AVK have?
1.0 days: 85K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 209K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is AVK short interest rising or falling?
AVK short interest rose (+153.6%) from 33K to 85K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is AVK a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores AVK 18 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 15/15, 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 AVK daily volume is sold short?
30.6% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 0th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was AVK's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Advent Convertible & Income Fund (AVK) was 14,841 shares, 26.4% of 56,276 total volume.
How many AVK short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Advent Convertible & Income Fund (AVK), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did AVK short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Advent Convertible & Income Fund (AVK) moved from 33.8% on Nov 10, 2026 to 26.4% on Nov 11, 2026, down 7.4 percentage points.
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