AVUS stock
Avantis® U.S. Equity ETF (AVUS) short interest & short volume · 407K shares short
Avantis® U.S. Equity ETF official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
AVUS short interest rose 162.9% to 407K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 68.9% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 59.4% the 20 sessions before, the 93rd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 2, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 407K
- prior 155K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 390K
- Change vs prior report
- +162.9%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 407K | $52.8M | +162.9% | — | 1.0 | $129.77 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 155K | $19.8M | -16.3% | — | 1.0 | $128.09 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 185K | $23.7M | -45.8% | — | 1.0 | $128.42 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 341K | $44.4M | +56.3% | — | 1.3 | $130.14 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 218K | $28.9M | -12.1% | — | 1.0 | $132.47 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 248K | $31.7M | +42.5% | — | 1.0 | $127.60 |
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)
- 65.9%
- 112K of 170K
- 20-day average
- 68.9%
- prior 59.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 93rd
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
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 · AVUS overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 112,214 | 170,167 | 65.9% |
| 2026-11-10 | 134,321 | 190,558 | 70.5% |
| 2026-11-09 | 149,904 | 236,341 | 63.4% |
| 2026-11-06 | 153,438 | 282,719 | 54.3% |
| 2026-11-05 | 211,730 | 284,549 | 74.4% |
| 2026-11-04 | 161,588 | 203,276 | 79.5% |
| 2026-11-03 | 122,237 | 156,639 | 78.0% |
| 2026-11-02 | 193,939 | 264,827 | 73.2% |
| 2026-10-30 | 138,194 | 194,049 | 71.2% |
| 2026-10-29 | 115,744 | 161,512 | 71.7% |
AVUS short interest FAQ
What is AVUS's short interest?
Avantis® U.S. Equity ETF (AVUS) had 407K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does AVUS have?
1.0 days: 407K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 390K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is AVUS short interest rising or falling?
AVUS short interest rose (+162.9%) from 155K to 407K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is AVUS a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores AVUS 18 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.6/25, change in short interest vs prior report 15/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of AVUS daily volume is sold short?
68.9% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 93rd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was AVUS's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Avantis® U.S. Equity ETF (AVUS) was 112,214 shares, 65.9% of 170,167 total volume.
How many AVUS short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Avantis® U.S. Equity ETF (AVUS), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did AVUS short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Avantis® U.S. Equity ETF (AVUS) moved from 70.5% on Nov 10, 2026 to 65.9% on Nov 11, 2026, down 4.6 percentage points.
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