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A2Z Smart Technologies Corp (AZ) short interest & short volume · 13.6% of float short
A2Z Smart Technologies Corp official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
AZ short interest rose 6.1% to 5.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (13.6% of float, 10.1 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 54.9% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 49.5% the 20 sessions before, the 83rd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 2, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 5.0M
- prior 4.7M
- % of float
- 13.6%
- float 36.4M
- Days to cover
- 10.1
- avg vol 492K
- Change vs prior report
- +6.1%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 5.0M | $28.6M | +6.1% | 13.6% | 10.1 | $5.76 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 4.7M | $26.9M | +0.9% | 12.8% | 12.8 | $5.75 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 4.6M | $25.7M | +8.6% | 12.7% | 13.7 | $5.55 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 4.3M | $27.2M | -0.7% | 11.7% | 6.8 | $6.38 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 4.3M | $31.5M | -6.8% | 11.8% | 6.5 | $7.33 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 4.6M | $28.3M | -5.6% | 12.7% | 27.3 | $6.15 |
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 11)
- 40.4%
- 64K of 159K
- 20-day average
- 54.9%
- prior 49.5%
- Percentile vs own history
- 83rd
- 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: +6.6%
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 · AZ overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 64,255 | 158,942 | 40.4% |
| 2026-11-10 | 132,726 | 192,971 | 68.8% |
| 2026-11-09 | 106,518 | 224,492 | 47.5% |
| 2026-11-06 | 93,713 | 173,684 | 54.0% |
| 2026-11-05 | 194,767 | 330,448 | 58.9% |
| 2026-11-04 | 61,612 | 164,375 | 37.5% |
| 2026-11-03 | 32,473 | 83,095 | 39.1% |
| 2026-11-02 | 48,545 | 65,401 | 74.2% |
| 2026-10-30 | 73,532 | 123,289 | 59.6% |
| 2026-10-29 | 49,408 | 69,098 | 71.5% |
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AZ short interest FAQ
What is AZ's short interest?
A2Z Smart Technologies Corp (AZ) had 5.0M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 13.6% of its 36.4M-share float.
How many days to cover does AZ have?
10.1 days: 5.0M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 492K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is AZ short interest rising or falling?
AZ short interest rose (+6.1%) from 4.7M to 5.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is AZ a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores AZ 50 out of 100 (elevated) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 18.2/40, days to cover 25/25, change in short interest vs prior report 1.8/15, price change since settlement date 5.3/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of AZ daily volume is sold short?
54.9% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 83rd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was AZ's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for A2Z Smart Technologies Corp (AZ) was 64,255 shares, 40.4% of 158,942 total volume.
How many AZ short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for A2Z Smart Technologies Corp (AZ), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did AZ short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for A2Z Smart Technologies Corp (AZ) moved from 68.8% on Nov 10, 2026 to 40.4% on Nov 11, 2026, down 28.4 percentage points.
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