BAK stock
Braskem SA Class A (BAK) short interest & short volume · 3.8% of float short
Braskem SA 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
BAK short interest rose 34.4% to 7.6M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (3.8% of float, 3.3 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 54.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 55.4% the 20 sessions before, the 39th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 2, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 7.6M
- prior 5.7M
- % of float
- 3.8%
- float 202.3M
- Days to cover
- 3.3
- avg vol 2.3M
- Change vs prior report
- +34.4%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 7.6M | $13.8M | +34.4% | 3.8% | 3.3 | $1.81 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 5.7M | $8.2M | +24.6% | 2.8% | 3.6 | $1.45 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 4.5M | $9.5M | -25.1% | 2.2% | 2.5 | $2.10 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 6.1M | $10.3M | +77.0% | 3.0% | 1.6 | $1.70 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 3.4M | $6.7M | -12.7% | 1.7% | 2.1 | $1.95 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 3.9M | $9.1M | -15.7% | 1.9% | 2.2 | $2.33 |
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)
- 48.4%
- 160K of 331K
- 20-day average
- 54.0%
- prior 55.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 39th
- 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: -37.6%
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 · BAK overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 160,231 | 331,221 | 48.4% |
| 2026-11-10 | 157,734 | 322,244 | 49.0% |
| 2026-11-09 | 755,317 | 1,113,297 | 67.8% |
| 2026-11-06 | 1,683,613 | 3,068,879 | 54.9% |
| 2026-11-05 | 465,980 | 834,887 | 55.8% |
| 2026-11-04 | 365,023 | 735,015 | 49.7% |
| 2026-11-03 | 394,427 | 802,386 | 49.2% |
| 2026-11-02 | 540,274 | 1,029,081 | 52.5% |
| 2026-10-30 | 712,433 | 1,538,151 | 46.3% |
| 2026-10-29 | 655,328 | 1,694,891 | 38.7% |
Materials peers with similar quant ratings
BAK among 161 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
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BAK short interest FAQ
What is BAK's short interest?
Braskem SA Class A (BAK) had 7.6M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 3.8% of its 202.3M-share float.
How many days to cover does BAK have?
3.3 days: 7.6M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 2.3M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is BAK short interest rising or falling?
BAK short interest rose (+34.4%) from 5.7M to 7.6M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is BAK a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores BAK 23 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 5/40, days to cover 8.1/25, change in short interest vs prior report 10.3/15, 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 BAK daily volume is sold short?
54.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 39th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was BAK's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Braskem SA Class A (BAK) was 160,231 shares, 48.4% of 331,221 total volume.
How many BAK short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Braskem SA Class A (BAK), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did BAK short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Braskem SA Class A (BAK) moved from 49.0% on Nov 10, 2026 to 48.4% on Nov 11, 2026, down 0.6 percentage points.
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