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GraniteShares Gold Trust (BAR) short interest & short volume · 173K shares short

GraniteShares Gold Trust official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.

What changed

BAR short interest fell 13.5% to 173K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 46.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 45.9% the 20 sessions before, the 32nd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 2, 2025.

Short interest

Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026

Shares short
173K
prior 200K
% of float
—
no float on file
Days to cover
1.0
avg vol 199K
Change vs prior report
-13.5%

6 reports

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BAR short interest by FINRA report (last 6) · price is the close on the report date
Report dateShares short$ value shortChange% floatDays to coverPrice
Oct 15, 2026173K$7.1M-13.5%—1.0$41.09
Sep 30, 2026200K$8.2M+2.8%—1.0$40.91
Sep 15, 2026195K$8.2M-12.9%—1.0$42.27
Aug 31, 2026223K$9.8M+88.0%—1.0$43.81
Aug 14, 2026119K$5.1M-10.0%—1.0$43.09
Jul 31, 2026132K$5.3M+27.7%—1.0$39.85

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)
26.3%
21K of 78K
20-day average
46.7%
prior 45.9%
Percentile vs own history
32nd
233 periods since 2025

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Short volumeRest of the day's volume

Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026

Short squeeze score (model)

Price since settlement: -7.2%

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 · BAR overview

Last 10 sessions · daily short volume · FINRA Reg SHO
DateShortTotalShort % of volume
2026-11-1120,57878,27626.3%
2026-11-1015,13636,30141.7%
2026-11-0920,48954,54937.6%
2026-11-0617,99144,10140.8%
2026-11-0543,208143,38730.1%
2026-11-0424,29939,29661.8%
2026-11-0359,403163,03836.4%
2026-11-0261,983110,61756.0%
2026-10-3036,23799,09936.6%
2026-10-2942,35462,23368.1%

BAR short interest FAQ

What is BAR's short interest?

GraniteShares Gold Trust (BAR) had 173K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.

How many days to cover does BAR have?

1.0 days: 173K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 199K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.

Is BAR short interest rising or falling?

BAR short interest fell (-13.5%) from 200K to 173K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.

Is BAR a short squeeze candidate?

Lician's squeeze watch scores BAR 3 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, 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 BAR daily volume is sold short?

46.7% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 32nd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.

What was BAR's latest FINRA short volume?

On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for GraniteShares Gold Trust (BAR) was 20,578 shares, 26.3% of 78,276 total volume.

How many BAR short-volume sessions are listed on this page?

This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for GraniteShares Gold Trust (BAR), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.

How did BAR short volume percent change from the prior cached session?

Cached FINRA short volume for GraniteShares Gold Trust (BAR) moved from 41.7% on Nov 10, 2026 to 26.3% on Nov 11, 2026, down 15.4 percentage points.

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