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BIL (BIL) short interest & short volume · 8.3M shares short

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

What changed

BIL short interest fell 36.3% to 8.3M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 42.6% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 49.9% the 20 sessions before, the 21st percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.

Short interest

Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026

Shares short
8.3M
prior 13.0M
% of float
—
no float on file
Days to cover
1.0
avg vol 10.1M
Change vs prior report
-36.3%

6 reports

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BIL 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, 20268.3M$760.9M-36.3%—1.0$91.54
Sep 30, 202613.0M$1.20B+25.3%—1.0$91.64
Sep 15, 202610.4M$952.8M+17.9%—1.0$91.51
Aug 31, 20268.8M$809.7M-6.0%—1.1$91.66
Aug 14, 20269.4M$860.1M+15.1%—1.0$91.53
Jul 31, 20268.2M$748.7M-8.1%—1.0$91.68

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)
60.4%
6.5M of 10.8M
20-day average
42.6%
prior 49.9%
Percentile vs own history
21st
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)

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 · BIL overview

Last 10 sessions · daily short volume · FINRA Reg SHO
DateShortTotalShort % of volume
2026-11-116,528,31710,817,66360.4%
2026-11-102,469,1957,736,37731.9%
2026-11-095,964,45810,681,41055.8%
2026-11-065,379,1499,113,97259.0%
2026-11-057,676,85314,216,52654.0%
2026-11-044,054,5959,326,73643.5%
2026-11-034,081,3747,340,94655.6%
2026-11-028,373,76814,637,52657.2%
2026-10-301,136,8719,525,68611.9%
2026-10-291,453,5545,478,08726.5%

BIL short interest FAQ

What is BIL's short interest?

BIL had 8.3M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.

How many days to cover does BIL have?

1.0 days: 8.3M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 10.1M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.

Is BIL short interest rising or falling?

BIL short interest fell (-36.3%) from 13.0M to 8.3M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.

Is BIL a short squeeze candidate?

Lician's squeeze watch scores BIL 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. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.

What share of BIL daily volume is sold short?

42.6% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 21st percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.

What was BIL's latest FINRA short volume?

On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for BIL was 6,528,317 shares, 60.4% of 10,817,663 total volume.

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

This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for BIL, from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.

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

Cached FINRA short volume for BIL moved from 31.9% on Nov 10, 2026 to 60.4% on Nov 11, 2026, up 28.5 percentage points.

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