Buckle Inc (BKE) short interest & short volume · 3.7M shares short
Buckle Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
BKE short interest was little changed at 3.7M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (9.3 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 68.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 65.8% the 20 sessions before, the 99th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 3.7M
- prior 3.7M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 9.3
- avg vol 400K
- Change vs prior report
- +0.1%
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 2)
- 64.9%
- 83K of 128K
- 20-day average
- 68.4%
- prior 65.8%
- Percentile vs own history
- 99th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 2, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -0.8%
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 · BKE overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 82,769 | 127,573 | 64.9% |
| 2026-10-30 | 95,504 | 147,233 | 64.9% |
| 2026-10-29 | 54,315 | 71,918 | 75.5% |
| 2026-10-28 | 80,928 | 117,164 | 69.1% |
| 2026-10-27 | 101,163 | 125,623 | 80.5% |
| 2026-10-26 | 86,522 | 112,951 | 76.6% |
| 2026-10-23 | 100,127 | 125,986 | 79.5% |
| 2026-10-22 | 68,662 | 124,427 | 55.2% |
| 2026-10-21 | 105,396 | 150,740 | 69.9% |
| 2026-10-20 | 97,353 | 148,326 | 65.6% |
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BKE is rated 4.37 of 5 among 333 rated Consumer Discretionary stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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BKE on Lician stock screens
BKE is rated Buy (4.37 of 5) and passes 2 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
BKE short interest FAQ
What is BKE's short interest?
Buckle Inc (BKE) had 3.7M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does BKE have?
9.3 days: 3.7M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 400K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is BKE short interest rising or falling?
BKE short interest was little changed (+0.1%) from 3.7M to 3.7M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is BKE a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores BKE 23 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 23.4/25, 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 BKE daily volume is sold short?
68.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 99th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was BKE's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Buckle Inc (BKE) was 82,769 shares, 64.9% of 127,573 total volume.
How many BKE short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Buckle Inc (BKE), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did BKE short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Buckle Inc (BKE) was unchanged at 64.9% from Oct 30, 2026 to Nov 2, 2026.
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