Blackline Inc (BL) short interest & short volume · 5.0M shares short
Blackline Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
BL short interest fell 10.1% to 5.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (5.9 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 44.6% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 42.8% the 20 sessions before, the 7th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 5.0M
- prior 5.5M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 5.9
- avg vol 839K
- Change vs prior report
- -10.1%
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)
- 36.1%
- 138K of 382K
- 20-day average
- 44.6%
- prior 42.8%
- Percentile vs own history
- 7th
- 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: +9.3%
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 · BL overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 137,670 | 381,820 | 36.1% |
| 2026-10-30 | 134,686 | 234,807 | 57.4% |
| 2026-10-29 | 232,555 | 471,759 | 49.3% |
| 2026-10-28 | 72,915 | 172,390 | 42.3% |
| 2026-10-27 | 174,037 | 374,704 | 46.5% |
| 2026-10-26 | 127,591 | 253,662 | 50.3% |
| 2026-10-23 | 192,664 | 589,070 | 32.7% |
| 2026-10-22 | 223,117 | 595,574 | 37.5% |
| 2026-10-21 | 146,758 | 342,440 | 42.9% |
| 2026-10-20 | 123,414 | 650,131 | 19.0% |
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BL short interest FAQ
What is BL's short interest?
Blackline Inc (BL) had 5.0M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does BL have?
5.9 days: 5.0M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 839K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is BL short interest rising or falling?
BL short interest fell (-10.1%) from 5.5M to 5.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is BL a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores BL 22 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 14.8/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 7.4/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of BL daily volume is sold short?
44.6% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 7th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was BL's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Blackline Inc (BL) was 137,670 shares, 36.1% of 381,820 total volume.
How many BL short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Blackline Inc (BL), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did BL short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Blackline Inc (BL) moved from 57.4% on Oct 30, 2026 to 36.1% on Nov 2, 2026, down 21.3 percentage points.
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