BOBS (BOBS) short interest & short volume · 8.8M shares short
BOBS official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
BOBS short interest rose 20.8% to 8.8M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (12.8 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 66.3% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 68.2% the 20 sessions before, the 80th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Feb 5, 2026.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 8.8M
- prior 7.3M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 12.8
- avg vol 689K
- Change vs prior report
- +20.8%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 8.8M | $130.4M | +20.8% | — | 12.8 | $14.78 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 7.3M | $101.2M | +13.2% | — | 6.0 | $13.86 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 6.4M | $93.9M | +31.8% | — | 11.3 | $14.56 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 4.9M | $82.3M | -28.1% | — | 8.2 | $16.83 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 6.8M | $128.8M | +9.7% | — | 4.8 | $18.92 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 6.2M | $103.4M | -17.3% | — | 6.5 | $16.67 |
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 4)
- 25.2%
- 256K of 1.0M
- 20-day average
- 66.3%
- prior 68.2%
- Percentile vs own history
- 80th
- 148 periods since 2026
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 4, 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 · BOBS overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-04 | 256,129 | 1,014,988 | 25.2% |
| 2026-11-03 | 211,993 | 262,141 | 80.9% |
| 2026-11-02 | 321,296 | 456,666 | 70.4% |
| 2026-10-30 | 162,882 | 320,162 | 50.9% |
| 2026-10-29 | 148,324 | 308,845 | 48.0% |
| 2026-10-28 | 83,678 | 116,213 | 72.0% |
| 2026-10-27 | 276,033 | 377,931 | 73.0% |
| 2026-10-26 | 78,642 | 96,520 | 81.5% |
| 2026-10-23 | 142,421 | 179,413 | 79.4% |
| 2026-10-22 | 133,657 | 186,295 | 71.7% |
BOBS short interest FAQ
What is BOBS's short interest?
BOBS had 8.8M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does BOBS have?
12.8 days: 8.8M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 689K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is BOBS short interest rising or falling?
BOBS short interest rose (+20.8%) from 7.3M to 8.8M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is BOBS a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores BOBS 31 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 25/25, change in short interest vs prior report 6.2/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of BOBS daily volume is sold short?
66.3% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 4, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 80th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was BOBS's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 4, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for BOBS was 256,129 shares, 25.2% of 1,014,988 total volume.
How many BOBS short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for BOBS, from Oct 22, 2026 through Nov 4, 2026.
How did BOBS short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for BOBS moved from 80.9% on Nov 3, 2026 to 25.2% on Nov 4, 2026, down 55.7 percentage points.
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