BSLK stock
Bolt Projects Holdings, Inc. (BSLK) short interest & short volume · 1.3% of float short
Bolt Projects Holdings, Inc. official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
BSLK short interest was little changed at 54K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.3% of float, 14.4 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 41.5% of volume over the last 20 sessions, the 42nd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 16, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 54K
- prior 54K
- % of float
- 1.3%
- float 4.1M
- Days to cover
- 14.4
- avg vol 4K
- Change vs prior report
- -0.0%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 54K | $161 | -0.0% | 1.3% | 14.4 | $0.00 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 54K | $5 | -0.1% | 1.3% | 24.7 | $0.00 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 54K | $161 | 0.0% | 1.3% | 17.5 | $0.00 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 54K | $161 | -0.9% | 1.3% | 8.8 | $0.00 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 54K | $216 | -0.9% | 1.3% | 12.1 | $0.00 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 55K | $207 | -0.8% | 1.3% | 56.2 | $0.00 |
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.
% of float uses the current float for every report (no float was stored with older reports).
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 (Jan 2)
- 53.8%
- 690K of 1.3M
- 20-day average
- 41.5%
- prior 41.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 42nd
- 50 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Jan 2, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -96.7%
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 · BSLK overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-02 | 689,514 | 1,281,805 | 53.8% |
| 2025-12-31 | 214,506 | 358,165 | 59.9% |
| 2025-12-30 | 259,251 | 655,404 | 39.6% |
| 2025-12-29 | 1,991,453 | 3,717,354 | 53.6% |
| 2025-12-26 | 9,305 | 43,870 | 21.2% |
| 2025-12-24 | 8,246 | 21,885 | 37.7% |
| 2025-12-23 | 8,304 | 20,733 | 40.0% |
| 2025-12-22 | 7,251 | 19,364 | 37.5% |
| 2025-12-19 | 8,080 | 14,485 | 55.8% |
| 2025-12-18 | 12,784 | 30,540 | 41.9% |
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BSLK among 161 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
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BSLK short interest FAQ
What is BSLK's short interest?
Bolt Projects Holdings, Inc. (BSLK) had 54K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 1.3% of its 4.1M-share float.
How many days to cover does BSLK have?
14.4 days: 54K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 4K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is BSLK short interest rising or falling?
BSLK short interest was little changed (-0.0%) from 54K to 54K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is BSLK a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores BSLK 27 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 1.8/40, days to cover 25/25, 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 BSLK daily volume is sold short?
41.5% on average over the last 20 sessions to Jan 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 42nd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was BSLK's latest FINRA short volume?
On Jan 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Bolt Projects Holdings, Inc. (BSLK) was 689,514 shares, 53.8% of 1,281,805 total volume.
How many BSLK short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Bolt Projects Holdings, Inc. (BSLK), from Dec 18, 2025 through Jan 2, 2026.
How did BSLK short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Bolt Projects Holdings, Inc. (BSLK) moved from 59.9% on Dec 31, 2025 to 53.8% on Jan 2, 2026, down 6.1 percentage points.
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