Global X Cybersecurity ETF (BUG) short interest & short volume · 1.2M shares short
Global X Cybersecurity ETF official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
BUG short interest rose 38.6% to 1.2M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 38.9% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 45.0% the 20 sessions before, the 24th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 1.2M
- prior 861K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 1.7M
- Change vs prior report
- +38.6%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 1.2M | $55.9M | +38.6% | — | 1.0 | $46.80 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 861K | $39.8M | +10.0% | — | 1.0 | $46.18 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 783K | $35.5M | -2.4% | — | 1.0 | $45.30 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 802K | $35.1M | -14.9% | — | 1.0 | $43.74 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 943K | $40.6M | +29.6% | — | 1.0 | $43.09 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 727K | $27.7M | -54.6% | — | 1.0 | $38.08 |
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)
- 54.5%
- 396K of 727K
- 20-day average
- 38.9%
- prior 45.0%
- Percentile vs own history
- 24th
- 233 periods since 2025
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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 · BUG overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 396,347 | 726,592 | 54.5% |
| 2026-11-10 | 402,841 | 676,499 | 59.5% |
| 2026-11-09 | 983,773 | 1,862,145 | 52.8% |
| 2026-11-06 | 214,899 | 1,205,239 | 17.8% |
| 2026-11-05 | 369,280 | 1,428,111 | 25.9% |
| 2026-11-04 | 425,630 | 1,356,412 | 31.4% |
| 2026-11-03 | 333,120 | 859,079 | 38.8% |
| 2026-11-02 | 340,275 | 1,042,834 | 32.6% |
| 2026-10-30 | 707,613 | 1,653,925 | 42.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 465,050 | 1,382,515 | 33.6% |
BUG short interest FAQ
What is BUG's short interest?
Global X Cybersecurity ETF (BUG) had 1.2M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does BUG have?
1.0 days: 1.2M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 1.7M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is BUG short interest rising or falling?
BUG short interest rose (+38.6%) from 861K to 1.2M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is BUG a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores BUG 14 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 11.6/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of BUG daily volume is sold short?
38.9% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 24th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was BUG's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Global X Cybersecurity ETF (BUG) was 396,347 shares, 54.5% of 726,592 total volume.
How many BUG short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Global X Cybersecurity ETF (BUG), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did BUG short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Global X Cybersecurity ETF (BUG) moved from 59.5% on Nov 10, 2026 to 54.5% on Nov 11, 2026, down 5.0 percentage points.
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