BlueLinx Holdings Inc (BXC) short interest & short volume · 505K shares short
BlueLinx 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
BXC short interest rose 17.4% to 505K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (2.9 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 58.5% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 53.3% the 20 sessions before, the 52nd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 505K
- prior 430K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 2.9
- avg vol 175K
- Change vs prior report
- +17.4%
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)
- 59.8%
- 28K of 48K
- 20-day average
- 58.5%
- prior 53.3%
- Percentile vs own history
- 52nd
- 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: -1.0%
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 · BXC overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 28,450 | 47,575 | 59.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 21,034 | 35,717 | 58.9% |
| 2026-10-29 | 12,968 | 26,119 | 49.6% |
| 2026-10-28 | 20,742 | 32,053 | 64.7% |
| 2026-10-27 | 26,207 | 48,207 | 54.4% |
| 2026-10-26 | 21,515 | 35,564 | 60.5% |
| 2026-10-23 | 21,776 | 57,183 | 38.1% |
| 2026-10-22 | 26,256 | 45,133 | 58.2% |
| 2026-10-21 | 33,926 | 53,324 | 63.6% |
| 2026-10-20 | 25,615 | 45,029 | 56.9% |
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BXC is rated 3.56 of 5 among 418 rated Industrials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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BXC on Lician stock screens
BXC is rated Buy (3.56 of 5) and passes 3 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
BXC short interest FAQ
What is BXC's short interest?
BlueLinx Holdings Inc (BXC) had 505K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does BXC have?
2.9 days: 505K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 175K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is BXC short interest rising or falling?
BXC short interest rose (+17.4%) from 430K to 505K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is BXC a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores BXC 12 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 7.2/25, change in short interest vs prior report 5.2/15, 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 BXC daily volume is sold short?
58.5% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 52nd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was BXC's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for BlueLinx Holdings Inc (BXC) was 28,450 shares, 59.8% of 47,575 total volume.
How many BXC short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for BlueLinx Holdings Inc (BXC), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did BXC short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for BlueLinx Holdings Inc (BXC) moved from 58.9% on Oct 30, 2026 to 59.8% on Nov 2, 2026, up 0.9 percentage points.
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