Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL) short interest & short volume · 10.7M shares short
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
BXSL short interest fell 23.1% to 10.7M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (7.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 49.8% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 58.2% the 20 sessions before, the 26th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 10.7M
- prior 14.0M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 7.0
- avg vol 1.5M
- Change vs prior report
- -23.1%
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)
- 47.7%
- 294K of 616K
- 20-day average
- 49.8%
- prior 58.2%
- Percentile vs own history
- 26th
- 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: -4.0%
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 · BXSL overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 294,034 | 616,300 | 47.7% |
| 2026-10-30 | 326,256 | 701,022 | 46.5% |
| 2026-10-29 | 192,339 | 569,885 | 33.8% |
| 2026-10-28 | 335,414 | 595,890 | 56.3% |
| 2026-10-27 | 245,857 | 530,892 | 46.3% |
| 2026-10-26 | 734,715 | 1,362,293 | 53.9% |
| 2026-10-23 | 432,285 | 1,087,083 | 39.8% |
| 2026-10-22 | 448,426 | 887,617 | 50.5% |
| 2026-10-21 | 427,224 | 782,366 | 54.6% |
| 2026-10-20 | 215,738 | 568,754 | 37.9% |
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BXSL is rated 1.99 of 5 among 516 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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BXSL short interest FAQ
What is BXSL's short interest?
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL) had 10.7M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does BXSL have?
7.0 days: 10.7M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 1.5M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is BXSL short interest rising or falling?
BXSL short interest fell (-23.1%) from 14.0M to 10.7M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is BXSL a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores BXSL 18 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 17.5/25, 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 BXSL daily volume is sold short?
49.8% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 26th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was BXSL's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL) was 294,034 shares, 47.7% of 616,300 total volume.
How many BXSL short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did BXSL short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL) moved from 46.5% on Oct 30, 2026 to 47.7% on Nov 2, 2026, up 1.2 percentage points.
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