Citigroup Inc. (C) short interest & short volume · 1.3% of float short
Citigroup Inc. official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
C short interest rose 5.2% to 22.2M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.3% of float, 2.1 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 33.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, the 57th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 22.2M
- prior 21.0M
- % of float
- 1.3%
- float 1.70B
- Days to cover
- 2.1
- avg vol 10.4M
- Change vs prior report
- +5.2%
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 (Nov 2)
- 20.8%
- 631K of 3.0M
- 20-day average
- 33.0%
- prior 32.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- 57th
- 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: -0.4%
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 · C overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 631,399 | 3,032,484 | 20.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 1,640,336 | 4,239,869 | 38.7% |
| 2026-10-29 | 702,182 | 2,325,358 | 30.2% |
| 2026-10-28 | 685,672 | 1,987,017 | 34.5% |
| 2026-10-27 | 570,126 | 1,837,063 | 31.0% |
| 2026-10-26 | 670,168 | 2,410,437 | 27.8% |
| 2026-10-23 | 1,049,663 | 2,891,574 | 36.3% |
| 2026-10-22 | 1,052,880 | 2,809,378 | 37.5% |
| 2026-10-21 | 699,712 | 2,009,635 | 34.8% |
| 2026-10-20 | 1,007,741 | 2,882,805 | 35.0% |
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C short interest FAQ
What is C's short interest?
Citigroup Inc. (C) had 22.2M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 1.3% of its 1.70B-share float.
How many days to cover does C have?
2.1 days: 22.2M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 10.4M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is C short interest rising or falling?
C short interest rose (+5.2%) from 21.0M to 22.2M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is C a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores C 9 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 1.7/40, days to cover 5.3/25, change in short interest vs prior report 1.6/15, 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 C daily volume is sold short?
33.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 57th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was C's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Citigroup Inc. (C) was 631,399 shares, 20.8% of 3,032,484 total volume.
How many C short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Citigroup Inc. (C), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did C short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Citigroup Inc. (C) moved from 38.7% on Oct 30, 2026 to 20.8% on Nov 2, 2026, down 17.9 percentage points.
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