CDX stock
Simplify High Yield ETF (CDX) short interest & short volume · 161K shares short
Simplify High Yield ETF official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
CDX short interest rose 1058.8% to 161K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.5 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 28.3% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 29.1% the 20 sessions before, the 52nd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 161K
- prior 14K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.5
- avg vol 107K
- Change vs prior report
- +1058.8%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 161K | $3.3M | +1058.8% | — | 1.5 | $20.24 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 14K | $281K | +181.2% | — | 1.0 | $20.17 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 5K | $101K | +449.2% | — | 1.0 | $20.34 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 901 | $19K | -87.9% | — | 1.0 | $20.58 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 7K | $155K | +1570.1% | — | 1.0 | $20.81 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 445 | $9K | -97.8% | — | 1.0 | $20.65 |
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)
- 5.4%
- 42K of 781K
- 20-day average
- 28.3%
- prior 29.1%
- Percentile vs own history
- 52nd
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -1.1%
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 · CDX overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 42,431 | 780,868 | 5.4% |
| 2026-11-10 | 14,314 | 80,417 | 17.8% |
| 2026-11-09 | 75,231 | 1,164,993 | 6.5% |
| 2026-11-06 | 17,099 | 88,925 | 19.2% |
| 2026-11-05 | 30,211 | 122,553 | 24.6% |
| 2026-11-04 | 42,770 | 78,568 | 54.4% |
| 2026-11-03 | 10,428 | 41,630 | 25.1% |
| 2026-11-02 | 23,489 | 72,385 | 32.5% |
| 2026-10-30 | 42,046 | 86,713 | 48.5% |
| 2026-10-29 | 8,197 | 30,566 | 26.8% |
CDX short interest FAQ
What is CDX's short interest?
Simplify High Yield ETF (CDX) had 161K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does CDX have?
1.5 days: 161K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 107K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is CDX short interest rising or falling?
CDX short interest rose (+1058.8%) from 14K to 161K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is CDX a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores CDX 19 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 3.8/25, change in short interest vs prior report 15/15, 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 CDX daily volume is sold short?
28.3% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 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 CDX's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Simplify High Yield ETF (CDX) was 42,431 shares, 5.4% of 780,868 total volume.
How many CDX short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Simplify High Yield ETF (CDX), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did CDX short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Simplify High Yield ETF (CDX) moved from 17.8% on Nov 10, 2026 to 5.4% on Nov 11, 2026, down 12.4 percentage points.
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