Cardiff Oncology Inc (CRDF) short interest & short volume · 20.3% of float short
Cardiff Oncology Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
CRDF short interest was little changed at 12.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (20.3% of float, 28.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 50.9% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 60.7% the 20 sessions before, the 25th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 12.1M
- prior 12.1M
- % of float
- 20.3%
- float 59.8M
- Days to cover
- 28.0
- avg vol 433K
- Change vs prior report
- +0.4%
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.
% 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)
- 30.7%
- 68K of 222K
- 20-day average
- 50.9%
- prior 60.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 25th
- 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: -11.0%
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 · CRDF overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 68,145 | 221,731 | 30.7% |
| 2026-10-30 | 24,461 | 63,822 | 38.3% |
| 2026-10-29 | 36,852 | 69,190 | 53.3% |
| 2026-10-28 | 71,775 | 131,835 | 54.4% |
| 2026-10-27 | 273,960 | 379,640 | 72.2% |
| 2026-10-26 | 195,189 | 451,586 | 43.2% |
| 2026-10-23 | 47,058 | 110,760 | 42.5% |
| 2026-10-22 | 51,128 | 108,378 | 47.2% |
| 2026-10-21 | 107,008 | 190,023 | 56.3% |
| 2026-10-20 | 221,944 | 457,076 | 48.6% |
Healthcare peers with similar quant ratings
CRDF among 532 rated Healthcare stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
- QTTB short interest5.00 · Strong Buy · stock
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- CDNA short interest4.98 · Strong Buy · stock
- HALO short interest4.97 · Strong Buy · stock
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CRDF short interest FAQ
What is CRDF's short interest?
Cardiff Oncology Inc (CRDF) had 12.1M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 20.3% of its 59.8M-share float.
How many days to cover does CRDF have?
28.0 days: 12.1M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 433K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is CRDF short interest rising or falling?
CRDF short interest was little changed (+0.4%) from 12.1M to 12.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is CRDF a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores CRDF 52 out of 100 (elevated) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 27/40, days to cover 25/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0.1/15, 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 CRDF daily volume is sold short?
50.9% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 25th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was CRDF's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Cardiff Oncology Inc (CRDF) was 68,145 shares, 30.7% of 221,731 total volume.
How many CRDF short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Cardiff Oncology Inc (CRDF), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did CRDF short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Cardiff Oncology Inc (CRDF) moved from 38.3% on Oct 30, 2026 to 30.7% on Nov 2, 2026, down 7.6 percentage points.
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