CEL-SCI Corp (CVM) short interest & short volume · 8.1% of float short
CEL-SCI Corp official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
CVM short interest rose 12.1% to 664K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (8.1% of float, 1.6 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 51.5% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 39.7% the 20 sessions before, the 84th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 664K
- prior 592K
- % of float
- 8.1%
- float 8.2M
- Days to cover
- 1.6
- avg vol 413K
- Change vs prior report
- +12.1%
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.
% 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)
- 43.8%
- 24K of 54K
- 20-day average
- 51.5%
- prior 39.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 84th
- 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: -19.0%
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 · CVM overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 23,517 | 53,737 | 43.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 34,843 | 117,817 | 29.6% |
| 2026-10-29 | 13,733 | 45,350 | 30.3% |
| 2026-10-28 | 48,606 | 68,721 | 70.7% |
| 2026-10-27 | 38,749 | 78,504 | 49.4% |
| 2026-10-26 | 14,000 | 46,253 | 30.3% |
| 2026-10-23 | 9,278 | 27,036 | 34.3% |
| 2026-10-22 | 6,633 | 57,402 | 11.6% |
| 2026-10-21 | 67,499 | 93,539 | 72.2% |
| 2026-10-20 | 36,126 | 97,314 | 37.1% |
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CVM among 532 rated Healthcare stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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CVM short interest FAQ
What is CVM's short interest?
CEL-SCI Corp (CVM) had 664K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 8.1% of its 8.2M-share float.
How many days to cover does CVM have?
1.6 days: 664K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 413K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is CVM short interest rising or falling?
CVM short interest rose (+12.1%) from 592K to 664K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is CVM a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores CVM 18 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 10.8/40, days to cover 4/25, change in short interest vs prior report 3.6/15, 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 CVM daily volume is sold short?
51.5% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 84th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was CVM's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for CEL-SCI Corp (CVM) was 23,517 shares, 43.8% of 53,737 total volume.
How many CVM short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for CEL-SCI Corp (CVM), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did CVM short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for CEL-SCI Corp (CVM) moved from 29.6% on Oct 30, 2026 to 43.8% on Nov 2, 2026, up 14.2 percentage points.
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