Dave Inc (DAVE) short interest & short volume · 28.2% of float short
Dave Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
DAVE short interest rose 4.0% to 2.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (28.2% of float, 9.1 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 64.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 73.2% the 20 sessions before, the 77th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 2.4M
- prior 2.3M
- % of float
- 28.2%
- float 8.5M
- Days to cover
- 9.1
- avg vol 262K
- Change vs prior report
- +4.0%
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)
- 42.5%
- 60K of 141K
- 20-day average
- 64.0%
- prior 73.2%
- Percentile vs own history
- 77th
- 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: -14.7%
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 · DAVE overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 59,932 | 140,887 | 42.5% |
| 2026-10-30 | 99,097 | 166,246 | 59.6% |
| 2026-10-29 | 52,398 | 135,223 | 38.8% |
| 2026-10-28 | 39,147 | 90,806 | 43.1% |
| 2026-10-27 | 36,412 | 73,145 | 49.8% |
| 2026-10-26 | 144,229 | 217,776 | 66.2% |
| 2026-10-23 | 95,101 | 144,658 | 65.7% |
| 2026-10-22 | 138,340 | 173,728 | 79.6% |
| 2026-10-21 | 71,380 | 113,588 | 62.8% |
| 2026-10-20 | 56,732 | 83,461 | 68.0% |
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DAVE short interest FAQ
What is DAVE's short interest?
Dave Inc (DAVE) had 2.4M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 28.2% of its 8.5M-share float.
How many days to cover does DAVE have?
9.1 days: 2.4M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 262K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is DAVE short interest rising or falling?
DAVE short interest rose (+4.0%) from 2.3M to 2.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is DAVE a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores DAVE 62 out of 100 (elevated) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 37.6/40, days to cover 22.7/25, change in short interest vs prior report 1.2/15, 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 DAVE daily volume is sold short?
64.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 77th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was DAVE's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Dave Inc (DAVE) was 59,932 shares, 42.5% of 140,887 total volume.
How many DAVE short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Dave Inc (DAVE), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did DAVE short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Dave Inc (DAVE) moved from 59.6% on Oct 30, 2026 to 42.5% on Nov 2, 2026, down 17.1 percentage points.
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