DFAE stock
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF (DFAE) short interest & short volume · 2.4M shares short
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
DFAE short interest rose 32.4% to 2.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (3.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 71.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 60.4% the 20 sessions before, the 98th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 2.4M
- prior 1.8M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 3.0
- avg vol 787K
- Change vs prior report
- +32.4%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 2.4M | $89.1M | +32.4% | — | 3.0 | $37.87 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.8M | $69.9M | +26.2% | — | 1.9 | $39.31 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 1.4M | $54.9M | -11.3% | — | 1.7 | $38.98 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 1.6M | $63.1M | +10.0% | — | 1.9 | $39.72 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 1.4M | $56.9M | +134.5% | — | 1.6 | $39.36 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 616K | $23.1M | -19.9% | — | 1.0 | $37.52 |
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)
- 59.7%
- 292K of 489K
- 20-day average
- 71.7%
- prior 60.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 98th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
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 · DFAE overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 292,072 | 489,050 | 59.7% |
| 2026-11-10 | 493,768 | 793,809 | 62.2% |
| 2026-11-09 | 808,929 | 1,124,586 | 71.9% |
| 2026-11-06 | 1,127,419 | 1,418,224 | 79.5% |
| 2026-11-05 | 1,209,412 | 1,513,401 | 79.9% |
| 2026-11-04 | 531,955 | 728,709 | 73.0% |
| 2026-11-03 | 981,988 | 1,185,853 | 82.8% |
| 2026-11-02 | 579,801 | 849,148 | 68.3% |
| 2026-10-30 | 792,905 | 952,738 | 83.2% |
| 2026-10-29 | 588,949 | 744,735 | 79.1% |
DFAE short interest FAQ
What is DFAE's short interest?
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF (DFAE) had 2.4M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does DFAE have?
3.0 days: 2.4M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 787K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is DFAE short interest rising or falling?
DFAE short interest rose (+32.4%) from 1.8M to 2.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is DFAE a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores DFAE 17 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 7.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 9.7/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of DFAE daily volume is sold short?
71.7% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 98th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was DFAE's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF (DFAE) was 292,072 shares, 59.7% of 489,050 total volume.
How many DFAE short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF (DFAE), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did DFAE short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF (DFAE) moved from 62.2% on Nov 10, 2026 to 59.7% on Nov 11, 2026, down 2.5 percentage points.
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