DFAT stock
Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF (DFAT) short interest & short volume · 87K shares short
Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
DFAT short interest fell 22.4% to 87K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 45.2% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 49.2% the 20 sessions before, the 7th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 87K
- prior 112K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 282K
- Change vs prior report
- -22.4%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 87K | $5.9M | -22.4% | — | 1.0 | $68.09 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 112K | $7.4M | -4.4% | — | 1.0 | $66.44 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 117K | $8.2M | -0.3% | — | 1.0 | $70.06 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 117K | $8.3M | +58.0% | — | 1.0 | $70.86 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 74K | $5.4M | -13.1% | — | 1.0 | $72.72 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 85K | $6.0M | -41.4% | — | 1.0 | $70.73 |
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)
- 31.0%
- 44K of 143K
- 20-day average
- 45.2%
- prior 49.2%
- Percentile vs own history
- 7th
- 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 · DFAT overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 44,374 | 143,257 | 31.0% |
| 2026-11-10 | 52,698 | 160,254 | 32.9% |
| 2026-11-09 | 70,492 | 306,378 | 23.0% |
| 2026-11-06 | 57,287 | 195,711 | 29.3% |
| 2026-11-05 | 181,121 | 270,899 | 66.9% |
| 2026-11-04 | 103,760 | 249,353 | 41.6% |
| 2026-11-03 | 112,999 | 196,980 | 57.4% |
| 2026-11-02 | 92,270 | 187,116 | 49.3% |
| 2026-10-30 | 79,425 | 192,196 | 41.3% |
| 2026-10-29 | 106,999 | 187,538 | 57.0% |
DFAT short interest FAQ
What is DFAT's short interest?
Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF (DFAT) had 87K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does DFAT have?
1.0 days: 87K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 282K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is DFAT short interest rising or falling?
DFAT short interest fell (-22.4%) from 112K to 87K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is DFAT a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores DFAT 3 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of DFAT daily volume is sold short?
45.2% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 7th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was DFAT's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF (DFAT) was 44,374 shares, 31.0% of 143,257 total volume.
How many DFAT short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF (DFAT), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did DFAT short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Dimensional U.S. Targeted Value ETF (DFAT) moved from 32.9% on Nov 10, 2026 to 31.0% on Nov 11, 2026, down 1.9 percentage points.
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