DFTX (DFTX) short interest & short volume · 10.0M shares short
DFTX official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
DFTX short interest fell 11.5% to 10.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (4.9 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 64.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 57.0% the 20 sessions before, the 100th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Jan 15, 2026.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 10.0M
- prior 11.3M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 4.9
- avg vol 2.1M
- Change vs prior report
- -11.5%
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 2)
- 68.3%
- 1.2M of 1.8M
- 20-day average
- 64.4%
- prior 57.0%
- Percentile vs own history
- 100th
- 160 periods since 2026
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 2, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -2.5%
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 · DFTX overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 1,226,829 | 1,794,829 | 68.3% |
| 2026-10-30 | 212,498 | 406,708 | 52.3% |
| 2026-10-29 | 458,604 | 642,450 | 71.4% |
| 2026-10-28 | 465,570 | 682,637 | 68.2% |
| 2026-10-27 | 336,220 | 506,846 | 66.3% |
| 2026-10-26 | 300,781 | 433,574 | 69.4% |
| 2026-10-23 | 592,286 | 785,288 | 75.4% |
| 2026-10-22 | 549,248 | 710,110 | 77.3% |
| 2026-10-21 | 951,923 | 1,149,254 | 82.8% |
| 2026-10-20 | 654,106 | 945,068 | 69.2% |
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DFTX short interest FAQ
What is DFTX's short interest?
DFTX had 10.0M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does DFTX have?
4.9 days: 10.0M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 2.1M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is DFTX short interest rising or falling?
DFTX short interest fell (-11.5%) from 11.3M to 10.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is DFTX a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores DFTX 12 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 12.2/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, 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 DFTX daily volume is sold short?
64.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 100th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was DFTX's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for DFTX was 1,226,829 shares, 68.3% of 1,794,829 total volume.
How many DFTX short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for DFTX, from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did DFTX short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for DFTX moved from 52.3% on Oct 30, 2026 to 68.3% on Nov 2, 2026, up 16.0 percentage points.
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