DHF stock
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF) short interest & short volume · 172K shares short
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
DHF short interest rose 17.2% to 172K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 38.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 32.9% the 20 sessions before, the 64th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 172K
- prior 147K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 469K
- Change vs prior report
- +17.2%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 172K | $376K | +17.2% | — | 1.0 | $2.19 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 147K | $326K | +523.2% | — | 1.0 | $2.22 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 24K | $53K | -40.4% | — | 1.0 | $2.27 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 39K | $93K | -57.9% | — | 1.0 | $2.37 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 94K | $224K | +132.3% | — | 1.0 | $2.39 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 40K | $95K | -41.7% | — | 1.0 | $2.35 |
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)
- 37.2%
- 181K of 486K
- 20-day average
- 38.4%
- prior 32.9%
- Percentile vs own history
- 64th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: +1.4%
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 · DHF overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 180,633 | 485,793 | 37.2% |
| 2026-11-10 | 178,605 | 472,184 | 37.8% |
| 2026-11-09 | 166,837 | 458,465 | 36.4% |
| 2026-11-06 | 187,557 | 461,104 | 40.7% |
| 2026-11-05 | 464,952 | 1,176,840 | 39.5% |
| 2026-11-04 | 301,739 | 816,095 | 37.0% |
| 2026-11-03 | 148,956 | 376,782 | 39.5% |
| 2026-11-02 | 127,847 | 357,194 | 35.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 96,440 | 175,063 | 55.1% |
| 2026-10-29 | 16,892 | 63,397 | 26.6% |
DHF short interest FAQ
What is DHF's short interest?
BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF) had 172K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does DHF have?
1.0 days: 172K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 469K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is DHF short interest rising or falling?
DHF short interest rose (+17.2%) from 147K to 172K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is DHF a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores DHF 9 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 5.2/15, price change since settlement date 1.1/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of DHF daily volume is sold short?
38.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 64th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was DHF's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF) was 180,633 shares, 37.2% of 485,793 total volume.
How many DHF short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did DHF short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for BNY Mellon High Yield Strategies Fund (DHF) moved from 37.8% on Nov 10, 2026 to 37.2% on Nov 11, 2026, down 0.6 percentage points.
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