Data Storage Corp (DTST) short interest & short volume · 0.7% of float short
Data Storage Corp official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
DTST short interest fell 39.1% to 27K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (0.7% of float, 2.9 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 26.3% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 53.0% the 20 sessions before, the 3rd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 29, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 27K
- prior 45K
- % of float
- 0.7%
- float 4.1M
- Days to cover
- 2.9
- avg vol 9K
- Change vs prior report
- -39.1%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 27K | $88K | -39.1% | 0.7% | 2.9 | $3.23 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 45K | $154K | +1177.3% | 1.1% | 1.4 | $3.44 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 4K | $10K | -63.9% | 0.1% | 1.0 | $2.87 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 10K | $30K | -58.4% | 0.2% | 1.0 | $3.04 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 23K | $72K | +45.4% | 0.6% | 1.1 | $3.06 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 16K | $49K | -42.7% | 0.4% | 1.4 | $3.05 |
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 5)
- 25.9%
- 8K of 29K
- 20-day average
- 26.3%
- prior 53.0%
- Percentile vs own history
- 3rd
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 5, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -18.6%
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 · DTST overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-05 | 7,570 | 29,166 | 25.9% |
| 2026-11-04 | 14,989 | 98,546 | 15.2% |
| 2026-11-03 | 1,498,647 | 2,776,275 | 54.0% |
| 2026-11-02 | 12,659 | 20,052 | 63.1% |
| 2026-10-30 | 22,031 | 48,029 | 45.9% |
| 2026-10-29 | 73 | 646 | 11.3% |
| 2026-10-28 | 35 | 988 | 3.5% |
| 2026-10-27 | 1,937 | 6,030 | 32.1% |
| 2026-10-26 | 214 | 1,109 | 19.3% |
| 2026-10-23 | 58 | 645 | 9.0% |
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DTST short interest FAQ
What is DTST's short interest?
Data Storage Corp (DTST) had 27K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 0.7% of its 4.1M-share float.
How many days to cover does DTST have?
2.9 days: 27K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 9K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is DTST short interest rising or falling?
DTST short interest fell (-39.1%) from 45K to 27K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is DTST a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores DTST 8 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 0.9/40, days to cover 7.2/25, 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 DTST daily volume is sold short?
26.3% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 5, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 3rd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was DTST's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 5, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Data Storage Corp (DTST) was 7,570 shares, 25.9% of 29,166 total volume.
How many DTST short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Data Storage Corp (DTST), from Oct 23, 2026 through Nov 5, 2026.
How did DTST short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Data Storage Corp (DTST) moved from 15.2% on Nov 4, 2026 to 25.9% on Nov 5, 2026, up 10.7 percentage points.
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