EQX stock
Equinox Gold Corp (EQX) short interest & short volume · 8.7% of float short
Equinox Gold Corp official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
EQX short interest rose 6.9% to 38.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (8.7% of float, 3.6 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 45.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 39.6% 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
- 38.1M
- prior 35.6M
- % of float
- 8.7%
- float 436.5M
- Days to cover
- 3.6
- avg vol 10.6M
- Change vs prior report
- +6.9%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 38.1M | $422.8M | +6.9% | 8.7% | 3.6 | $11.11 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 35.6M | $395.5M | -8.5% | 8.2% | 2.3 | $11.11 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 38.9M | $461.2M | -6.0% | 8.9% | 3.9 | $11.86 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 41.4M | $532.1M | -8.3% | 9.5% | 3.2 | $12.86 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 45.1M | $523.4M | +3.1% | 10.3% | 2.5 | $11.60 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 43.8M | $391.7M | +2.2% | 10.0% | 3.1 | $8.95 |
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 11)
- 41.0%
- 2.4M of 5.8M
- 20-day average
- 45.7%
- prior 39.6%
- 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: -6.9%
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 · EQX overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 2,367,519 | 5,777,753 | 41.0% |
| 2026-11-10 | 3,437,131 | 6,947,852 | 49.5% |
| 2026-11-09 | 1,901,738 | 5,329,232 | 35.7% |
| 2026-11-06 | 2,045,644 | 5,637,772 | 36.3% |
| 2026-11-05 | 3,703,547 | 7,628,689 | 48.5% |
| 2026-11-04 | 7,754,980 | 11,170,599 | 69.4% |
| 2026-11-03 | 3,449,930 | 5,321,046 | 64.8% |
| 2026-11-02 | 5,370,628 | 8,029,337 | 66.9% |
| 2026-10-30 | 5,540,594 | 10,442,887 | 53.1% |
| 2026-10-29 | 2,116,338 | 4,992,190 | 42.4% |
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EQX among 161 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
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EQX short interest FAQ
What is EQX's short interest?
Equinox Gold Corp (EQX) had 38.1M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 8.7% of its 436.5M-share float.
How many days to cover does EQX have?
3.6 days: 38.1M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 10.6M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is EQX short interest rising or falling?
EQX short interest rose (+6.9%) from 35.6M to 38.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is EQX a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores EQX 23 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 11.6/40, days to cover 8.9/25, change in short interest vs prior report 2.1/15, 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 EQX daily volume is sold short?
45.7% 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 EQX's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Equinox Gold Corp (EQX) was 2,367,519 shares, 41.0% of 5,777,753 total volume.
How many EQX short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Equinox Gold Corp (EQX), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did EQX short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Equinox Gold Corp (EQX) moved from 49.5% on Nov 10, 2026 to 41.0% on Nov 11, 2026, down 8.5 percentage points.
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