East West Bancorp Inc (EWBC) short interest & short volume · 3.3% of float short
East West Bancorp Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
EWBC short interest rose 3.2% to 4.5M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (3.3% of float, 5.4 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 56.3% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 53.8% the 20 sessions before, the 53rd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 4.5M
- prior 4.3M
- % of float
- 3.3%
- float 136.3M
- Days to cover
- 5.4
- avg vol 825K
- Change vs prior report
- +3.2%
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 2)
- 53.8%
- 108K of 200K
- 20-day average
- 56.3%
- prior 53.8%
- Percentile vs own history
- 53rd
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 2, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: +4.9%
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 · EWBC overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 107,819 | 200,393 | 53.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 128,355 | 247,624 | 51.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 171,387 | 331,202 | 51.8% |
| 2026-10-28 | 164,931 | 382,618 | 43.1% |
| 2026-10-27 | 199,734 | 335,134 | 59.6% |
| 2026-10-26 | 202,610 | 334,309 | 60.6% |
| 2026-10-23 | 201,904 | 374,660 | 53.9% |
| 2026-10-22 | 408,712 | 616,000 | 66.3% |
| 2026-10-21 | 409,075 | 665,912 | 61.4% |
| 2026-10-20 | 221,763 | 351,308 | 63.1% |
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EWBC is rated 3.53 of 5 among 516 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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EWBC on Lician stock screens
EWBC is rated Buy (3.53 of 5) and passes 1 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
EWBC short interest FAQ
What is EWBC's short interest?
East West Bancorp Inc (EWBC) had 4.5M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 3.3% of its 136.3M-share float.
How many days to cover does EWBC have?
5.4 days: 4.5M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 825K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is EWBC short interest rising or falling?
EWBC short interest rose (+3.2%) from 4.3M to 4.5M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is EWBC a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores EWBC 23 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 4.4/40, days to cover 13.6/25, change in short interest vs prior report 1/15, price change since settlement date 3.9/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of EWBC daily volume is sold short?
56.3% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 53rd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was EWBC's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for East West Bancorp Inc (EWBC) was 107,819 shares, 53.8% of 200,393 total volume.
How many EWBC short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for East West Bancorp Inc (EWBC), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did EWBC short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for East West Bancorp Inc (EWBC) moved from 51.8% on Oct 30, 2026 to 53.8% on Nov 2, 2026, up 2.0 percentage points.
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