FANCF stock
First Atlantic Nickel Corp. (FANCF) short interest & short volume · 0.2% of float short
First Atlantic Nickel Corp. official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
FANCF short interest rose 2.2% to 217K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (0.2% of float, 1.0 days to cover).
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 217K
- prior 213K
- % of float
- 0.2%
- float 109.7M
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 302K
- Change vs prior report
- +2.2%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 217K | $89K | +2.2% | 0.2% | 1.0 | $0.41 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 213K | $108K | -40.6% | 0.2% | 1.0 | $0.51 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 358K | $181K | -10.8% | 0.3% | 1.0 | $0.51 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 401K | $176K | +14.7% | 0.4% | 1.0 | $0.44 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 350K | $148K | +46.4% | 0.3% | 1.0 | $0.42 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 239K | $91K | -37.2% | 0.2% | 1.0 | $0.38 |
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
No FINRA daily short volume on file for FANCF yet.
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -4.0%
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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FANCF among 161 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
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FANCF short interest FAQ
What is FANCF's short interest?
First Atlantic Nickel Corp. (FANCF) had 217K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 0.2% of its 109.7M-share float.
How many days to cover does FANCF have?
1.0 days: 217K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 302K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is FANCF short interest rising or falling?
FANCF short interest rose (+2.2%) from 213K to 217K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is FANCF a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores FANCF 4 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 0.3/40, days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0.7/15, 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 is FANCF's market cap?
First Atlantic Nickel Corp. (FANCF) market cap is $88.0M on the latest cached fundamentals snapshot.
Where is FANCF short volume listed?
Cached FINRA short volume for First Atlantic Nickel Corp. (FANCF) is listed at https://lician.com/short-interest/fancf.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.