FLC stock
Flaherty & CrumrineTotal Return Fund (FLC) short interest & short volume · 54K shares short
Flaherty & CrumrineTotal Return Fund official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
FLC short interest rose 125.7% to 54K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.3 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 46.6% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 43.7% the 20 sessions before, the 83rd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 54K
- prior 24K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.3
- avg vol 42K
- Change vs prior report
- +125.7%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 54K | $838K | +125.7% | — | 1.3 | $15.54 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 24K | $377K | -21.9% | — | 1.0 | $15.75 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 31K | $491K | +284.0% | — | 1.1 | $16.02 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 8K | $132K | +77.3% | — | 1.0 | $16.53 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 4K | $76K | +95.2% | — | 1.0 | $16.81 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 2K | $38K | +0.8% | — | 1.0 | $16.68 |
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)
- 4.2%
- 389 of 9K
- 20-day average
- 46.6%
- prior 43.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 83rd
- 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: +0.2%
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 · FLC overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 389 | 9,192 | 4.2% |
| 2026-11-10 | 5,928 | 9,744 | 60.8% |
| 2026-11-09 | 8,773 | 15,363 | 57.1% |
| 2026-11-06 | 6,161 | 7,091 | 86.9% |
| 2026-11-05 | 3,730 | 11,107 | 33.6% |
| 2026-11-04 | 1,594 | 6,028 | 26.4% |
| 2026-11-03 | 1,742 | 6,574 | 26.5% |
| 2026-11-02 | 2,801 | 11,036 | 25.4% |
| 2026-10-30 | 6,000 | 13,535 | 44.3% |
| 2026-10-29 | 4,602 | 16,540 | 27.8% |
FLC short interest FAQ
What is FLC's short interest?
Flaherty & CrumrineTotal Return Fund (FLC) had 54K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does FLC have?
1.3 days: 54K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 42K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is FLC short interest rising or falling?
FLC short interest rose (+125.7%) from 24K to 54K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is FLC a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores FLC 18 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 3.2/25, change in short interest vs prior report 15/15, price change since settlement date 0.2/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of FLC daily volume is sold short?
46.6% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 83rd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was FLC's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Flaherty & CrumrineTotal Return Fund (FLC) was 389 shares, 4.2% of 9,192 total volume.
How many FLC short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Flaherty & CrumrineTotal Return Fund (FLC), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did FLC short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Flaherty & CrumrineTotal Return Fund (FLC) moved from 60.8% on Nov 10, 2026 to 4.2% on Nov 11, 2026, down 56.6 percentage points.
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