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Fidelity® MSCI Financials Index ETF (FNCL) short interest & short volume · 65K shares short

Fidelity® MSCI Financials Index ETF official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.

What changed

FNCL short interest fell 41.9% to 65K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 32.2% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 43.7% the 20 sessions before, the 39th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.

Short interest

Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026

Shares short
65K
prior 113K
% of float
—
no float on file
Days to cover
1.0
avg vol 103K
Change vs prior report
-41.9%

6 reports

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FNCL short interest by FINRA report (last 6) · price is the close on the report date
Report dateShares short$ value shortChange% floatDays to coverPrice
Oct 15, 202665K$5.1M-41.9%—1.0$78.17
Sep 30, 2026113K$8.5M-14.4%—1.0$75.72
Sep 15, 2026132K$10.6M+97.9%—1.0$80.78
Aug 31, 202667K$5.5M-11.8%—1.0$82.06
Aug 14, 202675K$6.3M+9.8%—1.0$83.04
Jul 31, 202669K$5.6M-17.9%—1.0$81.06

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)
45.1%
33K of 74K
20-day average
32.2%
prior 43.7%
Percentile vs own history
39th
233 periods since 2025

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Short volumeRest of the day's volume

Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026

Short squeeze score (model)

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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Last 10 sessions · daily short volume · FINRA Reg SHO
DateShortTotalShort % of volume
2026-11-1133,47374,24445.1%
2026-11-1048,48977,51062.6%
2026-11-0930,94081,08438.2%
2026-11-0615,83273,66121.5%
2026-11-0525,28079,59631.8%
2026-11-0420,45169,40029.5%
2026-11-0320,25474,28127.3%
2026-11-0233,32886,17438.7%
2026-10-3033,999105,32032.3%
2026-10-2920,48042,92647.7%

FNCL short interest FAQ

What is FNCL's short interest?

Fidelity® MSCI Financials Index ETF (FNCL) had 65K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.

How many days to cover does FNCL have?

1.0 days: 65K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 103K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.

Is FNCL short interest rising or falling?

FNCL short interest fell (-41.9%) from 113K to 65K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.

Is FNCL a short squeeze candidate?

Lician's squeeze watch scores FNCL 3 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.

What share of FNCL daily volume is sold short?

32.2% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 39th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.

What was FNCL's latest FINRA short volume?

On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Fidelity® MSCI Financials Index ETF (FNCL) was 33,473 shares, 45.1% of 74,244 total volume.

How many FNCL short-volume sessions are listed on this page?

This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Fidelity® MSCI Financials Index ETF (FNCL), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.

How did FNCL short volume percent change from the prior cached session?

Cached FINRA short volume for Fidelity® MSCI Financials Index ETF (FNCL) moved from 62.6% on Nov 10, 2026 to 45.1% on Nov 11, 2026, down 17.5 percentage points.

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