GCTS stock
GCT Semiconductor Holding Inc (GCTS) short interest & short volume · 17.8% of float short
GCT Semiconductor Holding Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
GCTS short interest rose 9.9% to 11.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (17.8% of float, 7.3 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 61.5% of volume over the last 20 sessions, the 89th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 11.9M
- prior 10.8M
- % of float
- 17.8%
- float 66.7M
- Days to cover
- 7.3
- avg vol 1.6M
- Change vs prior report
- +9.9%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 11.9M | $20.9M | +9.9% | 17.8% | 7.3 | $1.76 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 10.8M | $23.0M | -1.9% | 16.2% | 6.7 | $2.12 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 11.0M | $21.2M | +6.3% | 16.5% | 8.1 | $1.92 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 10.4M | $18.7M | 0.0% | 15.6% | 5.6 | $1.80 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 10.4M | $20.5M | +30.1% | 15.6% | 3.2 | $1.97 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 8.0M | $14.8M | +6.0% | 12.0% | 4.7 | $1.86 |
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)
- 53.9%
- 528K of 980K
- 20-day average
- 61.5%
- prior 61.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 89th
- 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: -12.5%
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 · GCTS overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 527,912 | 979,719 | 53.9% |
| 2026-11-10 | 506,373 | 927,204 | 54.6% |
| 2026-11-09 | 1,006,761 | 1,525,840 | 66.0% |
| 2026-11-06 | 347,860 | 615,228 | 56.5% |
| 2026-11-05 | 579,006 | 1,220,328 | 47.5% |
| 2026-11-04 | 494,240 | 750,625 | 65.8% |
| 2026-11-03 | 429,049 | 629,779 | 68.1% |
| 2026-11-02 | 1,125,976 | 1,467,461 | 76.7% |
| 2026-10-30 | 947,053 | 1,762,046 | 53.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 389,374 | 673,925 | 57.8% |
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GCTS short interest FAQ
What is GCTS's short interest?
GCT Semiconductor Holding Inc (GCTS) had 11.9M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 17.8% of its 66.7M-share float.
How many days to cover does GCTS have?
7.3 days: 11.9M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 1.6M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is GCTS short interest rising or falling?
GCTS short interest rose (+9.9%) from 10.8M to 11.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is GCTS a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores GCTS 45 out of 100 (elevated) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 23.8/40, days to cover 18.3/25, change in short interest vs prior report 3/15, 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 GCTS daily volume is sold short?
61.5% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 89th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was GCTS's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for GCT Semiconductor Holding Inc (GCTS) was 527,912 shares, 53.9% of 979,719 total volume.
How many GCTS short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for GCT Semiconductor Holding Inc (GCTS), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did GCTS short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for GCT Semiconductor Holding Inc (GCTS) moved from 54.6% on Nov 10, 2026 to 53.9% on Nov 11, 2026, down 0.7 percentage points.
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