GCV stock
Gabelli Convertible & Income Securities (GCV) short interest & short volume · 43K shares short
Gabelli Convertible & Income Securities official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
GCV short interest rose 95.9% to 43K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 20.1% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 29.0% the 20 sessions before, the 1st percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 43K
- prior 22K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 68K
- Change vs prior report
- +95.9%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 43K | $173K | +95.9% | — | 1.0 | $4.04 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 22K | $90K | +4.5% | — | 1.0 | $4.14 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 21K | $94K | -9.3% | — | 1.0 | $4.51 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 23K | $105K | +24.8% | — | 1.0 | $4.56 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 18K | $88K | -56.6% | — | 1.0 | $4.76 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 43K | $192K | -11.8% | — | 1.7 | $4.51 |
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)
- 24.1%
- 8K of 34K
- 20-day average
- 20.1%
- prior 29.0%
- Percentile vs own history
- 1st
- 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: -5.2%
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 · GCV overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 8,063 | 33,514 | 24.1% |
| 2026-11-10 | 6,722 | 60,555 | 11.1% |
| 2026-11-09 | 1,160 | 24,294 | 4.8% |
| 2026-11-06 | 19,026 | 110,551 | 17.2% |
| 2026-11-05 | 7,847 | 37,170 | 21.1% |
| 2026-11-04 | 1,570 | 23,048 | 6.8% |
| 2026-11-03 | 8,282 | 15,652 | 52.9% |
| 2026-11-02 | 10,434 | 29,081 | 35.9% |
| 2026-10-30 | 4,039 | 12,999 | 31.1% |
| 2026-10-29 | 11,297 | 99,554 | 11.3% |
GCV short interest FAQ
What is GCV's short interest?
Gabelli Convertible & Income Securities (GCV) had 43K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does GCV have?
1.0 days: 43K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 68K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is GCV short interest rising or falling?
GCV short interest rose (+95.9%) from 22K to 43K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is GCV a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores GCV 18 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 15/15, 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 GCV daily volume is sold short?
20.1% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 1st percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was GCV's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Gabelli Convertible & Income Securities (GCV) was 8,063 shares, 24.1% of 33,514 total volume.
How many GCV short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Gabelli Convertible & Income Securities (GCV), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did GCV short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Gabelli Convertible & Income Securities (GCV) moved from 11.1% on Nov 10, 2026 to 24.1% on Nov 11, 2026, up 13.0 percentage points.
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