SPDR® Gold Shares (GLD) short interest & short volume · 15.4M shares short
SPDR® Gold Shares official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
GLD short interest rose 71.8% to 15.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (2.1 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 54.1% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 49.6% the 20 sessions before, the 56th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 15.4M
- prior 9.0M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 2.1
- avg vol 7.4M
- Change vs prior report
- +71.8%
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 2)
- 47.0%
- 1.2M of 2.6M
- 20-day average
- 54.1%
- prior 49.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- 56th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 2, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -6.1%
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 · GLD overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 1,240,871 | 2,642,791 | 47.0% |
| 2026-10-30 | 3,316,138 | 5,222,066 | 63.5% |
| 2026-10-29 | 3,156,678 | 4,158,840 | 75.9% |
| 2026-10-28 | 1,677,245 | 2,412,068 | 69.5% |
| 2026-10-27 | 1,276,552 | 1,856,626 | 68.8% |
| 2026-10-26 | 1,300,720 | 2,129,489 | 61.1% |
| 2026-10-23 | 2,642,895 | 4,239,584 | 62.3% |
| 2026-10-22 | 3,390,721 | 4,844,921 | 70.0% |
| 2026-10-21 | 1,147,570 | 2,450,172 | 46.8% |
| 2026-10-20 | 833,207 | 1,965,970 | 42.4% |
GLD short interest FAQ
What is GLD's short interest?
SPDR® Gold Shares (GLD) had 15.4M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does GLD have?
2.1 days: 15.4M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 7.4M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is GLD short interest rising or falling?
GLD short interest rose (+71.8%) from 9.0M to 15.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is GLD a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores GLD 20 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 5.2/25, 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 GLD daily volume is sold short?
54.1% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 56th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was GLD's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for SPDR® Gold Shares (GLD) was 1,240,871 shares, 47.0% of 2,642,791 total volume.
How many GLD short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for SPDR® Gold Shares (GLD), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did GLD short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for SPDR® Gold Shares (GLD) moved from 63.5% on Oct 30, 2026 to 47.0% on Nov 2, 2026, down 16.5 percentage points.
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