HARD stock
Simplify Commodities Strategy No K-1 ETF (HARD) short interest & short volume · 34K shares short
Simplify Commodities Strategy No K-1 ETF official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
HARD short interest fell 13.4% to 34K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (3.4 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 39.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 34.5% the 20 sessions before, the 45th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 34K
- prior 39K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 3.4
- avg vol 10K
- Change vs prior report
- -13.4%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 34K | $1.2M | -13.4% | — | 3.4 | $34.50 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 39K | $1.3M | +1011.7% | — | 1.4 | $33.68 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 4K | $129K | -39.9% | — | 1.0 | $36.58 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 6K | $197K | +35.5% | — | 1.0 | $33.49 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 4K | $138K | -76.4% | — | 1.0 | $31.74 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 18K | $582K | -61.1% | — | 1.0 | $31.68 |
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)
- 60.4%
- 2K of 4K
- 20-day average
- 39.7%
- prior 34.5%
- Percentile vs own history
- 45th
- 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: -8.7%
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 · HARD overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 2,391 | 3,962 | 60.4% |
| 2026-11-10 | 1,400 | 7,482 | 18.7% |
| 2026-11-09 | 2,348 | 6,079 | 38.6% |
| 2026-11-06 | 1,600 | 3,967 | 40.3% |
| 2026-11-05 | 3,366 | 6,250 | 53.9% |
| 2026-11-04 | 3,676 | 8,337 | 44.1% |
| 2026-11-03 | 928 | 2,331 | 39.8% |
| 2026-11-02 | 4,113 | 15,168 | 27.1% |
| 2026-10-30 | 6,026 | 10,493 | 57.4% |
| 2026-10-29 | 1,369 | 3,329 | 41.1% |
HARD short interest FAQ
What is HARD's short interest?
Simplify Commodities Strategy No K-1 ETF (HARD) had 34K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does HARD have?
3.4 days: 34K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 10K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is HARD short interest rising or falling?
HARD short interest fell (-13.4%) from 39K to 34K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is HARD a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores HARD 9 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 8.6/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, 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 HARD daily volume is sold short?
39.7% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 45th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was HARD's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Simplify Commodities Strategy No K-1 ETF (HARD) was 2,391 shares, 60.4% of 3,962 total volume.
How many HARD short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Simplify Commodities Strategy No K-1 ETF (HARD), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did HARD short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Simplify Commodities Strategy No K-1 ETF (HARD) moved from 18.7% on Nov 10, 2026 to 60.4% on Nov 11, 2026, up 41.7 percentage points.
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