HIMU stock
iShares High Yield Muni Active ETF (HIMU) short interest & short volume · 46K shares short
iShares High Yield Muni Active ETF official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
HIMU short interest fell 84.3% to 46K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 65.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 47.0% the 20 sessions before, the 92nd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 46K
- prior 296K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 1.6M
- Change vs prior report
- -84.3%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 46K | $2.1M | -84.3% | — | 1.0 | $46.17 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 296K | $13.5M | +110.3% | — | 1.0 | $45.68 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 141K | $6.6M | -52.0% | — | 1.0 | $46.70 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 293K | $14.1M | -50.5% | — | 1.0 | $48.10 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 593K | $28.8M | +479.8% | — | 1.4 | $48.56 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 102K | $5.0M | -31.0% | — | 1.0 | $48.55 |
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)
- 50.3%
- 216K of 430K
- 20-day average
- 65.4%
- prior 47.0%
- Percentile vs own history
- 92nd
- 233 periods since 2025
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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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Market-wide: most shorted stocks, biggest changes and unusual short volume · HIMU overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 216,216 | 429,585 | 50.3% |
| 2026-11-10 | 539,152 | 710,340 | 75.9% |
| 2026-11-09 | 265,803 | 492,545 | 54.0% |
| 2026-11-06 | 1,415,244 | 1,624,570 | 87.1% |
| 2026-11-05 | 347,432 | 514,117 | 67.6% |
| 2026-11-04 | 288,865 | 436,462 | 66.2% |
| 2026-11-03 | 270,551 | 510,601 | 53.0% |
| 2026-11-02 | 299,553 | 432,994 | 69.2% |
| 2026-10-30 | 218,679 | 338,940 | 64.5% |
| 2026-10-29 | 438,564 | 577,422 | 76.0% |
HIMU short interest FAQ
What is HIMU's short interest?
iShares High Yield Muni Active ETF (HIMU) had 46K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does HIMU have?
1.0 days: 46K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 1.6M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is HIMU short interest rising or falling?
HIMU short interest fell (-84.3%) from 296K to 46K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is HIMU a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores HIMU 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 HIMU daily volume is sold short?
65.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 92nd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was HIMU's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for iShares High Yield Muni Active ETF (HIMU) was 216,216 shares, 50.3% of 429,585 total volume.
How many HIMU short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for iShares High Yield Muni Active ETF (HIMU), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did HIMU short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for iShares High Yield Muni Active ETF (HIMU) moved from 75.9% on Nov 10, 2026 to 50.3% on Nov 11, 2026, down 25.6 percentage points.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.