HYMC (HYMC) short interest & short volume · 12.6M shares short
HYMC official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
HYMC short interest rose 1.2% to 12.6M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (6.6 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 50.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 59.4% the 20 sessions before, the 34th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 12.6M
- prior 12.5M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 6.6
- avg vol 1.9M
- Change vs prior report
- +1.2%
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)
- 48.9%
- 348K of 711K
- 20-day average
- 50.7%
- prior 59.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 34th
- 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: -7.6%
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 · HYMC overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 347,846 | 711,371 | 48.9% |
| 2026-10-30 | 427,378 | 854,328 | 50.0% |
| 2026-10-29 | 299,307 | 594,919 | 50.3% |
| 2026-10-28 | 450,942 | 790,894 | 57.0% |
| 2026-10-27 | 439,838 | 1,024,793 | 42.9% |
| 2026-10-26 | 294,321 | 625,444 | 47.1% |
| 2026-10-23 | 336,026 | 730,096 | 46.0% |
| 2026-10-22 | 328,051 | 794,990 | 41.3% |
| 2026-10-21 | 226,866 | 599,183 | 37.9% |
| 2026-10-20 | 442,224 | 912,336 | 48.5% |
Materials peers with similar quant ratings
HYMC is rated 1.15 of 5 among 146 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
- IE short interest1.26 · Strong Sell
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HYMC short interest FAQ
What is HYMC's short interest?
HYMC had 12.6M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does HYMC have?
6.6 days: 12.6M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 1.9M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is HYMC short interest rising or falling?
HYMC short interest rose (+1.2%) from 12.5M to 12.6M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is HYMC a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores HYMC 17 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 16.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0.4/15, 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 HYMC daily volume is sold short?
50.7% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 34th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was HYMC's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for HYMC was 347,846 shares, 48.9% of 711,371 total volume.
How many HYMC short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for HYMC, from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did HYMC short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for HYMC moved from 50.0% on Oct 30, 2026 to 48.9% on Nov 2, 2026, down 1.1 percentage points.
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