HYT stock
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc (HYT) short interest & short volume · 487K shares short
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
HYT short interest fell 9.5% to 487K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 43.3% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 44.3% the 20 sessions before, the 77th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 487K
- prior 538K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 1.0M
- Change vs prior report
- -9.5%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 487K | $3.8M | -9.5% | — | 1.0 | $7.74 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 538K | $4.2M | +32.1% | — | 1.0 | $7.84 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 407K | $3.3M | +53.9% | — | 1.0 | $7.98 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 265K | $2.2M | -34.6% | — | 1.0 | $8.28 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 405K | $3.4M | +61.0% | — | 1.0 | $8.32 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 251K | $2.1M | +120.8% | — | 1.0 | $8.35 |
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)
- 56.5%
- 292K of 517K
- 20-day average
- 43.3%
- prior 44.3%
- Percentile vs own history
- 77th
- 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: +0.8%
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 · HYT overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 292,003 | 517,016 | 56.5% |
| 2026-11-10 | 168,665 | 559,869 | 30.1% |
| 2026-11-09 | 289,228 | 685,561 | 42.2% |
| 2026-11-06 | 91,044 | 388,978 | 23.4% |
| 2026-11-05 | 416,032 | 854,692 | 48.7% |
| 2026-11-04 | 95,932 | 407,142 | 23.6% |
| 2026-11-03 | 221,415 | 377,432 | 58.7% |
| 2026-11-02 | 206,585 | 637,275 | 32.4% |
| 2026-10-30 | 169,568 | 391,115 | 43.4% |
| 2026-10-29 | 79,052 | 354,261 | 22.3% |
HYT short interest FAQ
What is HYT's short interest?
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc (HYT) had 487K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does HYT have?
1.0 days: 487K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 1.0M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is HYT short interest rising or falling?
HYT short interest fell (-9.5%) from 538K to 487K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is HYT a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores HYT 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, price change since settlement date 0.6/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of HYT daily volume is sold short?
43.3% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 77th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was HYT's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc (HYT) was 292,003 shares, 56.5% of 517,016 total volume.
How many HYT short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc (HYT), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did HYT short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc (HYT) moved from 30.1% on Nov 10, 2026 to 56.5% on Nov 11, 2026, up 26.4 percentage points.
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