International General Insurance Holdings Ltd (IGIC) short interest & short volume · 1.4% of float short
International General Insurance Holdings Ltd official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
IGIC short interest rose 6.5% to 248K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.4% of float, 4.1 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 46.6% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 44.7% the 20 sessions before, the 61st percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 248K
- prior 233K
- % of float
- 1.4%
- float 17.6M
- Days to cover
- 4.1
- avg vol 61K
- Change vs prior report
- +6.5%
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.
% of float uses the current float for every report (no float was stored with older reports).
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)
- 63.2%
- 12K of 20K
- 20-day average
- 46.6%
- prior 44.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 61st
- 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: +2.0%
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 · IGIC overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 12,341 | 19,519 | 63.2% |
| 2026-10-30 | 7,604 | 32,064 | 23.7% |
| 2026-10-29 | 5,438 | 22,952 | 23.7% |
| 2026-10-28 | 9,958 | 33,809 | 29.4% |
| 2026-10-27 | 24,109 | 52,276 | 46.1% |
| 2026-10-26 | 5,393 | 7,361 | 73.3% |
| 2026-10-23 | 9,043 | 17,331 | 52.2% |
| 2026-10-22 | 8,158 | 15,048 | 54.2% |
| 2026-10-21 | 17,715 | 23,756 | 74.6% |
| 2026-10-20 | 6,527 | 20,462 | 31.9% |
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IGIC short interest FAQ
What is IGIC's short interest?
International General Insurance Holdings Ltd (IGIC) had 248K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 1.4% of its 17.6M-share float.
How many days to cover does IGIC have?
4.1 days: 248K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 61K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is IGIC short interest rising or falling?
IGIC short interest rose (+6.5%) from 233K to 248K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is IGIC a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores IGIC 16 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 1.9/40, days to cover 10.1/25, change in short interest vs prior report 2/15, price change since settlement date 1.6/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of IGIC daily volume is sold short?
46.6% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 61st percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was IGIC's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for International General Insurance Holdings Ltd (IGIC) was 12,341 shares, 63.2% of 19,519 total volume.
How many IGIC short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for International General Insurance Holdings Ltd (IGIC), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did IGIC short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for International General Insurance Holdings Ltd (IGIC) moved from 23.7% on Oct 30, 2026 to 63.2% on Nov 2, 2026, up 39.5 percentage points.
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