IGLD stock
FT Cboe Vest Gold Target Income ETF (IGLD) short interest & short volume · 167K shares short
FT Cboe Vest Gold Target Income ETF official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
IGLD short interest fell 6.2% to 167K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 35.6% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 51.5% the 20 sessions before, the 0th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 167K
- prior 178K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 567K
- Change vs prior report
- -6.2%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 167K | $3.4M | -6.2% | — | 1.0 | $20.22 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 178K | $3.6M | -41.3% | — | 1.0 | $20.32 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 303K | $6.3M | +145.7% | — | 1.0 | $20.94 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 123K | $2.7M | +88.9% | — | 1.0 | $21.99 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 65K | $1.4M | -74.2% | — | 1.0 | $21.73 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 253K | $5.3M | +30.0% | — | 1.1 | $20.86 |
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)
- 46.0%
- 65K of 142K
- 20-day average
- 35.6%
- prior 51.5%
- Percentile vs own history
- 0th
- 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: -7.2%
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 · IGLD overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 65,074 | 141,623 | 46.0% |
| 2026-11-10 | 97,873 | 1,162,157 | 8.4% |
| 2026-11-09 | 73,919 | 167,925 | 44.0% |
| 2026-11-06 | 48,276 | 137,181 | 35.2% |
| 2026-11-05 | 37,014 | 179,299 | 20.6% |
| 2026-11-04 | 18,050 | 146,886 | 12.3% |
| 2026-11-03 | 55,484 | 350,155 | 15.8% |
| 2026-11-02 | 93,789 | 256,131 | 36.6% |
| 2026-10-30 | 100,231 | 203,450 | 49.3% |
| 2026-10-29 | 50,582 | 126,018 | 40.1% |
IGLD short interest FAQ
What is IGLD's short interest?
FT Cboe Vest Gold Target Income ETF (IGLD) had 167K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does IGLD have?
1.0 days: 167K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 567K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is IGLD short interest rising or falling?
IGLD short interest fell (-6.2%) from 178K to 167K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is IGLD a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores IGLD 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 0/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of IGLD daily volume is sold short?
35.6% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 0th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was IGLD's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for FT Cboe Vest Gold Target Income ETF (IGLD) was 65,074 shares, 46.0% of 141,623 total volume.
How many IGLD short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for FT Cboe Vest Gold Target Income ETF (IGLD), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did IGLD short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for FT Cboe Vest Gold Target Income ETF (IGLD) moved from 8.4% on Nov 10, 2026 to 46.0% on Nov 11, 2026, up 37.6 percentage points.
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