iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (IJR) short interest & short volume · 6.9M shares short
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
IJR short interest fell 6.8% to 6.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (2.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 48.9% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 41.3% the 20 sessions before, the 45th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 6.9M
- prior 7.4M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 2.0
- avg vol 3.5M
- Change vs prior report
- -6.8%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 6.9M | $948.3M | -6.8% | — | 2.0 | $137.19 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 7.4M | $1.01B | -3.4% | — | 2.1 | $136.04 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 7.7M | $1.07B | +7.2% | — | 2.4 | $140.05 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 7.2M | $1.04B | +19.7% | — | 3.2 | $144.52 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 6.0M | $900.1M | -0.1% | — | 2.3 | $150.44 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 6.0M | $871.2M | +10.3% | — | 1.7 | $145.46 |
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)
- 44.5%
- 407K of 914K
- 20-day average
- 48.9%
- prior 41.3%
- Percentile vs own history
- 45th
- 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 · IJR overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 407,089 | 914,107 | 44.5% |
| 2026-11-10 | 578,163 | 1,215,911 | 47.5% |
| 2026-11-09 | 591,046 | 1,424,198 | 41.5% |
| 2026-11-06 | 584,113 | 1,715,446 | 34.0% |
| 2026-11-05 | 1,146,108 | 2,387,475 | 48.0% |
| 2026-11-04 | 890,103 | 1,558,785 | 57.1% |
| 2026-11-03 | 655,273 | 1,122,860 | 58.4% |
| 2026-11-02 | 1,291,403 | 2,376,875 | 54.3% |
| 2026-10-30 | 978,392 | 1,366,607 | 71.6% |
| 2026-10-29 | 3,178,500 | 3,538,078 | 89.8% |
IJR short interest FAQ
What is IJR's short interest?
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (IJR) had 6.9M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does IJR have?
2.0 days: 6.9M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 3.5M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is IJR short interest rising or falling?
IJR short interest fell (-6.8%) from 7.4M to 6.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is IJR a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores IJR 5 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 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 IJR daily volume is sold short?
48.9% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 45th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was IJR's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (IJR) was 407,089 shares, 44.5% of 914,107 total volume.
How many IJR short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (IJR), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did IJR short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (IJR) moved from 47.5% on Nov 10, 2026 to 44.5% on Nov 11, 2026, down 3.0 percentage points.
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