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FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund (IQDF) short interest & short volume · 214K shares short

FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.

What changed

IQDF short interest rose 113.5% to 214K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (3.8 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 36.1% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 63.7% the 20 sessions before, the 27th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.

Short interest

Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026

Shares short
214K
prior 100K
% of float
—
no float on file
Days to cover
3.8
avg vol 57K
Change vs prior report
+113.5%

6 reports

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IQDF short interest by FINRA report (last 6) · price is the close on the report date
Report dateShares short$ value shortChange% floatDays to coverPrice
Oct 15, 2026214K$7.3M+113.5%—3.8$34.01
Sep 30, 2026100K$3.4M+286.1%—2.0$34.40
Sep 15, 202626K$919K-72.3%—1.0$35.40
Aug 31, 202694K$3.4M+1220.8%—2.3$35.84
Aug 14, 20267K$253K-45.0%—1.0$35.60
Jul 31, 202613K$450K-40.7%—1.0$34.82

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)
38.8%
8K of 21K
20-day average
36.1%
prior 63.7%
Percentile vs own history
27th
233 periods since 2025

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Short volumeRest of the day's volume

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 · IQDF overview

Last 10 sessions · daily short volume · FINRA Reg SHO
DateShortTotalShort % of volume
2026-11-118,19321,11038.8%
2026-11-103,84841,7159.2%
2026-11-0910,98735,96330.6%
2026-11-0644,203119,52337.0%
2026-11-0519,85545,47143.7%
2026-11-0414,33427,12652.8%
2026-11-039,69726,02237.3%
2026-11-0212,51342,00329.8%
2026-10-306,81632,49121.0%
2026-10-2911,09826,03942.6%

IQDF short interest FAQ

What is IQDF's short interest?

FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund (IQDF) had 214K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.

How many days to cover does IQDF have?

3.8 days: 214K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 57K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.

Is IQDF short interest rising or falling?

IQDF short interest rose (+113.5%) from 100K to 214K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.

Is IQDF a short squeeze candidate?

Lician's squeeze watch scores IQDF 24 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 9.4/25, change in short interest vs prior report 15/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.

What share of IQDF daily volume is sold short?

36.1% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 27th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.

What was IQDF's latest FINRA short volume?

On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund (IQDF) was 8,193 shares, 38.8% of 21,110 total volume.

How many IQDF short-volume sessions are listed on this page?

This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund (IQDF), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.

How did IQDF short volume percent change from the prior cached session?

Cached FINRA short volume for FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund (IQDF) moved from 9.2% on Nov 10, 2026 to 38.8% on Nov 11, 2026, up 29.6 percentage points.

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