IVW stock
iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (IVW) short interest & short volume · 1.7M shares short
iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
IVW short interest rose 53.9% to 1.7M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 50.3% of volume over the last 20 sessions, the 34th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 1.7M
- prior 1.1M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 1.7M
- Change vs prior report
- +53.9%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 1.7M | $245.8M | +53.9% | — | 1.0 | $141.67 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.1M | $160.3M | -12.8% | — | 1.0 | $142.26 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 1.3M | $177.7M | -10.4% | — | 1.0 | $137.44 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 1.4M | $201.6M | +15.0% | — | 1.2 | $139.60 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 1.3M | $178.3M | +12.2% | — | 1.1 | $141.98 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 1.1M | $151.3M | -11.1% | — | 1.0 | $135.25 |
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)
- 38.3%
- 423K of 1.1M
- 20-day average
- 50.3%
- prior 50.5%
- Percentile vs own history
- 34th
- 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 · IVW overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 423,211 | 1,104,546 | 38.3% |
| 2026-11-10 | 571,931 | 904,478 | 63.2% |
| 2026-11-09 | 396,355 | 1,301,085 | 30.5% |
| 2026-11-06 | 612,817 | 1,202,451 | 51.0% |
| 2026-11-05 | 835,303 | 2,066,286 | 40.4% |
| 2026-11-04 | 460,302 | 714,743 | 64.4% |
| 2026-11-03 | 465,018 | 954,973 | 48.7% |
| 2026-11-02 | 672,654 | 1,543,698 | 43.6% |
| 2026-10-30 | 542,453 | 3,458,742 | 15.7% |
| 2026-10-29 | 397,798 | 745,085 | 53.4% |
IVW short interest FAQ
What is IVW's short interest?
iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (IVW) had 1.7M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does IVW have?
1.0 days: 1.7M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 1.7M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is IVW short interest rising or falling?
IVW short interest rose (+53.9%) from 1.1M to 1.7M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is IVW a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores IVW 18 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.6/25, 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 IVW daily volume is sold short?
50.3% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 34th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was IVW's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (IVW) was 423,211 shares, 38.3% of 1,104,546 total volume.
How many IVW short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (IVW), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did IVW short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (IVW) moved from 63.2% on Nov 10, 2026 to 38.3% on Nov 11, 2026, down 24.9 percentage points.
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