Kaixin Auto Holdings (KXIN) short interest & short volume · 69K shares short
Kaixin Auto Holdings official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
KXIN short interest fell 26.1% to 69K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 40.3% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 37.8% the 20 sessions before, the 50th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 69K
- prior 93K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 85K
- Change vs prior report
- -26.1%
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 2)
- 22.1%
- 38K of 171K
- 20-day average
- 40.3%
- prior 37.8%
- Percentile vs own history
- 50th
- 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: +43.3%
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 · KXIN overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 37,859 | 171,220 | 22.1% |
| 2026-10-30 | 150,216 | 843,940 | 17.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 268,419 | 941,227 | 28.5% |
| 2026-10-28 | 80,026 | 194,926 | 41.0% |
| 2026-10-27 | 171,544 | 678,465 | 25.3% |
| 2026-10-26 | 6,093 | 24,720 | 24.6% |
| 2026-10-23 | 27,546 | 49,933 | 55.2% |
| 2026-10-22 | 188,142 | 412,100 | 45.6% |
| 2026-10-21 | 56,896 | 257,288 | 22.1% |
| 2026-10-20 | 156,438 | 460,010 | 34.0% |
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KXIN short interest FAQ
What is KXIN's short interest?
Kaixin Auto Holdings (KXIN) had 69K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does KXIN have?
1.0 days: 69K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 85K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is KXIN short interest rising or falling?
KXIN short interest fell (-26.1%) from 93K to 69K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is KXIN a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores KXIN 23 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 20/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of KXIN daily volume is sold short?
40.3% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 50th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was KXIN's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Kaixin Auto Holdings (KXIN) was 37,859 shares, 22.1% of 171,220 total volume.
How many KXIN short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Kaixin Auto Holdings (KXIN), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did KXIN short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Kaixin Auto Holdings (KXIN) moved from 17.8% on Oct 30, 2026 to 22.1% on Nov 2, 2026, up 4.3 percentage points.
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