Lightwave Logic Inc (LWLG) short interest & short volume · 22.7% of float short
Lightwave Logic Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
LWLG short interest rose 4.8% to 28.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (22.7% of float, 7.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 59.5% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 53.3% the 20 sessions before, the 100th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 28.1M
- prior 26.8M
- % of float
- 22.7%
- float 123.8M
- Days to cover
- 7.0
- avg vol 4.0M
- Change vs prior report
- +4.8%
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.
% of float uses the current float for every report (no float was stored with older reports).
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)
- 60.2%
- 1.0M of 1.7M
- 20-day average
- 59.5%
- prior 53.3%
- Percentile vs own history
- 100th
- 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: +11.4%
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 · LWLG overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 1,048,157 | 1,742,088 | 60.2% |
| 2026-10-30 | 1,237,733 | 1,887,162 | 65.6% |
| 2026-10-29 | 339,695 | 632,214 | 53.7% |
| 2026-10-28 | 456,654 | 688,928 | 66.3% |
| 2026-10-27 | 689,152 | 1,242,262 | 55.5% |
| 2026-10-26 | 620,011 | 1,018,554 | 60.9% |
| 2026-10-23 | 480,946 | 816,324 | 58.9% |
| 2026-10-22 | 1,806,801 | 2,384,894 | 75.8% |
| 2026-10-21 | 688,872 | 1,309,613 | 52.6% |
| 2026-10-20 | 651,049 | 1,078,501 | 60.4% |
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LWLG is rated 1.04 of 5 among 146 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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LWLG short interest FAQ
What is LWLG's short interest?
Lightwave Logic Inc (LWLG) had 28.1M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 22.7% of its 123.8M-share float.
How many days to cover does LWLG have?
7.0 days: 28.1M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 4.0M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is LWLG short interest rising or falling?
LWLG short interest rose (+4.8%) from 26.8M to 28.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is LWLG a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores LWLG 58 out of 100 (elevated) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 30.2/40, days to cover 17.6/25, change in short interest vs prior report 1.4/15, price change since settlement date 9.1/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of LWLG daily volume is sold short?
59.5% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 100th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was LWLG's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Lightwave Logic Inc (LWLG) was 1,048,157 shares, 60.2% of 1,742,088 total volume.
How many LWLG short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Lightwave Logic Inc (LWLG), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did LWLG short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Lightwave Logic Inc (LWLG) moved from 65.6% on Oct 30, 2026 to 60.2% on Nov 2, 2026, down 5.4 percentage points.
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