MFA Financial, Inc. 9.000% (MFAO) short interest & short volume · 4K shares short
MFA Financial, Inc. 9.000% official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
MFAO short interest rose 28.5% to 4K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 36.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 54.9% the 20 sessions before, the 3rd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 4K
- prior 3K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 14K
- Change vs prior report
- +28.5%
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)
- 40.0%
- 9K of 21K
- 20-day average
- 36.4%
- prior 54.9%
- Percentile vs own history
- 3rd
- 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: -2.1%
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 · MFAO overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 8,525 | 21,316 | 40.0% |
| 2026-10-30 | 9,951 | 14,470 | 68.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 3,202 | 9,188 | 34.9% |
| 2026-10-28 | 669 | 1,571 | 42.6% |
| 2026-10-27 | 1,415 | 2,736 | 51.7% |
| 2026-10-26 | 3,191 | 5,542 | 57.6% |
| 2026-10-23 | 1,709 | 3,972 | 43.0% |
| 2026-10-22 | 674 | 3,718 | 18.1% |
| 2026-10-21 | 937 | 2,397 | 39.1% |
| 2026-10-20 | 1,517 | 6,194 | 24.5% |
MFAO short interest FAQ
What is MFAO's short interest?
MFA Financial, Inc. 9.000% (MFAO) had 4K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does MFAO have?
1.0 days: 4K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 14K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is MFAO short interest rising or falling?
MFAO short interest rose (+28.5%) from 3K to 4K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is MFAO a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores MFAO 11 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 8.5/15, price change since settlement date 0/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of MFAO daily volume is sold short?
36.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 3rd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was MFAO's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for MFA Financial, Inc. 9.000% (MFAO) was 8,525 shares, 40.0% of 21,316 total volume.
How many MFAO short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for MFA Financial, Inc. 9.000% (MFAO), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did MFAO short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for MFA Financial, Inc. 9.000% (MFAO) moved from 68.8% on Oct 30, 2026 to 40.0% on Nov 2, 2026, down 28.8 percentage points.
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