Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd (MLCO) short interest & short volume · 1.7% of float short
Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
MLCO short interest fell 2.9% to 6.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.7% of float, 3.4 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 48.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 49.8% the 20 sessions before, the 85th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 6.0M
- prior 6.2M
- % of float
- 1.7%
- float 354.2M
- Days to cover
- 3.4
- avg vol 1.8M
- Change vs prior report
- -2.9%
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)
- 56.5%
- 523K of 925K
- 20-day average
- 48.4%
- prior 49.8%
- Percentile vs own history
- 85th
- 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: -2.4%
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 · MLCO overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 522,692 | 924,990 | 56.5% |
| 2026-10-30 | 361,800 | 605,691 | 59.7% |
| 2026-10-29 | 333,303 | 690,390 | 48.3% |
| 2026-10-28 | 340,890 | 776,303 | 43.9% |
| 2026-10-27 | 357,376 | 912,385 | 39.2% |
| 2026-10-26 | 388,506 | 864,710 | 44.9% |
| 2026-10-23 | 549,543 | 1,152,109 | 47.7% |
| 2026-10-22 | 720,545 | 1,498,038 | 48.1% |
| 2026-10-21 | 312,156 | 741,919 | 42.1% |
| 2026-10-20 | 357,738 | 783,170 | 45.7% |
Consumer Discretionary peers with similar quant ratings
MLCO is rated 3.19 of 5 among 333 rated Consumer Discretionary stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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MLCO short interest FAQ
What is MLCO's short interest?
Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd (MLCO) had 6.0M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 1.7% of its 354.2M-share float.
How many days to cover does MLCO have?
3.4 days: 6.0M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 1.8M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is MLCO short interest rising or falling?
MLCO short interest fell (-2.9%) from 6.2M to 6.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is MLCO a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores MLCO 11 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 2.3/40, days to cover 8.4/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, 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 MLCO daily volume is sold short?
48.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 85th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was MLCO's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd (MLCO) was 522,692 shares, 56.5% of 924,990 total volume.
How many MLCO short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd (MLCO), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did MLCO short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd (MLCO) moved from 59.7% on Oct 30, 2026 to 56.5% on Nov 2, 2026, down 3.2 percentage points.
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