Metals X Limited (MLXEF) short interest & short volume · 0.1% of float short
Metals X Limited official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
MLXEF short interest fell 22.1% to 368K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (0.1% of float, 8.1 days to cover).
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 368K
- prior 473K
- % of float
- 0.1%
- float 629.4M
- Days to cover
- 8.1
- avg vol 45K
- Change vs prior report
- -22.1%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 368K | $416K | -22.1% | 0.1% | 8.1 | $1.13 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 473K | $692K | +92.7% | 0.1% | 5.3 | $1.47 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 245K | $319K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6.6 | $1.30 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 245K | $319K | +0.5% | 0.0% | 11.5 | $1.30 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 244K | $322K | +7.7% | 0.0% | 5.3 | $1.32 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 227K | $247K | +9.4% | 0.0% | 4.7 | $1.09 |
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
No FINRA daily short volume on file for MLXEF yet.
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -0.1%
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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MLXEF short interest FAQ
What is MLXEF's short interest?
Metals X Limited (MLXEF) had 368K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 0.1% of its 629.4M-share float.
How many days to cover does MLXEF have?
8.1 days: 368K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 45K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is MLXEF short interest rising or falling?
MLXEF short interest fell (-22.1%) from 473K to 368K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is MLXEF a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores MLXEF 20 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 0.1/40, days to cover 20.3/25, 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 is MLXEF's market cap?
Metals X Limited (MLXEF) market cap is $920.2M on the latest cached fundamentals snapshot.
Where is MLXEF short volume listed?
Cached FINRA short volume for Metals X Limited (MLXEF) is listed at https://lician.com/short-interest/mlxef.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.