Mexico Fund, Inc (MXF) short interest & short volume · 19K shares short
Mexico Fund, Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
MXF short interest rose 3.6% to 19K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 38.9% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 48.2% the 20 sessions before, the 41st percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 29, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 19K
- prior 19K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 45K
- Change vs prior report
- +3.6%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 19K | $390K | +3.6% | — | 1.0 | $20.19 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 19K | $381K | +10.5% | — | 1.0 | $20.39 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 17K | $352K | +32.5% | — | 1.0 | $20.81 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 13K | $277K | -38.0% | — | 1.0 | $21.73 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 21K | $442K | -25.5% | — | 1.0 | $21.50 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 28K | $601K | -21.3% | — | 1.0 | $21.76 |
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 5)
- 38.2%
- 12K of 31K
- 20-day average
- 38.9%
- prior 48.2%
- Percentile vs own history
- 41st
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 5, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: +1.7%
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 · MXF overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-05 | 11,800 | 30,874 | 38.2% |
| 2026-11-04 | 15,939 | 57,629 | 27.7% |
| 2026-11-03 | 12,808 | 37,680 | 34.0% |
| 2026-11-02 | 16,394 | 29,027 | 56.5% |
| 2026-10-30 | 9,309 | 45,810 | 20.3% |
| 2026-10-29 | 10,721 | 37,544 | 28.6% |
| 2026-10-28 | 5,588 | 16,192 | 34.5% |
| 2026-10-27 | 7,865 | 31,433 | 25.0% |
| 2026-10-26 | 18,092 | 44,900 | 40.3% |
| 2026-10-23 | 20,380 | 46,633 | 43.7% |
MXF short interest FAQ
What is MXF's short interest?
Mexico Fund, Inc (MXF) had 19K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does MXF have?
1.0 days: 19K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 45K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is MXF short interest rising or falling?
MXF short interest rose (+3.6%) from 19K to 19K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is MXF a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores MXF 5 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 1.1/15, price change since settlement date 1.4/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of MXF daily volume is sold short?
38.9% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 5, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 41st percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was MXF's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 5, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Mexico Fund, Inc (MXF) was 11,800 shares, 38.2% of 30,874 total volume.
How many MXF short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Mexico Fund, Inc (MXF), from Oct 23, 2026 through Nov 5, 2026.
How did MXF short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Mexico Fund, Inc (MXF) moved from 27.7% on Nov 4, 2026 to 38.2% on Nov 5, 2026, up 10.5 percentage points.
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