NioCorp Developments Ltd. Common Stock (NB) short interest & short volume · 8.4% of float short
NioCorp Developments Ltd. Common Stock official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
NB short interest rose 7.3% to 12.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (8.4% of float, 4.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 57.5% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 60.1% the 20 sessions before, the 90th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 12.0M
- prior 11.2M
- % of float
- 8.4%
- float 142.2M
- Days to cover
- 4.0
- avg vol 3.0M
- Change vs prior report
- +7.3%
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)
- 42.6%
- 396K of 930K
- 20-day average
- 57.5%
- prior 60.1%
- Percentile vs own history
- 90th
- 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: -8.6%
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 · NB overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 396,404 | 929,835 | 42.6% |
| 2026-10-30 | 574,777 | 1,153,091 | 49.9% |
| 2026-10-29 | 787,141 | 1,140,976 | 69.0% |
| 2026-10-28 | 647,167 | 1,109,463 | 58.3% |
| 2026-10-27 | 1,100,706 | 1,690,198 | 65.1% |
| 2026-10-26 | 645,641 | 1,131,549 | 57.1% |
| 2026-10-23 | 443,458 | 955,961 | 46.4% |
| 2026-10-22 | 654,541 | 1,161,293 | 56.4% |
| 2026-10-21 | 454,524 | 811,435 | 56.0% |
| 2026-10-20 | 494,289 | 860,230 | 57.5% |
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NB is rated 1.53 of 5 among 146 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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NB short interest FAQ
What is NB's short interest?
NioCorp Developments Ltd. Common Stock (NB) had 12.0M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 8.4% of its 142.2M-share float.
How many days to cover does NB have?
4.0 days: 12.0M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 3.0M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is NB short interest rising or falling?
NB short interest rose (+7.3%) from 11.2M to 12.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is NB a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores NB 23 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 11.2/40, days to cover 10/25, change in short interest vs prior report 2.2/15, 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 NB daily volume is sold short?
57.5% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 90th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was NB's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for NioCorp Developments Ltd. Common Stock (NB) was 396,404 shares, 42.6% of 929,835 total volume.
How many NB short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for NioCorp Developments Ltd. Common Stock (NB), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did NB short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for NioCorp Developments Ltd. Common Stock (NB) moved from 49.9% on Oct 30, 2026 to 42.6% on Nov 2, 2026, down 7.3 percentage points.
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