NCTY stock
The9 Ltd ADR (NCTY) short interest & short volume · 0.1% of float short
The9 Ltd ADR official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
NCTY short interest rose 12.9% to 626K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (0.1% of float, 7.1 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 45.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 46.2% the 20 sessions before, the 73rd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 626K
- prior 555K
- % of float
- 0.1%
- float 1.07B
- Days to cover
- 7.1
- avg vol 88K
- Change vs prior report
- +12.9%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 626K | $2.1M | +12.9% | 0.1% | 7.1 | $3.39 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 555K | $1.8M | +13.6% | 0.1% | 3.5 | $3.32 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 488K | $1.9M | +45.9% | 0.1% | 1.9 | $3.98 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 335K | $1.5M | +187.7% | 0.0% | 1.0 | $4.43 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 116K | $533K | -22.2% | 0.0% | 1.0 | $4.58 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 150K | $667K | +33.9% | 0.0% | 1.0 | $4.46 |
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 11)
- 15.8%
- 1K of 7K
- 20-day average
- 45.4%
- prior 46.2%
- Percentile vs own history
- 73rd
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -19.5%
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 · NCTY overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 1,059 | 6,713 | 15.8% |
| 2026-11-10 | 7,751 | 10,130 | 76.5% |
| 2026-11-09 | 4,619 | 14,389 | 32.1% |
| 2026-11-06 | 3,313 | 4,865 | 68.1% |
| 2026-11-05 | 7,580 | 8,273 | 91.6% |
| 2026-11-04 | 2,533 | 9,976 | 25.4% |
| 2026-11-03 | 3,498 | 5,795 | 60.4% |
| 2026-11-02 | 2,771 | 9,566 | 29.0% |
| 2026-10-30 | 4,447 | 8,109 | 54.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 3,617 | 9,563 | 37.8% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
NCTY among 524 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
- HG short interest5.00 · Strong Buy · stock
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NCTY short interest FAQ
What is NCTY's short interest?
The9 Ltd ADR (NCTY) had 626K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 0.1% of its 1.07B-share float.
How many days to cover does NCTY have?
7.1 days: 626K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 88K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is NCTY short interest rising or falling?
NCTY short interest rose (+12.9%) from 555K to 626K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is NCTY a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores NCTY 22 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 0.1/40, days to cover 17.8/25, change in short interest vs prior report 3.9/15, 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 NCTY daily volume is sold short?
45.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 73rd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was NCTY's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for The9 Ltd ADR (NCTY) was 1,059 shares, 15.8% of 6,713 total volume.
How many NCTY short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for The9 Ltd ADR (NCTY), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did NCTY short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for The9 Ltd ADR (NCTY) moved from 76.5% on Nov 10, 2026 to 15.8% on Nov 11, 2026, down 60.7 percentage points.
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