Nuveen California AMT- Free Quality Municipal Income Fund (NKX) short interest & short volume · 207K shares short
Nuveen California AMT- Free Quality Municipal Income Fund official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
NKX short interest rose 101.9% to 207K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 44.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 47.3% the 20 sessions before, the 45th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 207K
- prior 103K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 457K
- Change vs prior report
- +101.9%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 207K | $2.2M | +101.9% | — | 1.0 | $10.62 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 103K | $1.1M | -4.2% | — | 1.0 | $10.53 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 107K | $1.2M | -24.1% | — | 1.0 | $11.35 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 141K | $1.7M | -16.1% | — | 1.0 | $12.05 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 168K | $2.1M | +33.5% | — | 1.3 | $12.44 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 126K | $1.5M | -16.5% | — | 1.0 | $12.09 |
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.
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)
- 41.2%
- 41K of 99K
- 20-day average
- 44.4%
- prior 47.3%
- Percentile vs own history
- 45th
- 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: +5.0%
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 · NKX overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 40,666 | 98,750 | 41.2% |
| 2026-11-10 | 88,659 | 180,389 | 49.1% |
| 2026-11-09 | 53,950 | 137,423 | 39.3% |
| 2026-11-06 | 20,162 | 85,399 | 23.6% |
| 2026-11-05 | 41,270 | 139,020 | 29.7% |
| 2026-11-04 | 60,835 | 116,624 | 52.2% |
| 2026-11-03 | 57,933 | 111,799 | 51.8% |
| 2026-11-02 | 40,682 | 99,415 | 40.9% |
| 2026-10-30 | 79,691 | 185,417 | 43.0% |
| 2026-10-29 | 64,894 | 122,592 | 52.9% |
NKX short interest FAQ
What is NKX's short interest?
Nuveen California AMT- Free Quality Municipal Income Fund (NKX) had 207K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does NKX have?
1.0 days: 207K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 457K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is NKX short interest rising or falling?
NKX short interest rose (+101.9%) from 103K to 207K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is NKX a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores NKX 22 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 15/15, price change since settlement date 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 NKX daily volume is sold short?
44.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 45th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was NKX's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Nuveen California AMT- Free Quality Municipal Income Fund (NKX) was 40,666 shares, 41.2% of 98,750 total volume.
How many NKX short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Nuveen California AMT- Free Quality Municipal Income Fund (NKX), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did NKX short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Nuveen California AMT- Free Quality Municipal Income Fund (NKX) moved from 49.1% on Nov 10, 2026 to 41.2% on Nov 11, 2026, down 7.9 percentage points.
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