NSTR (NSTR) short interest & short volume · 46K shares short
NSTR official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
NSTR short interest rose 7.1% to 46K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 34.6% of volume over the last 20 sessions.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 46K
- prior 43K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 141K
- Change vs prior report
- +7.1%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 46K | $143K | +7.1% | — | 1.0 | $3.14 |
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)
- 41.3%
- 3K of 7K
- 20-day average
- 34.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- —
- needs ~3 months
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -17.2%
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 · NSTR overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 2,752 | 6,663 | 41.3% |
| 2026-11-10 | 27,233 | 65,658 | 41.5% |
| 2026-11-09 | 16,968 | 31,916 | 53.2% |
| 2026-11-06 | 10,569 | 32,474 | 32.5% |
| 2026-11-05 | 14,039 | 45,408 | 30.9% |
| 2026-11-04 | 5,948 | 15,339 | 38.8% |
| 2026-11-03 | 8,261 | 23,185 | 35.6% |
| 2026-11-02 | 12,133 | 38,998 | 31.1% |
| 2026-10-30 | 2,393 | 7,006 | 34.2% |
| 2026-10-29 | 11,517 | 24,929 | 46.2% |
Communication Services peers with similar quant ratings
NSTR among 106 rated Communication Services stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
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NSTR short interest FAQ
What is NSTR's short interest?
NSTR had 46K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does NSTR have?
1.0 days: 46K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 141K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is NSTR short interest rising or falling?
NSTR short interest rose (+7.1%) from 43K to 46K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is NSTR a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores NSTR 5 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 2.1/15, 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 NSTR daily volume is sold short?
34.6% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was NSTR's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for NSTR was 2,752 shares, 41.3% of 6,663 total volume.
How many NSTR short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for NSTR, from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did NSTR short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for NSTR moved from 41.5% on Nov 10, 2026 to 41.3% on Nov 11, 2026, down 0.2 percentage points.
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