NUGT stock
Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares (NUGT) short interest & short volume · 592K shares short
Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
NUGT short interest rose 8.3% to 592K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 50.5% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 45.8% the 20 sessions before, the 98th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 592K
- prior 547K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 627K
- Change vs prior report
- +8.3%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 592K | $84.9M | +8.3% | — | 1.0 | $143.33 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 547K | $80.8M | +35.8% | — | 1.0 | $147.74 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 403K | $69.1M | +34.7% | — | 1.0 | $171.61 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 299K | $56.7M | +8.7% | — | 1.0 | $189.73 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 275K | $44.2M | +7.1% | — | 1.0 | $160.82 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 257K | $28.4M | -30.1% | — | 1.0 | $110.82 |
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)
- 66.5%
- 230K of 345K
- 20-day average
- 50.5%
- prior 45.8%
- Percentile vs own history
- 98th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
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 · NUGT overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 229,565 | 345,351 | 66.5% |
| 2026-11-10 | 168,511 | 353,198 | 47.7% |
| 2026-11-09 | 122,743 | 300,539 | 40.8% |
| 2026-11-06 | 109,779 | 297,899 | 36.9% |
| 2026-11-05 | 197,483 | 662,709 | 29.8% |
| 2026-11-04 | 209,212 | 440,484 | 47.5% |
| 2026-11-03 | 110,830 | 186,490 | 59.4% |
| 2026-11-02 | 148,842 | 368,982 | 40.3% |
| 2026-10-30 | 266,696 | 448,087 | 59.5% |
| 2026-10-29 | 156,572 | 270,159 | 58.0% |
NUGT short interest FAQ
What is NUGT's short interest?
Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares (NUGT) had 592K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does NUGT have?
1.0 days: 592K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 627K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is NUGT short interest rising or falling?
NUGT short interest rose (+8.3%) from 547K to 592K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is NUGT a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores NUGT 5 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 2.5/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of NUGT daily volume is sold short?
50.5% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 98th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was NUGT's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares (NUGT) was 229,565 shares, 66.5% of 345,351 total volume.
How many NUGT short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares (NUGT), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did NUGT short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares (NUGT) moved from 47.7% on Nov 10, 2026 to 66.5% on Nov 11, 2026, up 18.8 percentage points.
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