OCTB stock
OCTB (OCTB) short interest & short volume · 35K shares short
OCTB official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
OCTB short interest rose 219.0% to 35K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.8 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 71.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 70.8% the 20 sessions before, the 40th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 15, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 35K
- prior 11K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.8
- avg vol 20K
- Change vs prior report
- +219.0%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 35K | $1.0M | +219.0% | — | 1.8 | $28.43 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 11K | $314K | +337.0% | — | 1.0 | $28.20 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 3K | $71K | +1679.7% | — | 1.8 | $27.87 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 143 | $4K | -96.3% | — | 1.0 | $27.90 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 4K | $106K | +100.0% | — | 1.0 | $27.82 |
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)
- 33.5%
- 1K of 3K
- 20-day average
- 71.7%
- prior 70.8%
- Percentile vs own history
- 40th
- 201 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 · OCTB overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 1,155 | 3,445 | 33.5% |
| 2026-11-10 | 2,577 | 3,989 | 64.6% |
| 2026-11-09 | 531 | 1,900 | 27.9% |
| 2026-11-06 | 511 | 1,410 | 36.2% |
| 2026-11-05 | 11,693 | 12,695 | 92.1% |
| 2026-11-04 | 152 | 1,034 | 14.7% |
| 2026-11-03 | 4,586 | 4,589 | 99.9% |
| 2026-11-02 | 6,770 | 7,554 | 89.6% |
| 2026-10-30 | 8,427 | 9,401 | 89.6% |
| 2026-10-29 | 8,423 | 11,650 | 72.3% |
OCTB short interest FAQ
What is OCTB's short interest?
OCTB had 35K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does OCTB have?
1.8 days: 35K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 20K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is OCTB short interest rising or falling?
OCTB short interest rose (+219.0%) from 11K to 35K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is OCTB a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores OCTB 19 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 4.4/25, change in short interest vs prior report 15/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of OCTB daily volume is sold short?
71.7% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 40th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was OCTB's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for OCTB was 1,155 shares, 33.5% of 3,445 total volume.
How many OCTB short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for OCTB, from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did OCTB short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for OCTB moved from 64.6% on Nov 10, 2026 to 33.5% on Nov 11, 2026, down 31.1 percentage points.
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