Universal Display (OLED) short interest & short volume · 10.2% of float short
Universal Display official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
OLED short interest fell 2.5% to 4.5M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (10.2% of float, 6.4 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 58.9% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 51.5% the 20 sessions before, the 87th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 4.5M
- prior 4.6M
- % of float
- 10.2%
- float 43.8M
- Days to cover
- 6.4
- avg vol 697K
- Change vs prior report
- -2.5%
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 2)
- 67.8%
- 269K of 396K
- 20-day average
- 58.9%
- prior 51.5%
- Percentile vs own history
- 87th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 2, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: +14.0%
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 · OLED overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 268,571 | 395,815 | 67.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 208,882 | 380,091 | 55.0% |
| 2026-10-29 | 345,549 | 640,299 | 54.0% |
| 2026-10-28 | 180,259 | 396,632 | 45.5% |
| 2026-10-27 | 210,496 | 374,762 | 56.2% |
| 2026-10-26 | 150,797 | 263,578 | 57.2% |
| 2026-10-23 | 229,092 | 496,733 | 46.1% |
| 2026-10-22 | 308,738 | 447,356 | 69.0% |
| 2026-10-21 | 110,570 | 174,951 | 63.2% |
| 2026-10-20 | 99,242 | 170,621 | 58.2% |
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OLED short interest FAQ
What is OLED's short interest?
Universal Display (OLED) had 4.5M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 10.2% of its 43.8M-share float.
How many days to cover does OLED have?
6.4 days: 4.5M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 697K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is OLED short interest rising or falling?
OLED short interest fell (-2.5%) from 4.6M to 4.5M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is OLED a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores OLED 41 out of 100 (elevated) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 13.6/40, days to cover 16/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 11.2/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of OLED daily volume is sold short?
58.9% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 87th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was OLED's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Universal Display (OLED) was 268,571 shares, 67.8% of 395,815 total volume.
How many OLED short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Universal Display (OLED), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did OLED short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Universal Display (OLED) moved from 55.0% on Oct 30, 2026 to 67.8% on Nov 2, 2026, up 12.8 percentage points.
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