Syntec Optics Holdings Inc. (OPTXW) short interest & short volume · 4K shares short
Syntec Optics Holdings Inc. official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
OPTXW short interest was little changed at 4K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 63.3% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 55.9% the 20 sessions before, the 99th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 16, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 4K
- prior 4K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 38K
- Change vs prior report
- -0.3%
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 2)
- 47.8%
- 6K of 13K
- 20-day average
- 63.3%
- prior 55.9%
- Percentile vs own history
- 99th
- 228 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: -34.0%
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 · OPTXW overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 6,416 | 13,418 | 47.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 3,238 | 8,538 | 37.9% |
| 2026-10-29 | 2,172 | 2,546 | 85.3% |
| 2026-10-28 | 7,093 | 9,323 | 76.1% |
| 2026-10-27 | 3,220 | 3,448 | 93.4% |
| 2026-10-26 | 7,819 | 10,041 | 77.9% |
| 2026-10-23 | 2,936 | 5,936 | 49.5% |
| 2026-10-22 | 2,619 | 4,407 | 59.4% |
| 2026-10-21 | 2,933 | 4,241 | 69.2% |
| 2026-10-20 | 7,663 | 15,808 | 48.5% |
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OPTXW short interest FAQ
What is OPTXW's short interest?
Syntec Optics Holdings Inc. (OPTXW) had 4K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does OPTXW have?
1.0 days: 4K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 38K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is OPTXW short interest rising or falling?
OPTXW short interest was little changed (-0.3%) from 4K to 4K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is OPTXW a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores OPTXW 3 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, 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 OPTXW daily volume is sold short?
63.3% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 99th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was OPTXW's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Syntec Optics Holdings Inc. (OPTXW) was 6,416 shares, 47.8% of 13,418 total volume.
How many OPTXW short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Syntec Optics Holdings Inc. (OPTXW), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did OPTXW short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Syntec Optics Holdings Inc. (OPTXW) moved from 37.9% on Oct 30, 2026 to 47.8% on Nov 2, 2026, up 9.9 percentage points.
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