Occidental Petroleum (OXY) short interest & short volume · 24.4M shares short
Occidental Petroleum official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
OXY short interest rose 9.7% to 24.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (2.8 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 55.2% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 58.4% the 20 sessions before, the 88th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 24.4M
- prior 22.2M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 2.8
- avg vol 8.6M
- Change vs prior report
- +9.7%
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)
- 58.9%
- 2.2M of 3.8M
- 20-day average
- 55.2%
- prior 58.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 88th
- 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: -0.4%
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 · OXY overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 2,229,251 | 3,786,134 | 58.9% |
| 2026-10-30 | 1,235,019 | 2,316,304 | 53.3% |
| 2026-10-29 | 1,058,276 | 1,968,511 | 53.8% |
| 2026-10-28 | 971,691 | 1,792,931 | 54.2% |
| 2026-10-27 | 960,622 | 2,050,250 | 46.9% |
| 2026-10-26 | 1,107,257 | 2,229,191 | 49.7% |
| 2026-10-23 | 1,996,195 | 4,031,477 | 49.5% |
| 2026-10-22 | 1,433,156 | 2,380,987 | 60.2% |
| 2026-10-21 | 1,347,753 | 2,543,027 | 53.0% |
| 2026-10-20 | 1,354,042 | 2,280,725 | 59.4% |
Energy peers with similar quant ratings
OXY is rated 4.15 of 5 among 153 rated Energy stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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OXY on Lician stock screens
OXY is rated Buy (4.15 of 5) and passes 1 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
OXY short interest FAQ
What is OXY's short interest?
Occidental Petroleum (OXY) had 24.4M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does OXY have?
2.8 days: 24.4M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 8.6M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is OXY short interest rising or falling?
OXY short interest rose (+9.7%) from 22.2M to 24.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is OXY a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores OXY 10 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 7/25, change in short interest vs prior report 2.9/15, 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 OXY daily volume is sold short?
55.2% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 88th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was OXY's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Occidental Petroleum (OXY) was 2,229,251 shares, 58.9% of 3,786,134 total volume.
How many OXY short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Occidental Petroleum (OXY), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did OXY short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Occidental Petroleum (OXY) moved from 53.3% on Oct 30, 2026 to 58.9% on Nov 2, 2026, up 5.6 percentage points.
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