PLTD stock
Direxion Daily PLTR Bear 1X Shares (PLTD) short interest & short volume · 252K shares short
Direxion Daily PLTR Bear 1X Shares official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
PLTD short interest rose 38.3% to 252K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 42.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 41.4% the 20 sessions before, the 36th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 252K
- prior 182K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 24.6M
- Change vs prior report
- +38.3%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 252K | $1.1M | +38.3% | — | 1.0 | $4.46 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 182K | $871K | +7.9% | — | 1.0 | $4.78 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 169K | $882K | -48.1% | — | 1.0 | $5.22 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 326K | $1.6M | -74.0% | — | 1.0 | $4.89 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 1.3M | $6.6M | +244.3% | — | 1.0 | $5.27 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 364K | $3.0M | -49.0% | — | 1.0 | $8.25 |
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)
- 40.9%
- 4.6M of 11.3M
- 20-day average
- 42.7%
- prior 41.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 36th
- 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 · PLTD overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 4,615,593 | 11,288,500 | 40.9% |
| 2026-11-10 | 5,578,060 | 14,829,289 | 37.6% |
| 2026-11-09 | 6,385,523 | 14,374,979 | 44.4% |
| 2026-11-06 | 7,723,848 | 19,711,929 | 39.2% |
| 2026-11-05 | 9,240,138 | 24,545,052 | 37.6% |
| 2026-11-04 | 10,110,453 | 21,830,096 | 46.3% |
| 2026-11-03 | 10,481,929 | 24,711,631 | 42.4% |
| 2026-11-02 | 6,623,117 | 23,312,041 | 28.4% |
| 2026-10-30 | 5,913,973 | 20,813,118 | 28.4% |
| 2026-10-29 | 3,508,178 | 16,185,516 | 21.7% |
PLTD short interest FAQ
What is PLTD's short interest?
Direxion Daily PLTR Bear 1X Shares (PLTD) had 252K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does PLTD have?
1.0 days: 252K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 24.6M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is PLTD short interest rising or falling?
PLTD short interest rose (+38.3%) from 182K to 252K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is PLTD a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores PLTD 14 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 11.5/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of PLTD daily volume is sold short?
42.7% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 36th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was PLTD's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Direxion Daily PLTR Bear 1X Shares (PLTD) was 4,615,593 shares, 40.9% of 11,288,500 total volume.
How many PLTD short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Direxion Daily PLTR Bear 1X Shares (PLTD), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did PLTD short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Direxion Daily PLTR Bear 1X Shares (PLTD) moved from 37.6% on Nov 10, 2026 to 40.9% on Nov 11, 2026, up 3.3 percentage points.
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