Praxis Precision Medicines Inc (PRAX) short interest & short volume · 16.3% of float short
Praxis Precision Medicines Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
PRAX short interest fell 6.4% to 3.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (16.3% of float, 7.4 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 58.2% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 61.6% the 20 sessions before, the 19th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 3.9M
- prior 4.2M
- % of float
- 16.3%
- float 24.0M
- Days to cover
- 7.4
- avg vol 529K
- Change vs prior report
- -6.4%
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)
- 60.2%
- 70K of 116K
- 20-day average
- 58.2%
- prior 61.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- 19th
- 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: +13.0%
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 · PRAX overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 69,683 | 115,761 | 60.2% |
| 2026-10-30 | 65,877 | 112,420 | 58.6% |
| 2026-10-29 | 128,320 | 158,747 | 80.8% |
| 2026-10-28 | 96,133 | 132,207 | 72.7% |
| 2026-10-27 | 82,768 | 105,251 | 78.6% |
| 2026-10-26 | 145,437 | 171,524 | 84.8% |
| 2026-10-23 | 88,888 | 162,298 | 54.8% |
| 2026-10-22 | 87,128 | 120,443 | 72.3% |
| 2026-10-21 | 108,549 | 165,474 | 65.6% |
| 2026-10-20 | 226,140 | 307,463 | 73.5% |
Healthcare peers with similar quant ratings
PRAX is rated 2.58 of 5 among 532 rated Healthcare stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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- IMUX short interest2.58 · Hold · stock
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PRAX short interest FAQ
What is PRAX's short interest?
Praxis Precision Medicines Inc (PRAX) had 3.9M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 16.3% of its 24.0M-share float.
How many days to cover does PRAX have?
7.4 days: 3.9M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 529K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is PRAX short interest rising or falling?
PRAX short interest fell (-6.4%) from 4.2M to 3.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is PRAX a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores PRAX 51 out of 100 (elevated) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 21.8/40, days to cover 18.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 10.4/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of PRAX daily volume is sold short?
58.2% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 19th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was PRAX's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Praxis Precision Medicines Inc (PRAX) was 69,683 shares, 60.2% of 115,761 total volume.
How many PRAX short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Praxis Precision Medicines Inc (PRAX), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did PRAX short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Praxis Precision Medicines Inc (PRAX) moved from 58.6% on Oct 30, 2026 to 60.2% on Nov 2, 2026, up 1.6 percentage points.
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