QDTE stock
QDTE (QDTE) short interest & short volume · 612K shares short
QDTE official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
QDTE short interest rose 143.0% to 612K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.3 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 51.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 47.2% the 20 sessions before, the 31st percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 612K
- prior 252K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.3
- avg vol 490K
- Change vs prior report
- +143.0%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 612K | $17.4M | +143.0% | — | 1.3 | $28.48 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 252K | $7.4M | +23.9% | — | 1.0 | $29.21 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 203K | $5.7M | -7.9% | — | 1.0 | $28.24 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 221K | $6.4M | -19.6% | — | 1.0 | $29.01 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 274K | $8.2M | -45.0% | — | 1.0 | $29.83 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 499K | $14.3M | +6.3% | — | 1.0 | $28.72 |
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)
- 54.3%
- 125K of 231K
- 20-day average
- 51.7%
- prior 47.2%
- Percentile vs own history
- 31st
- 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 · QDTE overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 125,200 | 230,661 | 54.3% |
| 2026-11-10 | 109,384 | 197,248 | 55.5% |
| 2026-11-09 | 250,859 | 456,252 | 55.0% |
| 2026-11-06 | 93,723 | 323,610 | 29.0% |
| 2026-11-05 | 268,760 | 828,905 | 32.4% |
| 2026-11-04 | 113,913 | 212,411 | 53.6% |
| 2026-11-03 | 51,591 | 132,083 | 39.1% |
| 2026-11-02 | 182,377 | 297,927 | 61.2% |
| 2026-10-30 | 226,043 | 533,161 | 42.4% |
| 2026-10-29 | 149,049 | 245,782 | 60.6% |
QDTE short interest FAQ
What is QDTE's short interest?
QDTE had 612K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does QDTE have?
1.3 days: 612K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 490K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is QDTE short interest rising or falling?
QDTE short interest rose (+143.0%) from 252K to 612K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is QDTE a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores QDTE 18 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 3.1/25, change in short interest vs prior report 15/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of QDTE daily volume is sold short?
51.7% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 31st percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was QDTE's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for QDTE was 125,200 shares, 54.3% of 230,661 total volume.
How many QDTE short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for QDTE, from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did QDTE short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for QDTE moved from 55.5% on Nov 10, 2026 to 54.3% on Nov 11, 2026, down 1.2 percentage points.
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