QNC (QNC) short interest & short volume · 8.4M shares short
QNC official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
QNC short interest fell 9.4% to 8.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (10.7 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 54.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 59.3% the 20 sessions before, the 52nd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Feb 24, 2026.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 8.4M
- prior 9.2M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 10.7
- avg vol 782K
- Change vs prior report
- -9.4%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 8.4M | $10.9M | -9.4% | — | 10.7 | $1.30 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 9.2M | $13.7M | +8.5% | — | 5.7 | $1.48 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 8.5M | $15.3M | +20.6% | — | 6.6 | $1.80 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 7.1M | $14.3M | -0.8% | — | 15.4 | $2.03 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 7.1M | $17.3M | -0.8% | — | 16.9 | $2.43 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 7.2M | $14.8M | -6.6% | — | 10.1 | $2.06 |
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)
- 69.1%
- 480K of 696K
- 20-day average
- 54.0%
- prior 59.3%
- Percentile vs own history
- 52nd
- 141 periods since 2026
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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 · QNC overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 480,422 | 695,685 | 69.1% |
| 2026-11-10 | 210,137 | 270,687 | 77.6% |
| 2026-11-09 | 176,629 | 289,663 | 61.0% |
| 2026-11-06 | 172,728 | 337,430 | 51.2% |
| 2026-11-05 | 362,048 | 813,916 | 44.5% |
| 2026-11-04 | 98,468 | 165,276 | 59.6% |
| 2026-11-03 | 110,148 | 184,647 | 59.6% |
| 2026-11-02 | 119,441 | 297,235 | 40.2% |
| 2026-10-30 | 119,061 | 193,097 | 61.7% |
| 2026-10-29 | 79,037 | 137,426 | 57.5% |
QNC short interest FAQ
What is QNC's short interest?
QNC had 8.4M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does QNC have?
10.7 days: 8.4M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 782K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is QNC short interest rising or falling?
QNC short interest fell (-9.4%) from 9.2M to 8.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is QNC a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores QNC 25 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 25/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of QNC daily volume is sold short?
54.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 52nd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was QNC's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for QNC was 480,422 shares, 69.1% of 695,685 total volume.
How many QNC short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for QNC, from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did QNC short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for QNC moved from 77.6% on Nov 10, 2026 to 69.1% on Nov 11, 2026, down 8.5 percentage points.
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