Research Frontiers Incorporated (REFR) short interest & short volume · 591K shares short
Research Frontiers Incorporated official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
REFR short interest fell 42.2% to 591K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (3.9 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 29.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 44.7% the 20 sessions before, the 24th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 591K
- prior 1.0M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 3.9
- avg vol 152K
- Change vs prior report
- -42.2%
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)
- 13.5%
- 10K of 77K
- 20-day average
- 29.0%
- prior 44.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 24th
- 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: -45.4%
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 · REFR overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 10,450 | 77,209 | 13.5% |
| 2026-10-30 | 38,501 | 152,495 | 25.3% |
| 2026-10-29 | 11,456 | 71,374 | 16.1% |
| 2026-10-28 | 188 | 45,437 | 0.4% |
| 2026-10-27 | 5,676 | 6,380 | 89.0% |
| 2026-10-26 | 1,534 | 3,562 | 43.1% |
| 2026-10-23 | 17,959 | 28,731 | 62.5% |
| 2026-10-22 | 3,692 | 16,851 | 21.9% |
| 2026-10-21 | 4,606 | 12,108 | 38.0% |
| 2026-10-20 | 8,721 | 33,377 | 26.1% |
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REFR short interest FAQ
What is REFR's short interest?
Research Frontiers Incorporated (REFR) had 591K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does REFR have?
3.9 days: 591K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 152K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is REFR short interest rising or falling?
REFR short interest fell (-42.2%) from 1.0M to 591K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is REFR a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores REFR 10 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 9.7/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, 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 REFR daily volume is sold short?
29.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 24th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was REFR's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Research Frontiers Incorporated (REFR) was 10,450 shares, 13.5% of 77,209 total volume.
How many REFR short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Research Frontiers Incorporated (REFR), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did REFR short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Research Frontiers Incorporated (REFR) moved from 25.3% on Oct 30, 2026 to 13.5% on Nov 2, 2026, down 11.8 percentage points.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.