RILY stock
RILY (RILY) short interest & short volume · 5.9M shares short
RILY official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
RILY short interest rose 5.7% to 5.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (7.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 56.5% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 48.6% the 20 sessions before, the 94th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 5.9M
- prior 5.6M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 7.0
- avg vol 848K
- Change vs prior report
- +5.7%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 5.9M | $27.8M | +5.7% | — | 7.0 | $4.68 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 5.6M | $27.5M | +4.6% | — | 7.8 | $4.89 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 5.4M | $32.2M | +4.4% | — | 11.4 | $5.99 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 5.1M | $35.6M | +0.9% | — | 10.5 | $6.92 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 5.1M | $38.0M | -3.9% | — | 7.8 | $7.45 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 5.3M | $38.0M | +2.7% | — | 10.8 | $7.16 |
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)
- 50.6%
- 172K of 340K
- 20-day average
- 56.5%
- prior 48.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- 94th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -19.4%
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 · RILY overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 171,992 | 340,197 | 50.6% |
| 2026-11-10 | 179,262 | 309,965 | 57.8% |
| 2026-11-09 | 257,573 | 446,853 | 57.6% |
| 2026-11-06 | 243,519 | 416,002 | 58.5% |
| 2026-11-05 | 341,432 | 466,299 | 73.2% |
| 2026-11-04 | 248,150 | 494,340 | 50.2% |
| 2026-11-03 | 173,726 | 297,538 | 58.4% |
| 2026-11-02 | 164,517 | 307,826 | 53.4% |
| 2026-10-30 | 289,337 | 461,406 | 62.7% |
| 2026-10-29 | 205,276 | 421,519 | 48.7% |
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RILY short interest FAQ
What is RILY's short interest?
RILY had 5.9M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does RILY have?
7.0 days: 5.9M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 848K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is RILY short interest rising or falling?
RILY short interest rose (+5.7%) from 5.6M to 5.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is RILY a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores RILY 19 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 17.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 1.7/15, 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 RILY daily volume is sold short?
56.5% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 94th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was RILY's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for RILY was 171,992 shares, 50.6% of 340,197 total volume.
How many RILY short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for RILY, from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did RILY short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for RILY moved from 57.8% on Nov 10, 2026 to 50.6% on Nov 11, 2026, down 7.2 percentage points.
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