Arcadia Biosciences Inc (RKDA) short interest & short volume · 343K shares short
Arcadia Biosciences Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
RKDA short interest rose 286.3% to 343K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 22.6% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 32.5% the 20 sessions before, the 4th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 343K
- prior 89K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 5.3M
- Change vs prior report
- +286.3%
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)
- 27.5%
- 42K of 151K
- 20-day average
- 22.6%
- prior 32.5%
- Percentile vs own history
- 4th
- 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: -24.0%
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 · RKDA overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 41,683 | 151,469 | 27.5% |
| 2026-10-30 | 36,535 | 333,707 | 10.9% |
| 2026-10-29 | 294,006 | 506,795 | 58.0% |
| 2026-10-28 | 11,248 | 35,962 | 31.3% |
| 2026-10-27 | 18,993 | 44,680 | 42.5% |
| 2026-10-26 | 255 | 24,275 | 1.1% |
| 2026-10-23 | 4,641 | 116,530 | 4.0% |
| 2026-10-22 | 72,811 | 305,002 | 23.9% |
| 2026-10-21 | 8,098 | 27,084 | 29.9% |
| 2026-10-20 | 6,219 | 87,548 | 7.1% |
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RKDA among 117 rated Consumer Staples stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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RKDA short interest FAQ
What is RKDA's short interest?
Arcadia Biosciences Inc (RKDA) had 343K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does RKDA have?
1.0 days: 343K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 5.3M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is RKDA short interest rising or falling?
RKDA short interest rose (+286.3%) from 89K to 343K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is RKDA a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores RKDA 18 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 15/15, 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 RKDA daily volume is sold short?
22.6% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 4th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was RKDA's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Arcadia Biosciences Inc (RKDA) was 41,683 shares, 27.5% of 151,469 total volume.
How many RKDA short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Arcadia Biosciences Inc (RKDA), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did RKDA short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Arcadia Biosciences Inc (RKDA) moved from 10.9% on Oct 30, 2026 to 27.5% on Nov 2, 2026, up 16.6 percentage points.
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