Root Inc (ROOT) short interest & short volume · 2.1M shares short

Root Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.

What changed

ROOT short interest fell 2.7% to 2.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (12.1 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 60.6% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 67.3% the 20 sessions before, the 75th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.

Short interest

Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026

Shares short: 2.1M; prior 2.1M
% of float: —; no float on file
Days to cover: 12.1; avg vol 172K
Change vs prior report: -2.7%

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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): 65.9%; 25K of 38K
20-day average: 60.6%; prior 67.3%
Percentile vs own history: 75th; 233 periods since 2025

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Short volumeRest of the day's volume

Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 2, 2026

Short squeeze score (model)

Price since settlement: +6.6%

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 · ROOT overview

Last 10 sessions · daily short volume · FINRA Reg SHO
Date	Short	Total	Short % of volume
2026-11-02	24,805	37,632	65.9%
2026-10-30	35,305	71,825	49.1%
2026-10-29	19,478	33,056	58.9%
2026-10-28	12,781	21,659	59.0%
2026-10-27	31,469	43,481	72.4%
2026-10-26	16,029	27,008	59.4%
2026-10-23	48,176	80,386	59.9%
2026-10-22	24,909	37,652	66.2%
2026-10-21	22,244	39,043	57.0%
2026-10-20	34,234	59,550	57.5%

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ROOT short interest FAQ

What is ROOT's short interest?

Root Inc (ROOT) had 2.1M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.

How many days to cover does ROOT have?

12.1 days: 2.1M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 172K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.

Is ROOT short interest rising or falling?

ROOT short interest fell (-2.7%) from 2.1M to 2.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.

Is ROOT a short squeeze candidate?

Lician's squeeze watch scores ROOT 30 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 25/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 5.3/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.

What share of ROOT daily volume is sold short?

60.6% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 75th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.

What was ROOT's latest FINRA short volume?

On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Root Inc (ROOT) was 24,805 shares, 65.9% of 37,632 total volume.

How many ROOT short-volume sessions are listed on this page?

This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Root Inc (ROOT), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.

How did ROOT short volume percent change from the prior cached session?

Cached FINRA short volume for Root Inc (ROOT) moved from 49.1% on Oct 30, 2026 to 65.9% on Nov 2, 2026, up 16.8 percentage points.

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