Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co (RS) short interest & short volume · 1.2M shares short
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
RS short interest fell 8.0% to 1.2M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (4.7 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 66.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 61.1% the 20 sessions before, the 85th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 1.2M
- prior 1.3M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 4.7
- avg vol 245K
- Change vs prior report
- -8.0%
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)
- 69.9%
- 78K of 112K
- 20-day average
- 66.0%
- prior 61.1%
- Percentile vs own history
- 85th
- 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: +9.1%
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 · RS overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 78,422 | 112,232 | 69.9% |
| 2026-10-30 | 50,373 | 73,029 | 69.0% |
| 2026-10-29 | 49,516 | 79,017 | 62.7% |
| 2026-10-28 | 124,165 | 150,901 | 82.3% |
| 2026-10-27 | 128,355 | 162,396 | 79.0% |
| 2026-10-26 | 73,660 | 113,311 | 65.0% |
| 2026-10-23 | 55,009 | 77,203 | 71.3% |
| 2026-10-22 | 96,346 | 164,033 | 58.7% |
| 2026-10-21 | 97,287 | 157,222 | 61.9% |
| 2026-10-20 | 79,167 | 137,808 | 57.5% |
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RS is rated 3.75 of 5 among 146 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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RS on Lician stock screens
RS is rated Buy (3.75 of 5) and passes 1 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
RS short interest FAQ
What is RS's short interest?
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co (RS) had 1.2M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does RS have?
4.7 days: 1.2M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 245K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is RS short interest rising or falling?
RS short interest fell (-8.0%) from 1.3M to 1.2M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is RS a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores RS 19 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 11.9/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 7.3/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of RS daily volume is sold short?
66.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 85th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was RS's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co (RS) was 78,422 shares, 69.9% of 112,232 total volume.
How many RS short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co (RS), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did RS short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co (RS) moved from 69.0% on Oct 30, 2026 to 69.9% on Nov 2, 2026, up 0.9 percentage points.
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