Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW) short interest & short volume · 17.0M shares short
Charles Schwab Corp official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
SCHW short interest fell 11.3% to 17.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (2.1 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 40.2% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 45.0% the 20 sessions before, the 46th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 17.0M
- prior 19.2M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 2.1
- avg vol 8.1M
- Change vs prior report
- -11.3%
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)
- 41.3%
- 1.2M of 2.8M
- 20-day average
- 40.2%
- prior 45.0%
- Percentile vs own history
- 46th
- 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: -5.2%
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 · SCHW overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 1,160,816 | 2,811,180 | 41.3% |
| 2026-10-30 | 1,168,315 | 4,048,506 | 28.9% |
| 2026-10-29 | 689,116 | 2,335,723 | 29.5% |
| 2026-10-28 | 868,456 | 3,005,863 | 28.9% |
| 2026-10-27 | 1,003,854 | 2,537,153 | 39.6% |
| 2026-10-26 | 895,605 | 2,224,200 | 40.3% |
| 2026-10-23 | 1,109,547 | 2,221,659 | 49.9% |
| 2026-10-22 | 1,622,042 | 3,006,596 | 54.0% |
| 2026-10-21 | 1,366,993 | 2,465,584 | 55.4% |
| 2026-10-20 | 2,000,964 | 4,106,108 | 48.7% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
SCHW is rated 4.49 of 5 among 516 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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SCHW on Lician stock screens
SCHW is rated Buy (4.49 of 5) and passes 2 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
SCHW short interest FAQ
What is SCHW's short interest?
Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW) had 17.0M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does SCHW have?
2.1 days: 17.0M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 8.1M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is SCHW short interest rising or falling?
SCHW short interest fell (-11.3%) from 19.2M to 17.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is SCHW a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores SCHW 5 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 5.2/25, 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 SCHW daily volume is sold short?
40.2% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 46th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was SCHW's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW) was 1,160,816 shares, 41.3% of 2,811,180 total volume.
How many SCHW short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did SCHW short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Charles Schwab Corp (SCHW) moved from 28.9% on Oct 30, 2026 to 41.3% on Nov 2, 2026, up 12.4 percentage points.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.