Scilex Holding Company (SCLXW) short interest & short volume · 178K shares short
Scilex Holding Company official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
SCLXW short interest rose 5.6% to 178K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (26.5 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 56.1% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 49.6% the 20 sessions before, the 65th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 16, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 178K
- prior 169K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 26.5
- avg vol 7K
- Change vs prior report
- +5.6%
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)
- 5.1%
- 216 of 4K
- 20-day average
- 56.1%
- prior 49.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- 65th
- 195 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 2, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
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 · SCLXW overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 216 | 4,264 | 5.1% |
| 2026-10-30 | 391 | 413 | 94.7% |
| 2026-10-29 | 297 | 624 | 47.6% |
| 2026-10-28 | 10,000 | 10,750 | 93.0% |
| 2026-10-26 | 127 | 7,390 | 1.7% |
| 2026-10-22 | 400 | 1,140 | 35.1% |
| 2026-10-20 | 20 | 50 | 40.0% |
| 2026-10-14 | 20 | 40 | 50.0% |
| 2026-10-13 | 39,133 | 42,285 | 92.5% |
| 2026-10-08 | 400 | 812 | 49.3% |
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SCLXW short interest FAQ
What is SCLXW's short interest?
Scilex Holding Company (SCLXW) had 178K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does SCLXW have?
26.5 days: 178K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 7K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is SCLXW short interest rising or falling?
SCLXW short interest rose (+5.6%) from 169K to 178K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is SCLXW a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores SCLXW 27 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 25/25, change in short interest vs prior report 1.7/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of SCLXW daily volume is sold short?
56.1% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 65th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was SCLXW's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Scilex Holding Company (SCLXW) was 216 shares, 5.1% of 4,264 total volume.
How many SCLXW short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Scilex Holding Company (SCLXW), from Oct 8, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did SCLXW short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Scilex Holding Company (SCLXW) moved from 94.7% on Oct 30, 2026 to 5.1% on Nov 2, 2026, down 89.6 percentage points.
Not investment advice. Figures as filed or reported, not a live feed.