SDHY stock
PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opps (SDHY) short interest & short volume · 43K shares short
PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opps official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
SDHY short interest fell 19.8% to 43K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 40.5% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 34.1% the 20 sessions before, the 90th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 43K
- prior 53K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 77K
- Change vs prior report
- -19.8%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 43K | $647K | -19.8% | — | 1.0 | $15.18 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 53K | $809K | +81.6% | — | 1.0 | $15.23 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 29K | $450K | +1.5% | — | 1.0 | $15.38 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 29K | $462K | -57.9% | — | 1.0 | $16.01 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 68K | $1.1M | +2.2% | — | 1.3 | $16.10 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 67K | $1.1M | +184.6% | — | 1.4 | $16.14 |
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 11)
- 49.7%
- 9K of 18K
- 20-day average
- 40.5%
- prior 34.1%
- Percentile vs own history
- 90th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -0.1%
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 · SDHY overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 9,045 | 18,206 | 49.7% |
| 2026-11-10 | 11,996 | 36,677 | 32.7% |
| 2026-11-09 | 9,046 | 35,104 | 25.8% |
| 2026-11-06 | 22,703 | 33,320 | 68.1% |
| 2026-11-05 | 15,208 | 26,675 | 57.0% |
| 2026-11-04 | 20,795 | 45,893 | 45.3% |
| 2026-11-03 | 14,081 | 35,597 | 39.6% |
| 2026-11-02 | 18,726 | 27,830 | 67.3% |
| 2026-10-30 | 13,862 | 34,899 | 39.7% |
| 2026-10-29 | 13,079 | 45,297 | 28.9% |
SDHY short interest FAQ
What is SDHY's short interest?
PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opps (SDHY) had 43K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does SDHY have?
1.0 days: 43K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 77K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is SDHY short interest rising or falling?
SDHY short interest fell (-19.8%) from 53K to 43K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is SDHY a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores SDHY 3 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, 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 SDHY daily volume is sold short?
40.5% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 90th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was SDHY's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opps (SDHY) was 9,045 shares, 49.7% of 18,206 total volume.
How many SDHY short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opps (SDHY), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did SDHY short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for PGIM Short Duration High Yield Opps (SDHY) moved from 32.7% on Nov 10, 2026 to 49.7% on Nov 11, 2026, up 17.0 percentage points.
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