SDST (SDST) short interest & short volume · 2.8M shares short
SDST official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
SDST short interest fell 3.0% to 2.8M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 53.8% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 50.8% the 20 sessions before, the 60th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 16, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 2.8M
- prior 2.8M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 253.1M
- Change vs prior report
- -3.0%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 2.8M | $110K | -3.0% | — | 1.0 | $0.04 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 2.8M | $302K | +142.8% | — | 1.0 | $0.11 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 1.2M | $160K | +233.2% | — | 1.0 | $0.14 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 352K | $130K | -10.7% | — | 1.0 | $0.37 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 394K | $265K | +18.7% | — | 1.0 | $0.67 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 332K | $179K | -37.8% | — | 1.0 | $0.54 |
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 (Oct 22)
- 44.3%
- 34.2M of 77.1M
- 20-day average
- 53.8%
- prior 50.8%
- Percentile vs own history
- 60th
- 230 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Oct 22, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -79.5%
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 · SDST overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | 34,187,340 | 77,139,669 | 44.3% |
| 2026-10-21 | 18,601,494 | 37,206,535 | 50.0% |
| 2026-10-20 | 31,386,477 | 70,351,444 | 44.6% |
| 2026-10-19 | 16,908,917 | 42,857,947 | 39.5% |
| 2026-10-16 | 27,274,617 | 54,299,211 | 50.2% |
| 2026-10-15 | 248,156,936 | 460,586,618 | 53.9% |
| 2026-10-14 | 22,953,398 | 53,653,722 | 42.8% |
| 2026-10-13 | 21,362,326 | 43,246,974 | 49.4% |
| 2026-10-12 | 12,065,938 | 18,793,447 | 64.2% |
| 2026-10-09 | 20,834,556 | 35,136,176 | 59.3% |
Materials peers with similar quant ratings
SDST among 161 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 13, 2026). How the rating works
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SDST short interest FAQ
What is SDST's short interest?
SDST had 2.8M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does SDST have?
1.0 days: 2.8M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 253.1M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is SDST short interest rising or falling?
SDST short interest fell (-3.0%) from 2.8M to 2.8M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is SDST a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores SDST 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 SDST daily volume is sold short?
53.8% on average over the last 20 sessions to Oct 22, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 60th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was SDST's latest FINRA short volume?
On Oct 22, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for SDST was 34,187,340 shares, 44.3% of 77,139,669 total volume.
How many SDST short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for SDST, from Oct 9, 2026 through Oct 22, 2026.
How did SDST short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for SDST moved from 50.0% on Oct 21, 2026 to 44.3% on Oct 22, 2026, down 5.7 percentage points.
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