Stardust Power Inc. (SDSTW) short interest & short volume · 2K shares short
Stardust Power Inc. official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
SDSTW short interest was little changed at 2K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 45.5% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 66.6% the 20 sessions before, the 20th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 16, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 2K
- prior 2K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 3K
- Change vs prior report
- -0.3%
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 (Oct 22)
- 20.8%
- 7K of 35K
- 20-day average
- 45.5%
- prior 66.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- 20th
- 116 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: -94.8%
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 · SDSTW overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | 7,221 | 34,753 | 20.8% |
| 2026-10-21 | 208 | 258 | 80.6% |
| 2026-10-20 | 3,505 | 28,117 | 12.5% |
| 2026-10-15 | 121 | 211 | 57.4% |
| 2026-10-06 | 136 | 272 | 50.0% |
| 2026-10-05 | 1,200 | 4,001 | 30.0% |
| 2026-10-01 | 5,000 | 15,114 | 33.1% |
| 2026-09-29 | 1,262 | 4,219 | 29.9% |
| 2026-09-22 | 731 | 2,166 | 33.8% |
| 2026-09-21 | 4,100 | 11,680 | 35.1% |
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SDSTW among 146 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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SDSTW short interest FAQ
What is SDSTW's short interest?
Stardust Power Inc. (SDSTW) had 2K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does SDSTW have?
1.0 days: 2K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 3K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is SDSTW short interest rising or falling?
SDSTW short interest was little changed (-0.3%) from 2K to 2K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is SDSTW a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores SDSTW 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 SDSTW daily volume is sold short?
45.5% on average over the last 20 sessions to Oct 22, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 20th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was SDSTW's latest FINRA short volume?
On Oct 22, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Stardust Power Inc. (SDSTW) was 7,221 shares, 20.8% of 34,753 total volume.
How many SDSTW short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Stardust Power Inc. (SDSTW), from Sep 21, 2026 through Oct 22, 2026.
How did SDSTW short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Stardust Power Inc. (SDSTW) moved from 80.6% on Oct 21, 2026 to 20.8% on Oct 22, 2026, down 59.8 percentage points.
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