SFL Corporation Ltd (SFL) short interest & short volume · 4.1% of float short
SFL Corporation Ltd official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
SFL short interest was little changed at 4.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (4.1% of float, 3.5 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 58.8% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 57.8% the 20 sessions before, the 83rd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 4.4M
- prior 4.4M
- % of float
- 4.1%
- float 107.0M
- Days to cover
- 3.5
- avg vol 1.2M
- Change vs prior report
- +0.9%
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.
% of float uses the current float for every report (no float was stored with older reports).
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)
- 63.9%
- 305K of 477K
- 20-day average
- 58.8%
- prior 57.8%
- Percentile vs own history
- 83rd
- 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: -1.9%
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 · SFL overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 304,823 | 477,328 | 63.9% |
| 2026-10-30 | 172,184 | 308,981 | 55.7% |
| 2026-10-29 | 224,540 | 422,330 | 53.2% |
| 2026-10-28 | 264,559 | 405,262 | 65.3% |
| 2026-10-27 | 175,521 | 242,749 | 72.3% |
| 2026-10-26 | 291,400 | 527,756 | 55.2% |
| 2026-10-23 | 234,335 | 450,128 | 52.1% |
| 2026-10-22 | 184,937 | 319,795 | 57.8% |
| 2026-10-21 | 171,674 | 322,384 | 53.3% |
| 2026-10-20 | 225,860 | 466,951 | 48.4% |
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SFL short interest FAQ
What is SFL's short interest?
SFL Corporation Ltd (SFL) had 4.4M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 4.1% of its 107.0M-share float.
How many days to cover does SFL have?
3.5 days: 4.4M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 1.2M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is SFL short interest rising or falling?
SFL short interest was little changed (+0.9%) from 4.4M to 4.4M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is SFL a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores SFL 15 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 5.5/40, days to cover 8.9/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0.3/15, 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 SFL daily volume is sold short?
58.8% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 83rd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was SFL's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for SFL Corporation Ltd (SFL) was 304,823 shares, 63.9% of 477,328 total volume.
How many SFL short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for SFL Corporation Ltd (SFL), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did SFL short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for SFL Corporation Ltd (SFL) moved from 55.7% on Oct 30, 2026 to 63.9% on Nov 2, 2026, up 8.2 percentage points.
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