SIL stock
Global X Silver Miners ETF (SIL) short interest & short volume · 947K shares short
Global X Silver Miners ETF official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
SIL short interest fell 20.4% to 947K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.1 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 42.2% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 46.2% the 20 sessions before, the 8th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 947K
- prior 1.2M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.1
- avg vol 844K
- Change vs prior report
- -20.4%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 947K | $77.9M | -20.4% | — | 1.1 | $82.30 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.2M | $102.2M | -17.9% | — | 1.4 | $86.01 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 1.4M | $134.1M | -4.6% | — | 1.5 | $92.71 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 1.5M | $148.6M | -30.8% | — | 1.0 | $97.95 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 2.2M | $196.2M | +70.9% | — | 1.5 | $89.55 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 1.3M | $94.6M | -10.3% | — | 1.4 | $73.75 |
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)
- 34.7%
- 65K of 187K
- 20-day average
- 42.2%
- prior 46.2%
- Percentile vs own history
- 8th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 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 · SIL overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 64,841 | 186,813 | 34.7% |
| 2026-11-10 | 160,737 | 427,551 | 37.6% |
| 2026-11-09 | 321,199 | 716,349 | 44.8% |
| 2026-11-06 | 120,783 | 276,290 | 43.7% |
| 2026-11-05 | 128,551 | 384,393 | 33.4% |
| 2026-11-04 | 398,667 | 668,152 | 59.7% |
| 2026-11-03 | 123,594 | 246,315 | 50.2% |
| 2026-11-02 | 168,499 | 409,578 | 41.1% |
| 2026-10-30 | 303,120 | 714,898 | 42.4% |
| 2026-10-29 | 92,750 | 221,515 | 41.9% |
SIL short interest FAQ
What is SIL's short interest?
Global X Silver Miners ETF (SIL) had 947K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does SIL have?
1.1 days: 947K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 844K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is SIL short interest rising or falling?
SIL short interest fell (-20.4%) from 1.2M to 947K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is SIL a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores SIL 3 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.8/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of SIL daily volume is sold short?
42.2% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 8th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was SIL's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Global X Silver Miners ETF (SIL) was 64,841 shares, 34.7% of 186,813 total volume.
How many SIL short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Global X Silver Miners ETF (SIL), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did SIL short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Global X Silver Miners ETF (SIL) moved from 37.6% on Nov 10, 2026 to 34.7% on Nov 11, 2026, down 2.9 percentage points.
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