SJB stock
ProShares Short High Yield (SJB) short interest & short volume · 349K shares short
ProShares Short High Yield official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
SJB short interest rose 39.8% to 349K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.7 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 50.9% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 58.6% the 20 sessions before, the 74th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 349K
- prior 250K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.7
- avg vol 206K
- Change vs prior report
- +39.8%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 349K | $5.4M | +39.8% | — | 1.7 | $15.47 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 250K | $3.9M | +48.7% | — | 1.1 | $15.48 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 168K | $2.6M | +118.7% | — | 1.2 | $15.35 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 77K | $1.2M | -46.8% | — | 1.0 | $15.15 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 144K | $2.2M | +134.3% | — | 2.4 | $15.12 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 62K | $938K | -23.8% | — | 1.0 | $15.23 |
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)
- 77.5%
- 33K of 42K
- 20-day average
- 50.9%
- prior 58.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- 74th
- 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 · SJB overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 32,640 | 42,141 | 77.5% |
| 2026-11-10 | 98,107 | 136,192 | 72.0% |
| 2026-11-09 | 15,736 | 25,377 | 62.0% |
| 2026-11-06 | 49,954 | 97,623 | 51.2% |
| 2026-11-05 | 57,386 | 113,576 | 50.5% |
| 2026-11-04 | 87,140 | 685,547 | 12.7% |
| 2026-11-03 | 26,904 | 53,458 | 50.3% |
| 2026-11-02 | 41,682 | 106,272 | 39.2% |
| 2026-10-30 | 34,230 | 108,665 | 31.5% |
| 2026-10-29 | 20,679 | 54,264 | 38.1% |
SJB short interest FAQ
What is SJB's short interest?
ProShares Short High Yield (SJB) had 349K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does SJB have?
1.7 days: 349K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 206K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is SJB short interest rising or falling?
SJB short interest rose (+39.8%) from 250K to 349K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is SJB a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores SJB 16 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 4.2/25, change in short interest vs prior report 12/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of SJB daily volume is sold short?
50.9% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 74th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was SJB's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for ProShares Short High Yield (SJB) was 32,640 shares, 77.5% of 42,141 total volume.
How many SJB short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for ProShares Short High Yield (SJB), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did SJB short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for ProShares Short High Yield (SJB) moved from 72.0% on Nov 10, 2026 to 77.5% on Nov 11, 2026, up 5.5 percentage points.
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