iShares Silver Trust (SLV) short interest & short volume · 28.5M shares short
iShares Silver Trust official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
SLV short interest rose 12.2% to 28.5M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.7 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 53.3% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 54.6% the 20 sessions before, the 48th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 28.5M
- prior 25.4M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.7
- avg vol 16.8M
- Change vs prior report
- +12.2%
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 2)
- 31.8%
- 2.7M of 8.5M
- 20-day average
- 53.3%
- prior 54.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- 48th
- 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: -13.6%
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 · SLV overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 2,697,181 | 8,479,564 | 31.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 7,585,336 | 13,758,043 | 55.1% |
| 2026-10-29 | 3,392,689 | 6,622,274 | 51.2% |
| 2026-10-28 | 3,160,199 | 5,726,307 | 55.2% |
| 2026-10-27 | 1,807,213 | 3,805,684 | 47.5% |
| 2026-10-26 | 2,726,190 | 5,565,594 | 49.0% |
| 2026-10-23 | 4,078,035 | 7,153,153 | 57.0% |
| 2026-10-22 | 5,490,538 | 8,502,999 | 64.6% |
| 2026-10-21 | 2,148,344 | 3,891,839 | 55.2% |
| 2026-10-20 | 4,684,429 | 6,612,358 | 70.8% |
SLV short interest FAQ
What is SLV's short interest?
iShares Silver Trust (SLV) had 28.5M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does SLV have?
1.7 days: 28.5M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 16.8M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is SLV short interest rising or falling?
SLV short interest rose (+12.2%) from 25.4M to 28.5M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is SLV a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores SLV 8 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 4.3/25, change in short interest vs prior report 3.7/15, 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 SLV daily volume is sold short?
53.3% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 48th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was SLV's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for iShares Silver Trust (SLV) was 2,697,181 shares, 31.8% of 8,479,564 total volume.
How many SLV short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for iShares Silver Trust (SLV), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did SLV short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for iShares Silver Trust (SLV) moved from 55.1% on Oct 30, 2026 to 31.8% on Nov 2, 2026, down 23.3 percentage points.
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