Smith Micro Software Inc (SMSI) short interest & short volume · 0.5% of float short
Smith Micro Software Inc official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
SMSI short interest fell 22.0% to 76K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (0.5% of float, 4.4 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 31.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 37.6% the 20 sessions before, the 44th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 76K
- prior 97K
- % of float
- 0.5%
- float 14.5M
- Days to cover
- 4.4
- avg vol 17K
- Change vs prior report
- -22.0%
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)
- 42.0%
- 4K of 11K
- 20-day average
- 31.4%
- prior 37.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- 44th
- 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: +0.9%
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 · SMSI overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 4,417 | 10,522 | 42.0% |
| 2026-10-30 | 744 | 12,672 | 5.9% |
| 2026-10-29 | 752 | 4,014 | 18.7% |
| 2026-10-28 | 122 | 1,026 | 11.9% |
| 2026-10-27 | 2,851 | 6,759 | 42.2% |
| 2026-10-26 | 581 | 7,584 | 7.7% |
| 2026-10-23 | 6,223 | 15,767 | 39.5% |
| 2026-10-22 | 628 | 9,598 | 6.5% |
| 2026-10-21 | 753 | 1,767 | 42.6% |
| 2026-10-20 | 1,174 | 1,605 | 73.2% |
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SMSI among 462 rated Technology stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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SMSI short interest FAQ
What is SMSI's short interest?
Smith Micro Software Inc (SMSI) had 76K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 0.5% of its 14.5M-share float.
How many days to cover does SMSI have?
4.4 days: 76K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 17K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is SMSI short interest rising or falling?
SMSI short interest fell (-22.0%) from 97K to 76K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is SMSI a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores SMSI 12 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 0.7/40, days to cover 11/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 0.7/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of SMSI daily volume is sold short?
31.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 44th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was SMSI's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Smith Micro Software Inc (SMSI) was 4,417 shares, 42.0% of 10,522 total volume.
How many SMSI short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Smith Micro Software Inc (SMSI), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did SMSI short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Smith Micro Software Inc (SMSI) moved from 5.9% on Oct 30, 2026 to 42.0% on Nov 2, 2026, up 36.1 percentage points.
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