Invesco S&P 500® Quality ETF (SPHQ) short interest & short volume · 615K shares short
Invesco S&P 500® Quality ETF official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
SPHQ short interest fell 10.6% to 615K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 61.3% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 63.2% the 20 sessions before, the 69th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 615K
- prior 687K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 1.1M
- Change vs prior report
- -10.6%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 615K | $52.2M | -10.6% | — | 1.0 | $84.88 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 687K | $57.8M | +36.0% | — | 1.0 | $84.08 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 506K | $42.2M | +142.3% | — | 1.0 | $83.38 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 209K | $17.8M | -23.5% | — | 1.0 | $85.40 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 273K | $23.9M | +37.1% | — | 1.0 | $87.60 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 199K | $16.8M | -76.1% | — | 1.0 | $84.67 |
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)
- 67.8%
- 408K of 602K
- 20-day average
- 61.3%
- prior 63.2%
- Percentile vs own history
- 69th
- 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 · SPHQ overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 408,467 | 602,309 | 67.8% |
| 2026-11-10 | 511,681 | 703,842 | 72.7% |
| 2026-11-09 | 393,638 | 629,964 | 62.5% |
| 2026-11-06 | 477,133 | 1,277,776 | 37.3% |
| 2026-11-05 | 616,065 | 1,023,004 | 60.2% |
| 2026-11-04 | 381,037 | 561,014 | 67.9% |
| 2026-11-03 | 296,256 | 534,603 | 55.4% |
| 2026-11-02 | 311,357 | 525,058 | 59.3% |
| 2026-10-30 | 506,966 | 756,258 | 67.0% |
| 2026-10-29 | 297,514 | 483,613 | 61.5% |
SPHQ short interest FAQ
What is SPHQ's short interest?
Invesco S&P 500® Quality ETF (SPHQ) had 615K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does SPHQ have?
1.0 days: 615K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 1.1M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is SPHQ short interest rising or falling?
SPHQ short interest fell (-10.6%) from 687K to 615K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is SPHQ a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores SPHQ 3 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, 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 SPHQ daily volume is sold short?
61.3% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 69th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was SPHQ's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Invesco S&P 500® Quality ETF (SPHQ) was 408,467 shares, 67.8% of 602,309 total volume.
How many SPHQ short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Invesco S&P 500® Quality ETF (SPHQ), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did SPHQ short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Invesco S&P 500® Quality ETF (SPHQ) moved from 72.7% on Nov 10, 2026 to 67.8% on Nov 11, 2026, down 4.9 percentage points.
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