SQS stock
SQS (SQS) short interest & short volume · 71K shares short
SQS official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
SQS short interest rose 709.4% to 71K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (5.3 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 36.6% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 40.6% the 20 sessions before, the 1st percentile of its own 20-day averages since Mar 16, 2026.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 71K
- prior 9K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 5.3
- avg vol 13K
- Change vs prior report
- +709.4%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 71K | $2.0M | +709.4% | — | 5.3 | $28.04 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 9K | $246K | +56.9% | — | 1.0 | $28.05 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 6K | $154K | -68.5% | — | 1.0 | $27.59 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 18K | $501K | +22.8% | — | 1.3 | $28.21 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 14K | $417K | -14.4% | — | 1.4 | $28.84 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 17K | $467K | +6.8% | — | 1.4 | $27.65 |
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 9)
- 34.7%
- 2K of 7K
- 20-day average
- 36.6%
- prior 40.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- 1st
- 107 periods since 2026
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 9, 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 · SQS overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-09 | 2,403 | 6,933 | 34.7% |
| 2026-11-06 | 1,825 | 19,756 | 9.2% |
| 2026-11-05 | 18,503 | 20,755 | 89.2% |
| 2026-11-04 | 545 | 3,546 | 15.4% |
| 2026-11-03 | 1,142 | 140,678 | 0.8% |
| 2026-11-02 | 1,463 | 14,281 | 10.2% |
| 2026-10-29 | 1,685 | 1,685 | 100.0% |
| 2026-10-28 | 1 | 593 | 0.2% |
| 2026-10-26 | 2,158 | 9,749 | 22.1% |
| 2026-10-22 | 2,322 | 10,099 | 23.0% |
SQS short interest FAQ
What is SQS's short interest?
SQS had 71K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does SQS have?
5.3 days: 71K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 13K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is SQS short interest rising or falling?
SQS short interest rose (+709.4%) from 9K to 71K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is SQS a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores SQS 28 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 13.2/25, change in short interest vs prior report 15/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of SQS daily volume is sold short?
36.6% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 9, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 1st percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was SQS's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 9, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for SQS was 2,403 shares, 34.7% of 6,933 total volume.
How many SQS short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for SQS, from Oct 22, 2026 through Nov 9, 2026.
How did SQS short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for SQS moved from 9.2% on Nov 6, 2026 to 34.7% on Nov 9, 2026, up 25.5 percentage points.
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