SSM (SSM) short interest & short volume · 38K shares short
SSM official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
SSM short interest fell 71.2% to 38K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 43.8% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 45.8% the 20 sessions before, the 56th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 18, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 38K
- prior 130K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 7.6M
- Change vs prior report
- -71.2%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 38K | $43K | -71.2% | — | 1.0 | $1.14 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 130K | $146K | +182.6% | — | 1.0 | $1.12 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 46K | $81K | +66.3% | — | 1.0 | $1.76 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 28K | $74K | -59.3% | — | 1.0 | $2.68 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 68K | $179K | +701.1% | — | 1.0 | $2.63 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 9K | $32K | -17.1% | — | 1.0 | $3.74 |
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 6)
- 29.9%
- 4K of 13K
- 20-day average
- 43.8%
- prior 45.8%
- Percentile vs own history
- 56th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 6, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -19.0%
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 · SSM overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-06 | 3,814 | 12,768 | 29.9% |
| 2026-11-04 | 9,335 | 46,979 | 19.9% |
| 2026-11-03 | 2,293 | 10,508 | 21.8% |
| 2026-11-02 | 18,687 | 35,190 | 53.1% |
| 2026-10-30 | 32,850 | 103,458 | 31.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 52,931 | 79,950 | 66.2% |
| 2026-10-28 | 7,141 | 27,215 | 26.2% |
| 2026-10-27 | 19,780 | 33,928 | 58.3% |
| 2026-10-26 | 7,330 | 19,159 | 38.3% |
| 2026-10-23 | 25,966 | 60,900 | 42.6% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
SSM among 524 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 10, 2026). How the rating works
- HG short interest5.00 · Strong Buy · stock
- SLDE short interest4.99 · Strong Buy · stock
- WTM short interest4.98 · Strong Buy · stock
- SPNT short interest4.97 · Strong Buy
- TW short interest4.97 · Strong Buy · stock
- MA short interest4.96 · Strong Buy · stock
- ACGL short interest4.95 · Strong Buy · stock
- ECPG short interest4.94 · Strong Buy · stock
SSM short interest FAQ
What is SSM's short interest?
SSM had 38K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does SSM have?
1.0 days: 38K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 7.6M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is SSM short interest rising or falling?
SSM short interest fell (-71.2%) from 130K to 38K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is SSM a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores SSM 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, 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 SSM daily volume is sold short?
43.8% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 6, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 56th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was SSM's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 6, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for SSM was 3,814 shares, 29.9% of 12,768 total volume.
How many SSM short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for SSM, from Oct 23, 2026 through Nov 6, 2026.
How did SSM short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for SSM moved from 19.9% on Nov 4, 2026 to 29.9% on Nov 6, 2026, up 10.0 percentage points.
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