Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) short interest & short volume · 29.3M shares short
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
TSM short interest fell 3.9% to 29.3M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (2.6 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 35.1% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 42.4% the 20 sessions before, the 18th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 29.3M
- prior 30.5M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 2.6
- avg vol 11.1M
- Change vs prior report
- -3.9%
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)
- 19.6%
- 1.0M of 5.1M
- 20-day average
- 35.1%
- prior 42.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 18th
- 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: -4.1%
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 · TSM overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 1,003,005 | 5,122,516 | 19.6% |
| 2026-10-30 | 1,950,061 | 8,839,656 | 22.1% |
| 2026-10-29 | 1,076,661 | 3,704,026 | 29.1% |
| 2026-10-28 | 803,829 | 2,881,968 | 27.9% |
| 2026-10-27 | 1,242,839 | 3,395,241 | 36.6% |
| 2026-10-26 | 973,376 | 3,741,367 | 26.0% |
| 2026-10-23 | 1,182,695 | 3,732,996 | 31.7% |
| 2026-10-22 | 3,627,858 | 7,318,946 | 49.6% |
| 2026-10-21 | 1,494,344 | 4,283,860 | 34.9% |
| 2026-10-20 | 1,702,293 | 4,522,045 | 37.6% |
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TSM on Lician stock screens
TSM is rated Strong Buy (4.87 of 5) and passes 3 of 9 preset screens on the Nov 4, 2026 quant run. Build your own screen
TSM short interest FAQ
What is TSM's short interest?
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) had 29.3M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does TSM have?
2.6 days: 29.3M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 11.1M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is TSM short interest rising or falling?
TSM short interest fell (-3.9%) from 30.5M to 29.3M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is TSM a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores TSM 7 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 6.6/25, 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 TSM daily volume is sold short?
35.1% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 18th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was TSM's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) was 1,003,005 shares, 19.6% of 5,122,516 total volume.
How many TSM short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did TSM short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) moved from 22.1% on Oct 30, 2026 to 19.6% on Nov 2, 2026, down 2.5 percentage points.
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