ProShares UltraPro Russell2000 (URTY) short interest & short volume · 406K shares short
ProShares UltraPro Russell2000 official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
URTY short interest rose 4.5% to 406K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 44.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 50.0% the 20 sessions before, the 3rd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 406K
- prior 388K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 444K
- Change vs prior report
- +4.5%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 406K | $26.1M | +4.5% | — | 1.0 | $64.42 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 388K | $26.0M | -0.6% | — | 1.1 | $67.03 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 391K | $28.5M | +6.1% | — | 1.1 | $72.97 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 368K | $29.4M | -7.5% | — | 1.2 | $79.78 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 398K | $35.8M | -9.9% | — | 1.2 | $89.77 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 442K | $34.7M | -10.3% | — | 1.0 | $78.60 |
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)
- 43.9%
- 27K of 61K
- 20-day average
- 44.7%
- prior 50.0%
- Percentile vs own history
- 3rd
- 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 · URTY overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 26,604 | 60,560 | 43.9% |
| 2026-11-10 | 30,358 | 117,596 | 25.8% |
| 2026-11-09 | 80,245 | 158,678 | 50.6% |
| 2026-11-06 | 52,134 | 122,009 | 42.7% |
| 2026-11-05 | 142,454 | 319,248 | 44.6% |
| 2026-11-04 | 119,041 | 219,495 | 54.2% |
| 2026-11-03 | 67,978 | 114,950 | 59.1% |
| 2026-11-02 | 55,799 | 149,024 | 37.4% |
| 2026-10-30 | 58,584 | 163,433 | 35.9% |
| 2026-10-29 | 45,965 | 100,860 | 45.6% |
URTY short interest FAQ
What is URTY's short interest?
ProShares UltraPro Russell2000 (URTY) had 406K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does URTY have?
1.0 days: 406K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 444K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is URTY short interest rising or falling?
URTY short interest rose (+4.5%) from 388K to 406K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is URTY a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores URTY 4 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 1.4/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of URTY daily volume is sold short?
44.7% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 3rd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was URTY's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for ProShares UltraPro Russell2000 (URTY) was 26,604 shares, 43.9% of 60,560 total volume.
How many URTY short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for ProShares UltraPro Russell2000 (URTY), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did URTY short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for ProShares UltraPro Russell2000 (URTY) moved from 25.8% on Nov 10, 2026 to 43.9% on Nov 11, 2026, up 18.1 percentage points.
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