VAI stock
VAI (VAI) short interest & short volume · 286K shares short
VAI official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
VAI short interest rose 14.0% to 286K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (3.4 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 48.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 28.3% the 20 sessions before.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 286K
- prior 251K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 3.4
- avg vol 83K
- Change vs prior report
- +14.0%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 286K | $729K | +14.0% | — | 3.4 | $2.55 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 251K | $535K | -1.3% | — | 8.4 | $2.13 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 254K | $503K | -30.2% | — | 3.9 | $1.98 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 365K | $612K | -42.0% | — | 2.8 | $1.68 |
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)
- 49.7%
- 32K of 64K
- 20-day average
- 48.4%
- prior 28.3%
- Percentile vs own history
- —
- needs ~3 months
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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 · VAI overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 31,857 | 64,121 | 49.7% |
| 2026-11-10 | 7,420 | 19,869 | 37.3% |
| 2026-11-09 | 53,204 | 108,532 | 49.0% |
| 2026-11-06 | 14,917 | 24,507 | 60.9% |
| 2026-11-05 | 10,356 | 19,628 | 52.8% |
| 2026-11-04 | 3,202 | 5,012 | 63.9% |
| 2026-11-03 | 27,216 | 46,676 | 58.3% |
| 2026-11-02 | 16,188 | 25,948 | 62.4% |
| 2026-10-30 | 1,781 | 7,542 | 23.6% |
| 2026-10-29 | 4,464 | 9,775 | 45.7% |
VAI short interest FAQ
What is VAI's short interest?
VAI had 286K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does VAI have?
3.4 days: 286K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 83K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is VAI short interest rising or falling?
VAI short interest rose (+14.0%) from 251K to 286K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is VAI a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores VAI 13 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 8.6/25, change in short interest vs prior report 4.2/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of VAI daily volume is sold short?
48.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was VAI's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for VAI was 31,857 shares, 49.7% of 64,121 total volume.
How many VAI short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for VAI, from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did VAI short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for VAI moved from 37.3% on Nov 10, 2026 to 49.7% on Nov 11, 2026, up 12.4 percentage points.
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