VOO (VOO) short interest & short volume · 4.7M shares short
VOO official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
VOO short interest fell 18.5% to 4.7M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 59.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 47.1% the 20 sessions before, the 81st percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 25, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 4.7M
- prior 5.7M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 5.5M
- Change vs prior report
- -18.5%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 4.7M | $3.32B | -18.5% | — | 1.0 | $709.43 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 5.7M | $4.02B | -30.3% | — | 1.0 | $700.86 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 8.2M | $5.72B | +46.9% | — | 1.0 | $696.20 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 5.6M | $3.94B | -12.5% | — | 1.0 | $704.89 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 6.4M | $4.56B | +17.7% | — | 1.2 | $713.61 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 5.4M | $3.73B | -5.7% | — | 1.0 | $686.65 |
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 3)
- 67.5%
- 2.1M of 3.1M
- 20-day average
- 59.7%
- prior 47.1%
- Percentile vs own history
- 81st
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 3, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -0.5%
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 · VOO overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | 2,123,179 | 3,145,118 | 67.5% |
| 2026-11-02 | 2,053,111 | 3,746,043 | 54.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 2,750,317 | 4,060,696 | 67.7% |
| 2026-10-29 | 1,237,970 | 2,115,935 | 58.5% |
| 2026-10-28 | 1,253,050 | 2,218,984 | 56.5% |
| 2026-10-27 | 1,003,718 | 1,766,787 | 56.8% |
| 2026-10-26 | 1,159,618 | 2,110,954 | 54.9% |
| 2026-10-23 | 1,482,632 | 2,129,770 | 69.6% |
| 2026-10-22 | 1,507,379 | 2,681,480 | 56.2% |
| 2026-10-21 | 1,254,775 | 1,950,793 | 64.3% |
VOO short interest FAQ
What is VOO's short interest?
VOO had 4.7M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does VOO have?
1.0 days: 4.7M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 5.5M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is VOO short interest rising or falling?
VOO short interest fell (-18.5%) from 5.7M to 4.7M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is VOO a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores VOO 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 VOO daily volume is sold short?
59.7% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 3, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 81st percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was VOO's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 3, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for VOO was 2,123,179 shares, 67.5% of 3,145,118 total volume.
How many VOO short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for VOO, from Oct 21, 2026 through Nov 3, 2026.
How did VOO short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for VOO moved from 54.8% on Nov 2, 2026 to 67.5% on Nov 3, 2026, up 12.7 percentage points.
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