Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc. 7.00% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes Due 2031 (WHLRL) short interest & short volume · 149 shares short
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc. 7.00% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes Due 2031 official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
WHLRL short interest was little changed at 149 shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (24.8 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 67.5% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 53.3% the 20 sessions before, the 100th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 1, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 149
- prior 149
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 24.8
- avg vol 6
- Change vs prior report
- 0.0%
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 (Sep 30)
- 88.6%
- 458 of 517
- 20-day average
- 67.5%
- prior 53.3%
- Percentile vs own history
- 100th
- 41 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Sep 30, 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 · WHLRL overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | 458 | 517 | 88.6% |
| 2026-09-16 | 100 | 100 | 100.0% |
| 2026-07-22 | 50 | 50 | 100.0% |
| 2026-07-20 | 100 | 100 | 100.0% |
| 2026-06-03 | 5,075 | 5,275 | 96.2% |
| 2026-05-19 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| 2026-03-26 | 5 | 6 | 83.3% |
| 2026-03-18 | 31 | 35 | 88.6% |
| 2026-03-03 | 2 | 6 | 33.3% |
| 2026-02-25 | 83 | 141 | 58.9% |
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WHLRL among 171 rated Real Estate stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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WHLRL short interest FAQ
What is WHLRL's short interest?
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc. 7.00% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes Due 2031 (WHLRL) had 149 shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does WHLRL have?
24.8 days: 149 shares short divided by an average daily volume of 6 for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is WHLRL short interest rising or falling?
WHLRL short interest was little changed (0.0%) from 149 to 149 shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is WHLRL a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores WHLRL 25 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 25/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of WHLRL daily volume is sold short?
67.5% on average over the last 20 sessions to Sep 30, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 100th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was WHLRL's latest FINRA short volume?
On Sep 30, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc. 7.00% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes Due 2031 (WHLRL) was 458 shares, 88.6% of 517 total volume.
How many WHLRL short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc. 7.00% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes Due 2031 (WHLRL), from Feb 25, 2026 through Sep 30, 2026.
How did WHLRL short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc. 7.00% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes Due 2031 (WHLRL) moved from 100.0% on Sep 16, 2026 to 88.6% on Sep 30, 2026, down 11.4 percentage points.
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