West Bancorporation (WTBA) short interest & short volume · 2.5% of float short
West Bancorporation official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
WTBA short interest rose 1.3% to 373K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (2.5% of float, 5.4 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 59.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 65.9% the 20 sessions before, the 72nd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 373K
- prior 369K
- % of float
- 2.5%
- float 15.1M
- Days to cover
- 5.4
- avg vol 69K
- Change vs prior report
- +1.3%
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.
% of float uses the current float for every report (no float was stored with older reports).
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)
- 79.2%
- 14K of 18K
- 20-day average
- 59.7%
- prior 65.9%
- Percentile vs own history
- 72nd
- 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: +5.5%
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 · WTBA overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 14,306 | 18,061 | 79.2% |
| 2026-10-30 | 8,786 | 20,731 | 42.4% |
| 2026-10-29 | 10,137 | 18,748 | 54.1% |
| 2026-10-28 | 11,331 | 16,373 | 69.2% |
| 2026-10-27 | 8,397 | 13,761 | 61.0% |
| 2026-10-26 | 5,474 | 9,402 | 58.2% |
| 2026-10-23 | 7,488 | 15,020 | 49.9% |
| 2026-10-22 | 8,279 | 18,730 | 44.2% |
| 2026-10-21 | 10,667 | 18,866 | 56.5% |
| 2026-10-20 | 10,265 | 16,984 | 60.4% |
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WTBA on Lician stock screens
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WTBA short interest FAQ
What is WTBA's short interest?
West Bancorporation (WTBA) had 373K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report, 2.5% of its 15.1M-share float.
How many days to cover does WTBA have?
5.4 days: 373K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 69K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is WTBA short interest rising or falling?
WTBA short interest rose (+1.3%) from 369K to 373K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is WTBA a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores WTBA 22 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: short interest % of float 3.3/40, days to cover 13.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0.4/15, price change since settlement date 4.4/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of WTBA daily volume is sold short?
59.7% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 72nd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was WTBA's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for West Bancorporation (WTBA) was 14,306 shares, 79.2% of 18,061 total volume.
How many WTBA short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for West Bancorporation (WTBA), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did WTBA short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for West Bancorporation (WTBA) moved from 42.4% on Oct 30, 2026 to 79.2% on Nov 2, 2026, up 36.8 percentage points.
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