WTFC (WTFC) short interest & short volume · 2.9M shares short
WTFC official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
WTFC short interest was little changed at 2.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (5.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 55.6% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 51.8% the 20 sessions before, the 34th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 2.9M
- prior 3.0M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 5.0
- avg vol 590K
- Change vs prior report
- -0.4%
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 2)
- 63.7%
- 164K of 257K
- 20-day average
- 55.6%
- prior 51.8%
- Percentile vs own history
- 34th
- 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: +8.2%
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 · WTFC overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 163,995 | 257,338 | 63.7% |
| 2026-10-30 | 102,744 | 143,399 | 71.7% |
| 2026-10-29 | 150,894 | 246,070 | 61.3% |
| 2026-10-28 | 71,943 | 144,088 | 49.9% |
| 2026-10-27 | 101,687 | 146,057 | 69.6% |
| 2026-10-26 | 92,574 | 162,847 | 56.9% |
| 2026-10-23 | 155,800 | 226,936 | 68.7% |
| 2026-10-22 | 109,645 | 247,751 | 44.3% |
| 2026-10-21 | 103,038 | 266,044 | 38.7% |
| 2026-10-20 | 186,622 | 352,427 | 53.0% |
Financials peers with similar quant ratings
WTFC is rated 2.66 of 5 among 516 rated Financials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
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WTFC short interest FAQ
What is WTFC's short interest?
WTFC had 2.9M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does WTFC have?
5.0 days: 2.9M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 590K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is WTFC short interest rising or falling?
WTFC short interest was little changed (-0.4%) from 3.0M to 2.9M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is WTFC a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores WTFC 19 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 12.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 6.6/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of WTFC daily volume is sold short?
55.6% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 34th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was WTFC's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for WTFC was 163,995 shares, 63.7% of 257,338 total volume.
How many WTFC short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for WTFC, from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did WTFC short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for WTFC moved from 71.7% on Oct 30, 2026 to 63.7% on Nov 2, 2026, down 8.0 percentage points.
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