Wintrust Financial Corporation (WTFCN) short interest & short volume · 11K shares short
Wintrust Financial Corporation official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
WTFCN short interest fell 38.9% to 11K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 42.8% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 43.6% the 20 sessions before, the 28th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 11K
- prior 17K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 17K
- Change vs prior report
- -38.9%
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)
- 4.2%
- 9K of 213K
- 20-day average
- 42.8%
- prior 43.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- 28th
- 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: -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 · WTFCN overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 8,997 | 212,501 | 4.2% |
| 2026-10-30 | 5,939 | 12,424 | 47.8% |
| 2026-10-29 | 1,282 | 3,440 | 37.3% |
| 2026-10-28 | 3,030 | 6,558 | 46.2% |
| 2026-10-27 | 2,268 | 10,519 | 21.6% |
| 2026-10-26 | 2,679 | 3,907 | 68.6% |
| 2026-10-23 | 1,005 | 4,092 | 24.6% |
| 2026-10-22 | 3,543 | 12,188 | 29.1% |
| 2026-10-21 | 7,007 | 9,255 | 75.7% |
| 2026-10-20 | 5,306 | 9,432 | 56.3% |
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WTFCN short interest FAQ
What is WTFCN's short interest?
Wintrust Financial Corporation (WTFCN) had 11K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does WTFCN have?
1.0 days: 11K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 17K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is WTFCN short interest rising or falling?
WTFCN short interest fell (-38.9%) from 17K to 11K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is WTFCN a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores WTFCN 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 WTFCN daily volume is sold short?
42.8% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 28th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was WTFCN's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Wintrust Financial Corporation (WTFCN) was 8,997 shares, 4.2% of 212,501 total volume.
How many WTFCN short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Wintrust Financial Corporation (WTFCN), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did WTFCN short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Wintrust Financial Corporation (WTFCN) moved from 47.8% on Oct 30, 2026 to 4.2% on Nov 2, 2026, down 43.6 percentage points.
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