Solitario Exploration & Royalty Corp (XPL) short interest & short volume · 51K shares short
Solitario Exploration & Royalty Corp official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
XPL short interest fell 23.9% to 51K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 29.0% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 35.4% the 20 sessions before, the 35th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Sep 23, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 51K
- prior 66K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 84K
- Change vs prior report
- -23.9%
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)
- 34.5%
- 13K of 37K
- 20-day average
- 29.0%
- prior 35.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 35th
- 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: -10.9%
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 · XPL overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 12,854 | 37,219 | 34.5% |
| 2026-10-30 | 5,375 | 53,366 | 10.1% |
| 2026-10-29 | 2,028 | 6,176 | 32.8% |
| 2026-10-28 | 3,252 | 36,952 | 8.8% |
| 2026-10-27 | 59,509 | 131,248 | 45.3% |
| 2026-10-26 | 24,653 | 37,182 | 66.3% |
| 2026-10-23 | 27,270 | 41,537 | 65.7% |
| 2026-10-22 | 29,207 | 93,031 | 31.4% |
| 2026-10-21 | 29,105 | 88,802 | 32.8% |
| 2026-10-20 | 39,975 | 118,052 | 33.9% |
Materials peers with similar quant ratings
XPL among 146 rated Materials stocks (Lician quant rating, Nov 4, 2026). How the rating works
- ERO short interest4.99 · Strong Buy
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XPL short interest FAQ
What is XPL's short interest?
Solitario Exploration & Royalty Corp (XPL) had 51K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does XPL have?
1.0 days: 51K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 84K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is XPL short interest rising or falling?
XPL short interest fell (-23.9%) from 66K to 51K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is XPL a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores XPL 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 XPL daily volume is sold short?
29.0% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 2, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 35th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was XPL's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 2, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for Solitario Exploration & Royalty Corp (XPL) was 12,854 shares, 34.5% of 37,219 total volume.
How many XPL short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for Solitario Exploration & Royalty Corp (XPL), from Oct 20, 2026 through Nov 2, 2026.
How did XPL short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for Solitario Exploration & Royalty Corp (XPL) moved from 10.1% on Oct 30, 2026 to 34.5% on Nov 2, 2026, up 24.4 percentage points.
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