Monthly roundup // FINRA short interest, settlements 2023-11-15 and 2023-11-30

Short interest in November 2023

At the November 30, 2023 settlement, FINRA’s file listed 19,205 securities with 36.29 billion shares held short, -0.2% against the October 31, 2023 month end. The largest single position among exchange-listed names was LCID at 245.2M shares. This is the measured record of one month, not a list of ideas: nothing here says what anyone should do with a security.

What this page reads. Our stored copy of FINRA’s consolidated short interest files for the settlements 2023-10-31 (19,303 rows), 2023-11-15 (19,222 rows) and 2023-11-30 (19,205 rows). The tables use the month-end settlement, 2023-11-30, and measure change against 2023-10-31. Read from the store 2026-11-03; short interest is published about seven business days after each settlement.

Largest short positions at 2023-11-30

By shares held short, among the 4,878 securities in the file with average daily volume of at least 100,000 shares that are not known to trade OTC (1,018 OTC rows left out). Shares, not percent of float: FINRA publishes no float, and a large company carries a large position.

#	Symbol	Issue	Venue	Short shares ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldcurrentShortPositionQuantity As ofsettlement 2023-11-30 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2023-11-30 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2023-11-30 HowFINRA's own days-to-cover field is floored at 1.00, so the ratio is computed from its two published operands instead. Open the source document →	Change ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares at this settlement against the previous month end As ofsettlement 2023-11-30 against settlement 2023-10-31 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	LCID	Lucid Group, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	245.2M	23.7M	10.3	+2.3%
2	DNA	Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.	NYSE	230.5M	15.1M	15.3	-2.3%
3	NKLA	name not recorded	not recorded	193.1M	55.0M	3.5	+6.4%
4	SIRI	SiriusXM Holdings Inc. Common	Nasdaq NM	176.3M	9.6M	18.3	+3.0%
5	PLUG	Plug Power, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	155.4M	33.8M	4.6	+7.4%
6	LUMN	Lumen Technologies, Inc. Commo	Nasdaq NM	152.9M	11.6M	13.1	+8.4%
7	F	Ford Motor Company	NYSE	148.0M	46.8M	3.2	+7.3%
8	NIO	NIO Inc. American depositary s	NYSE	146.2M	41.4M	3.5	+3.8%
9	SOFI	SoFi Technologies, Inc. Common	Nasdaq NM	142.7M	40.5M	3.5	+21.4%
10	MPW	name not recorded	not recorded	135.4M	9.6M	14.1	+1.1%
11	TLRY	Tilray Brands, Inc. Common Sto	Nasdaq NM	122.1M	8.9M	13.6	+9.1%
12	RIG	Transocean LTD.	NYSE	121.6M	13.5M	9.0	+4.8%
13	PLTR	Palantir Technologies Inc. Cla	Nasdaq NM	121.1M	65.6M	1.8	-22.2%
14	EEM	iShares MSCI Emerging Markets	NYSE Arca	119.2M	25.4M	4.7	+27.3%
15	XLF	State Street Financial Select	NYSE Arca	117.6M	32.3M	3.6	+9.1%
16	SPY	State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF	NYSE Arca	114.6M	61.4M	1.9	-12.6%
17	AAPL	Apple Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	110.7M	42.0M	2.6	+12.7%
18	CCL	Carnival Corporation Ltd.	NYSE	106.8M	24.0M	4.4	-10.6%
19	GOEV	name not recorded	not recorded	106.1M	37.5M	2.8	+40.4%
20	T	AT&T Inc.	NYSE	103.6M	27.5M	3.8	-0.7%

Longest days to cover at 2023-11-30

Short shares divided by FINRA’s average daily volume, for names trading at least 300,000 shares a day. The floor is the one the short squeeze screener uses.

#	Symbol	Issue	Venue	Short shares ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldcurrentShortPositionQuantity As ofsettlement 2023-11-30 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2023-11-30 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2023-11-30 HowFINRA's own days-to-cover field is floored at 1.00, so the ratio is computed from its two published operands instead. Open the source document →	Change ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares at this settlement against the previous month end As ofsettlement 2023-11-30 against settlement 2023-10-31 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	LWLG	Lightwave Logic, Inc. Common S	Nasdaq SC	21.9M	0.5M	47.5	-1.2%
2	CTXR	Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. C	Nasdaq SC	15.8M	0.4M	42.0	-6.3%
3	KURA	Kura Oncology, Inc. Common Sto	Nasdaq NM	11.1M	0.3M	35.8	+9.7%
4	CORT	Corcept Therapeutics Incorpora	Nasdaq SC	15.4M	0.5M	30.1	+8.9%
5	ORIC	Oric Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Com	Nasdaq NM	8.9M	0.3M	28.9	+17.0%
6	TBPH	Theravance Biopharma, Inc. Ord	Nasdaq NM	9.3M	0.3M	28.7	+4.1%
7	SENS	Senseonics Holdings, Inc. Comm	Nasdaq NM	47.4M	1.7M	28.3	-3.9%
8	DM	name not recorded	not recorded	74.2M	2.7M	27.5	+1.2%
9	BOWL	name not recorded	not recorded	17.5M	0.6M	27.4	-2.9%
10	CD	Chaince Digital Holdings Inc.	Nasdaq NM	18.5M	0.7M	27.3	-24.4%
11	EXPI	name not recorded	not recorded	19.8M	0.7M	26.5	+2.7%
12	LFST	LifeStance Health Group, Inc.	Nasdaq NM	13.8M	0.5M	25.9	-1.4%
13	BOH	Bank of Hawaii Corp.	NYSE	8.0M	0.3M	25.6	-4.2%
14	TRUP	Trupanion, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	13.1M	0.5M	24.7	+14.8%
15	ZOM	name not recorded	not recorded	63.4M	2.6M	24.5	+0.8%
16	MVIS	MicroVision, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	50.8M	2.2M	23.6	+1.6%
17	OCGN	Ocugen, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	23.8M	1.0M	23.3	-3.5%
18	RCI	Rogers Communications, Inc.	NYSE	8.9M	0.4M	22.4	+60.9%
19	INVA	Innoviva, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	10.9M	0.5M	22.2	+22.0%
20	KPTI	Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. C	Nasdaq NM	18.5M	0.8M	22.1	+3.5%

Largest increases from 2023-10-31 to 2023-11-30

Percent change in shares short, for positions of at least 1,000,000 shares at 2023-10-31 on names trading at least 300,000 shares a day. Of the 2,616 positions that clear both floors, 1,262 grew, 1,354 shrank and 0 did not change.

#	Symbol	Issue	Venue	Short shares ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldcurrentShortPositionQuantity As ofsettlement 2023-11-30 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2023-11-30 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2023-11-30 HowFINRA's own days-to-cover field is floored at 1.00, so the ratio is computed from its two published operands instead. Open the source document →	Change ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares at this settlement against the previous month end As ofsettlement 2023-11-30 against settlement 2023-10-31 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	TGNA	name not recorded	not recorded	17.8M	2.0M	8.9	+333.9%
2	IEMG	iShares Core MSCI Emerging Mar	NYSE Arca	5.8M	10.8M	0.5	+313.0%
3	SU	Suncor Energy, Inc.	NYSE	85.7M	6.1M	14.1	+307.6%
4	CNQ	Canadian Natural Resources Lim	NYSE	59.8M	2.9M	20.8	+217.8%
5	UNG	United States Natural Gas Fund	NYSE Arca	15.9M	20.6M	0.8	+215.8%
6	CELH	Celsius Holdings, Inc. Common	Nasdaq SC	33.4M	5.0M	6.7	+203.8%
7	BOIL	ProShares Ultra Bloomberg Natu	NYSE Arca	3.2M	6.5M	0.5	+181.2%
8	TGH	name not recorded	not recorded	2.7M	1.1M	2.5	+159.6%
9	CEI	name not recorded	not recorded	5.5M	1.9M	2.9	+158.9%
10	JETS	U.S. Global Jets ETF	NYSE Arca	19.3M	4.8M	4.0	+158.5%
11	IJR	iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	NYSE Arca	4.3M	4.0M	1.1	+145.3%
12	IXUS	iShares Core MSCI Total Intern	Nasdaq NM	2.7M	1.2M	2.3	+143.5%
13	CPG	name not recorded	not recorded	19.5M	4.0M	4.9	+139.4%
14	DTC	name not recorded	not recorded	3.9M	0.7M	5.8	+138.4%
15	SILJ	Amplify Junior Silver Miners E	NYSE Arca	3.0M	1.5M	2.0	+137.4%

Largest decreases from 2023-10-31 to 2023-11-30

#	Symbol	Issue	Venue	Short shares ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldcurrentShortPositionQuantity As ofsettlement 2023-11-30 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2023-11-30 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2023-11-30 HowFINRA's own days-to-cover field is floored at 1.00, so the ratio is computed from its two published operands instead. Open the source document →	Change ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares at this settlement against the previous month end As ofsettlement 2023-11-30 against settlement 2023-10-31 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	FTGC	First Trust Exchange-Traded Fu	Nasdaq NM	0.0M	0.8M	0.0	-98.2%
2	BKYI	BIO-key International, Inc. Co	Nasdaq SC	0.1M	1.7M	0.0	-97.6%
3	BETS	name not recorded	not recorded	0.3M	41.6M	0.0	-95.7%
4	DFAX	Dimensional World ex U.S. Core	NYSE Arca	0.1M	0.5M	0.2	-95.5%
5	FNDF	Schwab Fundamental Internation	NYSE Arca	0.2M	0.8M	0.2	-93.3%
6	SPLB	State Street SPDR Portfolio Lo	NYSE Arca	0.1M	0.9M	0.1	-93.3%
7	IEUR	iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF	NYSE Arca	0.1M	0.6M	0.2	-92.8%
8	SGOL	abrdn Physical Gold Shares ETF	NYSE Arca	0.2M	2.0M	0.1	-91.2%
9	BAR	GraniteShares Gold Shares	NYSE Arca	0.1M	0.7M	0.2	-90.7%
10	EFV	iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF	Cboe BZX	0.7M	1.4M	0.5	-90.6%
11	SCHF	Schwab International Equity ET	NYSE Arca	0.3M	2.8M	0.1	-90.6%
12	SPTS	State Street SPDR Portfolio Sh	NYSE Arca	0.5M	2.9M	0.2	-90.1%
13	EMXC	iShares, Inc. iShares MSCI Eme	Nasdaq NM	0.1M	1.0M	0.1	-90.1%
14	RSLS	name not recorded	not recorded	0.2M	0.5M	0.4	-87.7%
15	PCY	Invesco Emerging Markets Sover	NYSE Arca	0.2M	0.4M	0.4	-87.6%

How to read a month of short interest

A short position is a count of borrowed shares sold and not yet bought back, reported by brokers twice a month. A large count can be a hedge against a convertible bond, an index arbitrage leg or a pair trade, so the tables show size and change, never intent. Days to cover says how many average sessions of volume the position equals; it is a ratio, not a forecast of a squeeze.

The change tables compare share counts, so a corporate action moves them as surely as trading does. A reverse split shrinks a position without anyone buying shares back, and a spin-off or merger can add one overnight. Before reading a large change as a decision by short sellers, check the company’s filings for the same weeks.

Names and venues come from the FINRA rows themselves. Rows stored before August 2026 carry neither, so they are read from the newest stored row for the same symbol; where no such row exists the table says the venue is not recorded instead of guessing it.

FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data. Free on every plan; not for redistribution.

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