Monthly roundup // FINRA short interest, settlements 2024-01-12 and 2024-01-31

Short interest in January 2024

At the January 31, 2024 settlement, FINRA’s file listed 19,271 securities with 35.18 billion shares held short, +0.5% against the December 29, 2023 month end. The largest single position among exchange-listed names was LCID at 269.7M 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 2023-12-29 (19,224 rows), 2024-01-12 (19,223 rows) and 2024-01-31 (19,271 rows). The tables use the month-end settlement, 2024-01-31, and measure change against 2023-12-29. Read from the store 2026-11-03; short interest is published about seven business days after each settlement.

Largest short positions at 2024-01-31

By shares held short, among the 4,972 securities in the file with average daily volume of at least 100,000 shares that are not known to trade OTC (1,047 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 2024-01-31 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2024-01-31 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2024-01-31 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 2024-01-31 against settlement 2023-12-29 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	269.7M	58.8M	4.6	+15.3%
2	DNA	Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc.	NYSE	236.9M	22.5M	10.5	+0.6%
3	NKLA	name not recorded	not recorded	217.5M	87.5M	2.5	+28.7%
4	MPW	name not recorded	not recorded	205.0M	23.4M	8.8	+33.0%
5	PLUG	Plug Power, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	183.9M	72.5M	2.5	+13.9%
6	SIRI	SiriusXM Holdings Inc. Common	Nasdaq NM	166.3M	12.7M	13.0	-4.8%
7	NIO	NIO Inc. American depositary s	NYSE	161.1M	74.0M	2.2	-3.1%
8	F	Ford Motor Company	NYSE	152.8M	55.7M	2.7	+10.6%
9	SOFI	SoFi Technologies, Inc. Common	Nasdaq NM	150.8M	79.2M	1.9	+27.7%
10	LUMN	Lumen Technologies, Inc. Commo	Nasdaq NM	146.7M	18.2M	8.0	+5.0%
11	RIG	Transocean LTD.	NYSE	129.9M	17.7M	7.3	+5.3%
12	TELL	name not recorded	not recorded	116.2M	25.7M	4.5	+14.7%
13	PLTR	Palantir Technologies Inc. Cla	Nasdaq NM	114.7M	41.2M	2.8	+13.1%
14	TLRY	Tilray Brands, Inc. Common Sto	Nasdaq NM	111.9M	18.9M	5.9	-2.2%
15	XLF	State Street Financial Select	NYSE Arca	107.0M	47.4M	2.3	-11.3%
16	SPY	State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF	NYSE Arca	106.6M	79.9M	1.3	-1.5%
17	FSR	name not recorded	not recorded	106.1M	52.2M	2.0	+12.6%
18	RIVN	Rivian Automotive, Inc. Class	Nasdaq NM	101.8M	34.9M	2.9	-2.3%
19	AAPL	Apple Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	99.2M	55.8M	1.8	-8.3%
20	GM	General Motors Company	NYSE	99.2M	22.8M	4.4	-14.2%

Longest days to cover at 2024-01-31

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 2024-01-31 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2024-01-31 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2024-01-31 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 2024-01-31 against settlement 2023-12-29 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	21.7M	0.7M	32.7	-3.1%
2	GOSS	Gossamer Bio, Inc. Common Stoc	Nasdaq NM	16.7M	0.5M	31.9	-4.8%
3	PROK	ProKidney Corp. Class A Ordina	Nasdaq SC	13.1M	0.5M	27.8	-3.4%
4	MVIS	MicroVision, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	50.0M	1.8M	27.6	+1.0%
5	IMO	Imperial Oil Limited	NYSE American	14.0M	0.5M	27.1	-2.0%
6	GCI	name not recorded	not recorded	15.3M	0.6M	25.9	+3.0%
7	DOYU	DouYu International Holdings L	Nasdaq NM	13.5M	0.5M	25.8	+0.0%
8	BARK	BARK, Inc.	NYSE	18.3M	0.8M	24.3	+35.5%
9	INVA	Innoviva, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	12.2M	0.5M	24.0	-3.7%
10	LFST	LifeStance Health Group, Inc.	Nasdaq NM	25.9M	1.1M	23.4	+31.5%
11	ZNTL	Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	Nasdaq NM	13.7M	0.6M	22.0	+7.3%
12	TRUP	Trupanion, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	12.9M	0.6M	21.9	+6.4%
13	BMO	Bank of Montreal	NYSE	17.9M	0.8M	21.9	+356.1%
14	ATOS	Atossa Therapeutics, Inc. Comm	Nasdaq SC	6.8M	0.3M	21.5	+7.6%
15	SENS	Senseonics Holdings, Inc. Comm	Nasdaq NM	44.9M	2.1M	21.5	-0.2%
16	DAWN	name not recorded	not recorded	9.2M	0.4M	21.1	-14.9%
17	CMAX	name not recorded	not recorded	7.1M	0.3M	21.1	+11.0%
18	EXPI	name not recorded	not recorded	17.6M	0.8M	21.0	-7.1%
19	GME	GameStop Corp. Class A	NYSE	59.7M	2.9M	20.7	-2.5%
20	BHIL	name not recorded	not recorded	10.7M	0.5M	20.7	+30.3%

Largest increases from 2023-12-29 to 2024-01-31

Percent change in shares short, for positions of at least 1,000,000 shares at 2023-12-29 on names trading at least 300,000 shares a day. Of the 2,576 positions that clear both floors, 1,271 grew, 1,305 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 2024-01-31 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2024-01-31 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2024-01-31 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 2024-01-31 against settlement 2023-12-29 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	GNS	Genius Group Limited	NYSE American	8.1M	6.8M	1.2	+680.9%
2	VLCN	name not recorded	not recorded	6.6M	10.6M	0.6	+410.7%
3	BMO	Bank of Montreal	NYSE	17.9M	0.8M	21.9	+356.1%
4	VCSH	Vanguard Short-Term Corporate	Nasdaq NM	17.2M	7.5M	2.3	+341.4%
5	SATS	name not recorded	not recorded	15.6M	2.8M	5.5	+332.1%
6	LPL	LG Display Co. Ltd.	NYSE	4.2M	0.8M	5.5	+296.8%
7	RY	Royal Bank of Canada	NYSE	31.2M	1.7M	18.3	+265.1%
8	OPK	OPKO Health, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	97.1M	7.8M	12.4	+259.8%
9	URA	Global X Uranium ETF	NYSE Arca	4.3M	2.8M	1.6	+255.9%
10	TMF	Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasu	NYSE Arca	5.3M	11.0M	0.5	+248.7%
11	VCIT	Vanguard Intermediate-Term Cor	Nasdaq NM	22.4M	9.9M	2.3	+230.3%
12	PHUN	Phunware, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	40.5M	475.5M	0.1	+215.7%
13	ABSI	Absci Corporation Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	6.1M	1.3M	4.7	+202.2%
14	IRBT	name not recorded	not recorded	8.0M	6.7M	1.2	+183.7%
15	FUSN	name not recorded	not recorded	4.2M	1.2M	3.5	+172.4%

Largest decreases from 2023-12-29 to 2024-01-31

#	Symbol	Issue	Venue	Short shares ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldcurrentShortPositionQuantity As ofsettlement 2024-01-31 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2024-01-31 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2024-01-31 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 2024-01-31 against settlement 2023-12-29 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	BETS	name not recorded	not recorded	0.4M	1.7M	0.3	-98.9%
2	MMAT	name not recorded	not recorded	0.5M	0.5M	1.1	-98.8%
3	INO	Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. C	Nasdaq SC	1.4M	0.4M	3.2	-94.0%
4	SCHE	Schwab Emerging Markets Equity	NYSE Arca	0.1M	1.7M	0.0	-93.1%
5	PDBC	Invesco Actively Managed Exch-	Nasdaq NM	0.2M	4.4M	0.1	-92.4%
6	GSG	iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-In	NYSE Arca	0.4M	0.4M	1.2	-88.8%
7	AULT	name not recorded	not recorded	0.4M	1.4M	0.3	-86.8%
8	TRP	TC Energy Corporation	NYSE	18.4M	1.9M	9.6	-80.4%
9	EVTL	Vertical Aerospace Ltd.	NYSE	0.5M	0.5M	1.0	-79.0%
10	TAST	name not recorded	not recorded	0.7M	2.4M	0.3	-73.8%
11	AMAM	name not recorded	not recorded	1.5M	1.0M	1.4	-72.9%
12	SPHY	State Street SPDR Portfolio Hi	NYSE Arca	0.3M	1.6M	0.2	-72.2%
13	QD	name not recorded	not recorded	1.4M	1.0M	1.4	-72.2%
14	NTR	Nutrien Ltd. Common Shares	NYSE	1.9M	2.2M	0.9	-70.8%
15	ICVX	name not recorded	not recorded	0.3M	1.0M	0.3	-70.5%

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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