Monthly roundup // FINRA short interest, settlements 2025-08-15 and 2025-08-29

Short interest in August 2025

At the August 29, 2025 settlement, FINRA’s file listed 20,625 securities with 44.74 billion shares held short, +2.9% against the July 31, 2025 month end. The largest single position among exchange-listed names was LCID at 384.1M 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 2025-07-31 (20,595 rows), 2025-08-15 (20,659 rows) and 2025-08-29 (20,625 rows). The tables use the month-end settlement, 2025-08-29, and measure change against 2025-07-31. Read from the store 2026-11-03; short interest is published about seven business days after each settlement.

Largest short positions at 2025-08-29

By shares held short, among the 5,523 securities in the file with average daily volume of at least 100,000 shares that are not known to trade OTC (1,143 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 2025-08-29 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2025-08-29 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2025-08-29 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 2025-08-29 against settlement 2025-07-31 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	384.1M	84.6M	4.5	+4.1%
2	PLUG	Plug Power, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	349.1M	39.5M	8.8	+9.0%
3	NVDA	NVIDIA Corporation Common Stoc	Nasdaq NM	196.7M	192.6M	1.0	+2.4%
4	NIO	NIO Inc. American depositary s	NYSE	191.4M	109.0M	1.8	+0.1%
5	INFY	Infosys Limited American Depos	NYSE	188.1M	19.5M	9.7	+13.9%
6	GRAB	Grab Holdings Limited Class A	Nasdaq NM	178.0M	24.3M	7.3	-2.5%
7	OPEN	Opendoor Technologies Inc Comm	Nasdaq NM	167.6M	394.1M	0.4	+11.6%
8	MPW	name not recorded	not recorded	166.3M	7.4M	22.5	-4.3%
9	F	Ford Motor Company	NYSE	164.4M	47.8M	3.4	-2.9%
10	TLRY	Tilray Brands, Inc. Common Sto	Nasdaq NM	161.9M	74.5M	2.2	-13.1%
11	RIVN	Rivian Automotive, Inc. Class	Nasdaq NM	154.4M	44.8M	3.4	+4.5%
12	SNAP	Snap Inc.	NYSE	143.9M	52.4M	2.7	+50.3%
13	RIG	Transocean LTD.	NYSE	139.2M	20.9M	6.7	-0.7%
14	AUR	Aurora Innovation, Inc. Class	Nasdaq NM	126.8M	21.1M	6.0	+18.4%
15	TLT	iShares 20 Year Treasury Bond	Nasdaq NM	124.2M	32.6M	3.8	+4.4%
16	RXRX	Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc	Nasdaq NM	124.1M	16.3M	7.6	+5.6%
17	SOUN	SoundHound AI, Inc Class A Com	Nasdaq NM	120.0M	53.3M	2.3	-0.5%
18	NU	Nu Holdings Ltd.	NYSE	119.4M	62.6M	1.9	+0.6%
19	RKT	Rocket Companies, Inc.	NYSE	117.9M	17.6M	6.7	+25.0%
20	WIT	Wipro Limited	NYSE	113.8M	5.1M	22.4	+26.4%

Longest days to cover at 2025-08-29

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 2025-08-29 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2025-08-29 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2025-08-29 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 2025-08-29 against settlement 2025-07-31 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	IMO	Imperial Oil Limited	NYSE American	17.6M	0.3M	55.8	-0.3%
2	AVXL	Anavex Life Sciences Corp. Com	Nasdaq NM	25.5M	0.8M	32.2	+2.8%
3	FLWS	1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. Common	Nasdaq NM	10.9M	0.4M	30.2	+7.3%
4	OCGN	Ocugen, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	54.5M	1.8M	30.0	-0.4%
5	SYRE	Spyre Therapeutics, Inc. Commo	Nasdaq NM	14.1M	0.5M	29.3	+9.4%
6	ERAS	Erasca, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	18.7M	0.7M	28.7	-1.8%
7	SKIN	SkinHealth Systems Inc. Class	Nasdaq SC	15.6M	0.6M	27.3	+24.3%
8	OLMA	Olema Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Co	Nasdaq NM	8.4M	0.3M	26.4	+10.2%
9	ANAB	AnaptysBio, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	9.7M	0.4M	25.7	+1.4%
10	GLUE	Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc.	Nasdaq NM	8.2M	0.3M	25.0	-5.3%
11	RLAY	Relay Therapeutics, Inc. Commo	Nasdaq NM	22.7M	0.9M	24.4	+1.6%
12	CHRS	Coherus Oncology, Inc. Common	Nasdaq NM	31.9M	1.3M	23.7	-1.3%
13	ABR	Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.	NYSE	49.1M	2.1M	23.2	-6.3%
14	APGE	Apogee Therapeutics, Inc. Comm	Nasdaq NM	9.2M	0.4M	23.0	+9.6%
15	CGON	CG Oncology, Inc. Common stock	Nasdaq NM	10.2M	0.4M	22.8	-7.0%
16	MPW	name not recorded	not recorded	166.3M	7.4M	22.5	-4.3%
17	WIT	Wipro Limited	NYSE	113.8M	5.1M	22.4	+26.4%
18	IMNM	Immunome, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	13.6M	0.6M	21.9	-4.6%
19	WTI	W&T Offshore, Inc.	NYSE	20.3M	0.9M	21.7	-3.8%
20	CLB	Core Laboratories Inc.	NYSE	8.3M	0.4M	20.9	+10.5%

Largest increases from 2025-07-31 to 2025-08-29

Percent change in shares short, for positions of at least 1,000,000 shares at 2025-07-31 on names trading at least 300,000 shares a day. Of the 2,965 positions that clear both floors, 1,637 grew, 1,328 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 2025-08-29 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2025-08-29 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2025-08-29 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 2025-08-29 against settlement 2025-07-31 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	SPSB	State Street SPDR Portfolio Sh	NYSE Arca	9.2M	2.5M	3.7	+697.2%
2	JPST	JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ET	NYSE Arca	6.5M	5.1M	1.3	+507.6%
3	RAYA	Erayak Power Solution Group In	Nasdaq SC	22.2M	78.4M	0.3	+447.6%
4	CNQ	Canadian Natural Resources Lim	NYSE	104.0M	6.7M	15.5	+446.5%
5	CVE	Cenovus Energy Inc.	NYSE	86.7M	15.8M	5.5	+406.9%
6	CHYM	Chime Financial, Inc. Class A	Nasdaq NM	6.7M	2.0M	3.3	+336.8%
7	JCI	Johnson Controls International	NYSE	28.5M	4.7M	6.1	+302.4%
8	OPAD	Offerpad Solutions Inc. Class	Nasdaq SC	5.0M	36.2M	0.1	+261.7%
9	CYCU	Cycurion, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	4.6M	51.0M	0.1	+235.1%
10	TRON	Tron Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	6.1M	2.4M	2.6	+206.0%
11	ADAP	name not recorded	not recorded	25.1M	91.2M	0.3	+201.3%
12	SU	Suncor Energy, Inc.	NYSE	27.5M	4.4M	6.3	+193.6%
13	OTLK	Outlook Therapeutics, Inc. Com	Nasdaq SC	6.8M	12.3M	0.6	+189.8%
14	GRYP	name not recorded	not recorded	15.0M	11.4M	1.3	+180.3%
15	QMMM	QMMM Holdings Limited Class A	Nasdaq SC	9.4M	4.8M	1.9	+169.8%

Largest decreases from 2025-07-31 to 2025-08-29

#	Symbol	Issue	Venue	Short shares ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldcurrentShortPositionQuantity As ofsettlement 2025-08-29 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2025-08-29 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2025-08-29 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 2025-08-29 against settlement 2025-07-31 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	GTI	name not recorded	not recorded	0.1M	0.4M	0.3	-98.4%
2	CONI	GraniteShares ETF Trust Granit	Nasdaq NM	0.0M	0.5M	0.0	-98.3%
3	OP	name not recorded	not recorded	0.1M	1.8M	0.0	-97.4%
4	NCNA	NuCana plc American Depositary	Nasdaq SC	0.4M	0.3M	1.1	-97.1%
5	DFIS	Dimensional International Smal	Cboe BZX	0.3M	0.6M	0.6	-96.1%
6	HCTI	Healthcare Triangle, Inc. Comm	Nasdaq SC	1.0M	0.6M	1.6	-96.0%
7	XBP	XBP Global Holdings, Inc. Comm	Nasdaq SC	0.1M	0.6M	0.1	-95.8%
8	CLDI	Calidi Biotherapeutics, Inc.	NYSE American	0.4M	0.8M	0.5	-95.2%
9	SPDN	Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bear 1X	NYSE Arca	0.1M	6.1M	0.0	-90.8%
10	JPIE	JPMorgan Income ETF	NYSE Arca	0.1M	0.9M	0.2	-88.7%
11	SCHF	Schwab International Equity ET	NYSE Arca	1.7M	15.4M	0.1	-86.6%
12	SPDW	State Street SPDR Portfolio De	NYSE Arca	2.1M	2.8M	0.7	-85.2%
13	NOBL	ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Ari	Cboe BZX	0.2M	0.5M	0.4	-84.2%
14	MRNY	YieldMax MRNA Option Income St	NYSE Arca	0.4M	1.7M	0.2	-82.3%
15	VWAV	VisionWave Holdings, Inc. Comm	Nasdaq NM	0.3M	0.5M	0.5	-77.6%

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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