Monthly roundup // FINRA short interest, settlements 2026-01-15 and 2026-01-30

Short interest in January 2026

At the January 30, 2026 settlement, FINRA’s file listed 21,375 securities with 48.07 billion shares held short, +2.5% against the December 31, 2025 month end. The largest single position among exchange-listed names was PLUG at 348.4M 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 2025-12-31 (21,202 rows), 2026-01-15 (21,264 rows) and 2026-01-30 (21,375 rows). The tables use the month-end settlement, 2026-01-30, and measure change against 2025-12-31. Read from the store 2026-11-03; short interest is published about seven business days after each settlement.

Largest short positions at 2026-01-30

By shares held short, among the 6,058 securities in the file with average daily volume of at least 100,000 shares that are not known to trade OTC (1,454 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 2026-01-30 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2026-01-30 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2026-01-30 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 2026-01-30 against settlement 2025-12-31 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	PLUG	Plug Power, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	348.4M	120.9M	2.9	+0.1%
2	NVDA	NVIDIA Corporation Common Stoc	Nasdaq NM	257.1M	164.1M	1.6	+0.1%
3	GRAB	Grab Holdings Limited Class A	Nasdaq NM	203.5M	56.6M	3.6	+6.0%
4	ASST	Strive, Inc. Class A Common St	Nasdaq NM	187.5M	79.6M	2.4	+41.5%
5	F	Ford Motor Company	NYSE	172.4M	62.4M	2.8	-7.6%
6	RXRX	Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc	Nasdaq NM	165.5M	20.8M	7.9	-0.1%
7	ABEV	AMBEV S.A.	NYSE	155.0M	27.5M	5.6	+0.1%
8	MPW	name not recorded	not recorded	150.6M	6.3M	24.1	-0.2%
9	AUR	Aurora Innovation, Inc. Class	Nasdaq NM	144.4M	15.8M	9.1	+0.3%
10	RIVN	Rivian Automotive, Inc. Class	Nasdaq NM	143.7M	22.6M	6.4	-6.7%
11	PFE	Pfizer Inc.	NYSE	143.0M	51.5M	2.8	+10.0%
12	NIO	NIO Inc. American depositary s	NYSE	141.7M	43.2M	3.3	-10.9%
13	BYND	Beyond Meat, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	141.2M	40.5M	3.5	+0.9%
14	IBRX	ImmunityBio, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	135.2M	80.1M	1.7	+12.0%
15	INFY	Infosys Limited American Depos	NYSE	134.2M	9.7M	13.9	+0.0%
16	RIG	Transocean LTD.	NYSE	132.8M	36.3M	3.7	-0.3%
17	T	AT&T Inc.	NYSE	130.1M	55.8M	2.3	+17.4%
18	TLT	iShares 20 Year Treasury Bond	Nasdaq NM	128.8M	43.8M	2.9	-9.9%
19	AMC	AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, IN	NYSE	124.9M	44.7M	2.8	+34.4%
20	SOUN	SoundHound AI, Inc Class A Com	Nasdaq NM	123.4M	23.9M	5.2	+11.4%

Longest days to cover at 2026-01-30

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 2026-01-30 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2026-01-30 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2026-01-30 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 2026-01-30 against settlement 2025-12-31 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	SKIN	SkinHealth Systems Inc. Class	Nasdaq SC	16.0M	0.4M	41.2	-3.8%
2	HRTX	Heron Therapeutics, Inc. Commo	Nasdaq SC	35.3M	1.0M	36.4	+3.6%
3	IMO	Imperial Oil Limited	NYSE American	17.7M	0.7M	26.7	-3.5%
4	KALV	name not recorded	not recorded	20.1M	0.8M	25.4	+18.6%
5	LCTX	Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc	NYSE American	25.3M	1.0M	25.0	+2.9%
6	MPW	name not recorded	not recorded	150.6M	6.3M	24.1	-0.2%
7	FA	First Advantage Corporation Co	Nasdaq NM	12.3M	0.6M	21.6	+1.7%
8	BCAX	Bicara Therapeutics Inc. Commo	Nasdaq NM	8.9M	0.4M	21.6	-2.7%
9	ORGO	Organogenesis Holdings Inc. Cl	Nasdaq SC	13.0M	0.6M	20.7	+0.3%
10	JBGS	JBG SMITH Properties Common Sh	NYSE	10.0M	0.5M	20.5	-1.6%
11	WB	Weibo Corporation American Dep	Nasdaq NM	13.2M	0.6M	20.5	+0.9%
12	TSHA	Taysha Gene Therapies, Inc. Co	Nasdaq NM	55.7M	2.7M	20.5	-0.6%
13	SYRE	Spyre Therapeutics, Inc. Commo	Nasdaq NM	10.0M	0.5M	20.3	-14.2%
14	CLDX	Celldex Therapeutics, Inc.	Nasdaq SC	9.2M	0.5M	19.4	+12.0%
15	EZPW	EZCORP, Inc. Class A Non Votin	Nasdaq NM	13.5M	0.7M	18.9	-0.5%
16	INDI	indie Semiconductor, Inc. Clas	Nasdaq SC	50.1M	2.7M	18.5	+0.0%
17	EXPI	name not recorded	not recorded	15.6M	0.8M	18.4	-3.3%
18	STOK	Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. Commo	Nasdaq NM	11.2M	0.6M	18.3	+4.3%
19	OPTU	Optimum Communications, Inc.	NYSE	35.9M	2.0M	18.1	-5.6%
20	XNCR	Xencor, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	10.9M	0.6M	17.9	+2.6%

Largest increases from 2025-12-31 to 2026-01-30

Percent change in shares short, for positions of at least 1,000,000 shares at 2025-12-31 on names trading at least 300,000 shares a day. Of the 3,125 positions that clear both floors, 1,665 grew, 1,460 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 2026-01-30 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2026-01-30 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2026-01-30 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 2026-01-30 against settlement 2025-12-31 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	GDXD	MicroSectors Gold Miners -3x I	NYSE Arca	5.3M	23.1M	0.2	+411.6%
2	BMNG	Themes ETF Trust Leverage Shar	Nasdaq NM	5.3M	15.3M	0.3	+324.7%
3	SPDW	State Street SPDR Portfolio De	NYSE Arca	4.6M	4.9M	0.9	+287.4%
4	IGSB	iShares Trust iShares 1-5 Year	Nasdaq NM	4.8M	4.5M	1.1	+273.6%
5	SMCL	GraniteShares ETF Trust Granit	Nasdaq NM	3.8M	8.4M	0.5	+269.0%
6	IEUR	iShares Core MSCI Europe ETF	NYSE Arca	3.7M	1.1M	3.4	+256.7%
7	UAVS	AgEagle Aerial Systems, Inc.	NYSE American	5.4M	4.6M	1.2	+253.3%
8	FBTC	Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin F	Cboe BZX	3.8M	5.9M	0.6	+244.6%
9	SCHP	Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF	NYSE Arca	10.1M	6.1M	1.7	+233.0%
10	BIL	State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-	NYSE Arca	6.4M	9.0M	0.7	+230.7%
11	PSTV	PLUS THERAPEUTICS, Inc. Common	Nasdaq SC	24.1M	21.2M	1.1	+228.1%
12	CGGR	Capital Group Growth ETF	NYSE Arca	3.9M	4.3M	0.9	+193.7%
13	GCTS	GCT Semiconductor Holding, Inc	NYSE	6.4M	18.7M	0.3	+188.5%
14	RVSN	Rail Vision Ltd. Ordinary Shar	Nasdaq SC	3.9M	1.7M	2.3	+187.6%
15	CXAI	CXApp Inc. Class A Common Stoc	Nasdaq SC	3.1M	13.8M	0.2	+178.4%

Largest decreases from 2025-12-31 to 2026-01-30

#	Symbol	Issue	Venue	Short shares ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldcurrentShortPositionQuantity As ofsettlement 2026-01-30 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2026-01-30 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2026-01-30 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 2026-01-30 against settlement 2025-12-31 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	FNDA	Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small	NYSE Arca	0.0M	0.8M	0.1	-97.6%
2	CIVI	name not recorded	not recorded	0.2M	3.4M	0.1	-96.9%
3	OCG	Oriental Culture Holding LTD O	Nasdaq SC	0.2M	4.5M	0.1	-96.0%
4	DFAE	Dimensional Emerging Core Equi	NYSE Arca	0.1M	0.9M	0.1	-95.7%
5	GRI	GRI Bio, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	0.1M	1.4M	0.1	-94.5%
6	DTCK	name not recorded	not recorded	0.1M	0.3M	0.2	-94.3%
7	ASBP	Aspire-Lakewood Holdings, Inc.	Nasdaq SC	0.7M	1.8M	0.4	-93.8%
8	SPYG	State Street SPDR Portfolio S&	NYSE Arca	0.8M	4.9M	0.2	-90.3%
9	SPYV	State Street SPDR Portfolio S&	NYSE Arca	1.2M	4.0M	0.3	-89.6%
10	GSG	iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-In	NYSE Arca	0.2M	1.0M	0.2	-89.3%
11	CSAN	Cosan S.A. American Depositary	NYSE	0.8M	2.3M	0.4	-89.1%
12	ACWX	iShares MSCI ACWI ex US ETF	Nasdaq NM	0.3M	3.5M	0.1	-88.6%
13	PAVM	PAVmed Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	0.1M	5.6M	0.0	-88.5%
14	TRP	TC Energy Corporation	NYSE	6.7M	2.8M	2.4	-87.0%
15	AEHL	Antelope Enterprise Holdings L	Nasdaq SC	0.2M	0.4M	0.5	-85.6%

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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