Monthly roundup // FINRA short interest, settlements 2026-04-15 and 2026-04-30

Short interest in April 2026

At the April 30, 2026 settlement, FINRA’s file listed 21,822 securities with 52.37 billion shares held short, +0.4% against the March 31, 2026 month end. The largest single position among exchange-listed names was PLUG at 343.5M 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 2026-03-31 (21,680 rows), 2026-04-15 (21,759 rows) and 2026-04-30 (21,822 rows). The tables use the month-end settlement, 2026-04-30, and measure change against 2026-03-31. Read from the store 2026-11-03; short interest is published about seven business days after each settlement.

Largest short positions at 2026-04-30

By shares held short, among the 5,887 securities in the file with average daily volume of at least 100,000 shares that are not known to trade OTC (1,252 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 2026-04-30 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2026-04-30 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2026-04-30 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 2026-04-30 against settlement 2026-03-31 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	343.5M	77.7M	4.4	+1.1%
2	NVDA	NVIDIA Corporation Common Stoc	Nasdaq NM	282.9M	150.6M	1.9	+0.7%
3	GRAB	Grab Holdings Limited Class A	Nasdaq NM	212.2M	51.0M	4.2	-9.8%
4	RIG	Transocean LTD.	NYSE	210.5M	36.5M	5.8	+4.9%
5	AUR	Aurora Innovation, Inc. Class	Nasdaq NM	189.5M	23.5M	8.1	+1.5%
6	RXRX	Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc	Nasdaq NM	171.3M	11.6M	14.8	-1.5%
7	ABEV	AMBEV S.A.	NYSE	166.5M	23.3M	7.1	+9.0%
8	ONDS	Ondas Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	164.4M	58.0M	2.8	+0.0%
9	SOFI	SoFi Technologies, Inc. Common	Nasdaq NM	160.9M	73.1M	2.2	-2.6%
10	INFY	Infosys Limited American Depos	NYSE	157.8M	18.9M	8.3	+12.3%
11	SOUN	SoundHound AI, Inc Class A Com	Nasdaq NM	157.1M	30.0M	5.2	+11.6%
12	F	Ford Motor Company	NYSE	142.8M	40.0M	3.6	-2.2%
13	RIVN	Rivian Automotive, Inc. Class	Nasdaq NM	142.3M	23.6M	6.0	-0.4%
14	NU	Nu Holdings Ltd.	NYSE	141.4M	31.6M	4.5	+4.4%
15	BBAI	BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc.	NYSE	140.9M	38.9M	3.6	+13.1%
16	PFE	Pfizer Inc.	NYSE	140.3M	35.0M	4.0	+5.9%
17	INTC	Intel Corporation Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	138.8M	149.1M	0.9	+16.3%
18	IBRX	ImmunityBio, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	138.1M	13.0M	10.6	+1.9%
19	MPT	Medical Properties Trust, Inc.	NYSE	135.0M	5.1M	26.3	-4.0%
20	AAPL	Apple Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	134.7M	45.9M	2.9	+6.2%

Longest days to cover at 2026-04-30

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 2026-04-30 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2026-04-30 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2026-04-30 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 2026-04-30 against settlement 2026-03-31 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	15.8M	0.5M	31.4	+6.4%
2	CRDF	Cardiff Oncology, Inc. Common	Nasdaq SC	18.4M	0.6M	29.0	+2.5%
3	PROK	ProKidney Corp. Class A Ordina	Nasdaq SC	18.3M	0.7M	27.5	+9.5%
4	STOK	Stoke Therapeutics, Inc. Commo	Nasdaq NM	13.0M	0.5M	27.0	+1.6%
5	MPT	Medical Properties Trust, Inc.	NYSE	135.0M	5.1M	26.3	-4.0%
6	CHRS	Coherus Oncology, Inc. Common	Nasdaq NM	27.8M	1.1M	25.5	-1.1%
7	ATYR	aTyr Pharma, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	19.8M	0.8M	25.3	+1.2%
8	NRIX	Nurix Therapeutics, Inc. Commo	Nasdaq NM	19.2M	0.8M	24.3	+5.9%
9	ZBIO	Zenas BioPharma, Inc. Common S	Nasdaq NM	10.9M	0.5M	24.0	+15.9%
10	SKIN	SkinHealth Systems Inc. Class	Nasdaq SC	16.5M	0.7M	23.1	+7.6%
11	AVXL	Anavex Life Sciences Corp. Com	Nasdaq NM	19.0M	0.8M	22.8	-1.3%
12	IMNM	Immunome, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	18.7M	0.8M	22.6	-1.5%
13	ABEO	Abeona Therapeutics Inc. Commo	Nasdaq SC	16.5M	0.7M	22.5	+4.0%
14	IVVD	Invivyd, Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	29.3M	1.3M	21.7	+10.6%
15	LCTX	Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc	NYSE American	25.6M	1.2M	21.7	+0.4%
16	JBGS	JBG SMITH Properties Common Sh	NYSE	10.0M	0.5M	21.4	+13.3%
17	BCAX	Bicara Therapeutics Inc. Commo	Nasdaq NM	8.9M	0.4M	21.4	-7.7%
18	SVRA	Savara Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq NM	27.6M	1.3M	20.9	+0.7%
19	IMCR	Immunocore Holdings plc Americ	Nasdaq NM	9.0M	0.4M	20.8	-11.6%
20	CLM	Cornerstone Strategic Investme	NYSE American	29.3M	1.4M	20.5	+1.6%

Largest increases from 2026-03-31 to 2026-04-30

Percent change in shares short, for positions of at least 1,000,000 shares at 2026-03-31 on names trading at least 300,000 shares a day. Of the 3,221 positions that clear both floors, 1,647 grew, 1,574 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 2026-04-30 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2026-04-30 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2026-04-30 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 2026-04-30 against settlement 2026-03-31 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	VXUS	Vanguard STAR Funds Vanguard T	Nasdaq NM	8.4M	5.9M	1.4	+633.1%
2	AIXI	XIAO-I Corporation American De	Nasdaq NM	5.9M	33.7M	0.2	+452.2%
3	IEMG	iShares Core MSCI Emerging Mar	NYSE Arca	5.0M	10.3M	0.5	+394.9%
4	IMMP	Immutep Limited American Depos	Nasdaq NM	6.3M	8.7M	0.7	+379.4%
5	IWF	iShares Russell 1000 Growth ET	NYSE Arca	6.3M	4.9M	1.3	+289.9%
6	SCO	ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg	NYSE Arca	15.2M	51.0M	0.3	+289.7%
7	SOXS	Direxion Daily Semiconductor B	NYSE Arca	12.9M	153.9M	0.1	+273.1%
8	NMG	Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc.	NYSE	6.3M	1.0M	6.2	+222.8%
9	POWL	Powell Industries, Inc. Common	Nasdaq NM	3.5M	0.6M	6.0	+214.8%
10	DFCF	Dimensional Core Fixed Income	NYSE Arca	3.2M	1.8M	1.8	+195.3%
11	PROP	Prairie Operating Co. Common S	Nasdaq SC	13.9M	3.3M	4.2	+178.8%
12	ALOY	REalloys Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	2.7M	1.6M	1.7	+167.5%
13	IVV	iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	NYSE Arca	14.7M	4.7M	3.1	+163.7%
14	DBC	Invesco DB Commodity Index Tra	NYSE Arca	2.7M	1.6M	1.7	+163.1%
15	EMA	Emera Incorporated	NYSE	5.0M	0.3M	16.2	+161.4%

Largest decreases from 2026-03-31 to 2026-04-30

#	Symbol	Issue	Venue	Short shares ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldcurrentShortPositionQuantity As ofsettlement 2026-04-30 Open the source document →	Avg daily vol ⊙ EVIDENCE — filed/published fact SourceFINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest FieldaverageDailyVolumeQuantity As ofsettlement 2026-04-30 Open the source document →	Days to cover ⊙ INFERENCE — derived by arithmetic SourceShort shares divided by average daily volume, both FINRA fields As ofsettlement 2026-04-30 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 2026-04-30 against settlement 2026-03-31 HowBoth positions are stored FINRA figures for the same symbol; the percent is (this minus that) over that. Open the source document →
1	WNW	Meiwu Technology Company Limit	Nasdaq SC	0.0M	2.5M	0.0	-99.6%
2	JTAI	Jet.AI Inc. Common Stock	Nasdaq SC	0.1M	0.6M	0.1	-99.4%
3	HKIT	Hitek Global Inc. Class A Ordi	Nasdaq SC	0.1M	0.4M	0.3	-98.9%
4	FALN	iShares Trust iShares Fallen A	Nasdaq NM	0.1M	0.7M	0.1	-95.3%
5	UCAR	U Power Limited Class A Ordina	Nasdaq SC	0.3M	11.1M	0.0	-94.2%
6	GV	Visionary Holdings Inc. Common	Nasdaq SC	0.1M	0.9M	0.1	-93.8%
7	EMXC	iShares, Inc. iShares MSCI Eme	Nasdaq NM	0.6M	2.6M	0.2	-93.1%
8	CNQ	Canadian Natural Resources Lim	NYSE	9.9M	13.5M	0.7	-90.2%
9	CUE	Cue Biopharma, Inc. Common Sto	Nasdaq SC	0.3M	0.5M	0.5	-89.2%
10	BFRG	Bullfrog AI Holdings, Inc. Com	Nasdaq SC	0.7M	0.8M	0.8	-88.0%
11	FDN	First Trust Dow Jones Internet	NYSE Arca	0.2M	0.6M	0.4	-87.3%
12	UNHG	Themes ETF Trust Leverage Shar	Nasdaq NM	0.2M	1.9M	0.1	-87.2%
13	QNCX	Quince Therapeutics, Inc. Comm	Nasdaq NM	1.8M	1.7M	1.1	-87.1%
14	SPDW	State Street SPDR Portfolio De	NYSE Arca	1.3M	3.2M	0.4	-86.3%
15	DGNX	Diginex Limited Ordinary Share	Nasdaq SC	0.3M	1.3M	0.3	-86.2%

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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