Nasdaq Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions in Nasdaq Stocks as of Settlement Date October 15, 2026
Key Highlights
- ➤23.16B total Nasdaq shares short as of October 15, up from 23.09B
- ➤All Nasdaq securities’ short interest reached 2.93 days average daily volume
- ➤Global Market short interest fell to 18.61B shares from 18.66B
- ➤Capital Market short interest rose to 4.55B shares from 4.44B
NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the end of the settlement date of October 15, 2026, short interest in 3,885 Nasdaq Global Market(SM) securities totaled 18,609,329,855 shares compared with 18,657,486,300 shares in 3,885 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of September 30, 2026. The mid-October short interest represents 3.49 days compared with 3.19 days for the prior reporting period.
Short interest in 1,659 securities on The Nasdaq Capital Market(SM) totaled 4,547,071,138 shares at the end of the settlement date of October 15, 2026, compared with 4,436,257,542 shares in 1,667 securities for the previous reporting period. This represents a 1.76 day average daily volume; the previous reporting period’s figure was 1.30.
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