Nasdaq Announces End-of-Month Open Short Interest Positions in Nasdaq Stocks as of Settlement Date October 30, 2026
Reported positions cover shares sold short by all broker/dealers, regardless of their exchange affiliations.
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Nasdaq (NDAQ) reported aggregate short interest of 22,900,619,296 shares across its markets as of the October 30, 2026 settlement date.
The total covered 5,528 securities, down from 23,156,400,993 shares across 5,544 securities on October 15, 2026. Short interest represented 2.66 days of average daily volume, versus 2.93 days previously. Short interest measures shares sold short, generally through sales of securities the seller does not own.
Global Market short interest fell to 18,363,213,608 shares from 18,609,329,855, with days of volume declining to 3.23 from 3.49. Capital Market short interest fell to 4,537,405,688 shares from 4,547,071,138; its corresponding volume measure declined to 1.56 days from 1.76.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the end of the settlement date of October 30, 2026, short interest in 3,866 Nasdaq Global MarketSM securities totaled 18,363,213,608 shares compared with 18,609,329,855 shares in 3,885 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of October 15, 2026. The October short interest represents 3.23 days compared with 3.49 days for the prior reporting period.
Short interest in 1,662 securities on The Nasdaq Capital MarketSM totaled 4,537,405,688 shares at the end of the settlement date of October 30, 2026, compared with 4,547,071,138 shares in 1,659 securities for the previous reporting period. This represents a 1.56 day average daily volume; the previous reporting period’s figure was 1.76.
In summary, short interest in all 5,528 Nasdaq® securities totaled 22,900,619,296 shares at the October 30, 2026 settlement date, compared with 5,544 issues and 23,156,400,993 shares at the end of the previous reporting period. This is 2.66 days average daily volume, compared with an average of 2.93 days for the prior reporting period.
The open short interest positions reported for each Nasdaq security reflect the total number of shares sold short by all broker/dealers regardless of their exchange affiliations. A short sale is generally understood to mean the sale of a security that the seller does not own or any sale that is consummated by the delivery of a security borrowed by or for the account of the seller.
For more information on Nasdaq Short interest positions, including publication dates, visit https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/quotes/short-interest or http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/asp/short_interest.asp.
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What was total Nasdaq short interest on October 30, 2026?
Total Nasdaq short interest was 22,900,619,296 shares across 5,528 securities on the October 30, 2026 settlement date. That compared with 23,156,400,993 shares across 5,544 securities in the previous reporting period.