Nasdaq Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions in Nasdaq Stocks as of Settlement Date October 15, 2026
Aggregate short interest rose while the number of Nasdaq securities covered declined from the previous reporting period.
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Nasdaq (NDAQ) reported total short interest of 23,156,400,993 shares across its markets for the October 15, 2026 settlement date. This compared with 23,093,743,842 shares on September 30, 2026. The number of securities covered fell from 5,552 to 5,544.
Global Market short interest totaled 18,609,329,855 shares, down from 18,657,486,300, with 3,885 securities in both periods. Capital Market short interest rose to 4,547,071,138 shares from 4,436,257,542, while securities covered fell to 1,659 from 1,667. Short interest expressed in days of average daily trading volume increased to 2.93 days overall from 2.49 days; Global Market increased to 3.49 from 3.19 days, and Capital Market to 1.76 from 1.30 days.
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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 MarketSM 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 MarketSM 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.
In summary, short interest in all 5,544 Nasdaq® securities totaled 23,156,400,993 shares at the October 15, 2026 settlement date, compared with 5,552 issues and 23,093,743,842 shares at the end of the previous reporting period. This is 2.93 days average daily volume, compared with an average of 2.49 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 positions are included in Nasdaq's October 15, 2026 short-interest report?
The report includes the total shares sold short in each Nasdaq security by all broker/dealers, regardless of exchange affiliation. A short sale generally means selling a security the seller does not own, or completing a sale by delivering a security borrowed by or for the seller.