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$143.91 -1.00 (-0.69%) At close · Oct 7
Volume · Oct 7 3.09M Avg daily vol (3M) 6.11M

Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported twice monthly. Days to cover is the reported short position divided by average daily volume.

USO Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 11,980,603 USO shares sold short as of the September 15, 2026 settlement date, an increase of 2,413,650 shares. Days to cover was 1.88 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

Official FINRA short-interest data · share counts are restated for subsequent splits of this listing

Short Interest History

Settlement Date Current Position Previous Position Change Days to Cover
2026-10-15 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Oct 26
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2026-09-30 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Oct 9
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2026-09-15 11,980,603 9,566,953 +2,413,650 1.88
2026-08-31 9,566,953 9,967,247 -400,294 2.42
2026-08-14 9,967,247 14,054,826 -4,087,579 1.77
2026-07-31 14,054,826 11,864,224 +2,190,602 1.98
2026-07-15 11,864,224 12,592,499 -728,275 1.74
2026-06-30 12,592,499 15,915,459 -3,322,960 2.32
2026-06-15 15,915,459 19,660,351 -3,744,892 2.29
2026-05-29 19,660,351 18,730,027 +930,324 2.29
2026-05-15 18,730,027 13,952,801 +4,777,226 2.06
2026-04-30 13,952,801 10,631,340 +3,321,461 1.00
2026-04-15 10,631,340 10,674,493 -43,153 1.00
2026-03-31 10,674,493 12,472,920 -1,798,427 1.00
2026-03-13 12,472,920 7,011,863 +5,461,057 1.00
2026-02-27 7,011,863 6,006,271 +1,005,592 1.00
2026-02-13 6,006,271 8,638,499 -2,632,228 1.00
2026-01-30 8,638,499 5,925,559 +2,712,940 1.26
2026-01-15 5,925,559 4,688,032 +1,237,527 1.00
2025-12-31 4,688,032 4,777,160 -89,128 1.17
2025-12-15 4,777,160 4,820,143 -42,983 1.00
2025-11-28 4,820,143 5,411,815 -591,672 1.00
2025-11-14 5,411,815 5,432,771 -20,956 1.41
2025-10-31 5,432,771 6,609,753 -1,176,982 1.00
2025-10-15 6,609,753 5,879,835 +729,918 1.21

Full FINRA short interest reporting calendar

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