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$180.57 -1.53 (-0.84%) At close · Oct 16
Market Cap
$283.60B
Shares
1.57B
Volume · Oct 16 5.65M Avg daily vol (3M) 5.18M

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

MS Latest Reported Short Interest

FINRA reported 14,606,885 MS shares sold short as of the September 30, 2026 settlement date, a decrease of 86,202 shares. Days to cover was 2.63 based on FINRA's reported average daily volume.

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

MS Short Interest Forecast

Equibles' model estimates 15,228,265 shares sold short for the October 15, 2026 settlement, +4.3% versus the latest reported position, with a likely range of 12,932,221 to 17,801,292 shares. This model prediction uses FINRA data through October 15, 2026; FINRA's official release is expected October 26, 2026.

Model estimate

Expected Oct 15 short interest

as of Oct 15 Low confidence 56% chance it rises
15,228,265 +4.3% vs reported
Likely range 12,932,221 to 17,801,292 The latest estimate appears in the chart below. Official release expected Oct 26. Methodology
Short Squeeze Score
37/100
Short interest 0.9% of shares — P39 Days to cover 2.6 — P45 Price vs VWAP -11.7% — P36 Short-volume trend -9.2% — P20 Short interest change -0.6% — P45 Worst FTD 0.00% of shares — P29

Positioning score 36.5 + catalyst boost 0 (total capped at 100). This is a screening index, not a probability of a squeeze.

Method and coverage limits

Factor percentiles compare eligible primary operating-company stocks reporting short interest at the latest settlement date (2026-09-30). The weighted mean uses short interest 30%, days to cover 20%, price vs VWAP 15%, short-volume trend 15%, short-interest change 10%, and fails-to-deliver 10%. Missing factors redistribute their weight; incomplete coverage is not evidence of low risk. Price, volume, and earnings boosts add 10 each, capped at 20.

Shares outstanding are not free float. Borrow fees, utilization, lendable supply, recalls, and dealer inventory are not measured. Short-sale volume does not measure the change in open shorts; fails to deliver are not a borrow-cost measurement; price vs VWAP does not establish short sellers' entry prices. Earnings can move prices in either direction.

The weights are judgment-based, not calibrated to future squeeze outcomes. The separate options assessment below does not change this universe ranking.

Options positioning & squeeze sensitivity

Nearest expiration after today within 30 calendar days; same-day expirations and later maturities are excluded.

Open interest is incomplete, stale, or dated inconsistently; positioning totals are unavailable.

Open interest has both a buyer and a seller; it does not reveal dealer hedge direction. Gross gamma sums both calls and puts without netting and uses a local 1% price-change approximation. It measures sensitivity, not predicted buying or a squeeze probability.

Assessment prepared 2026-10-18 05:08 UTC. Options model values may come from a cached snapshot; their original computation time is not supplied. Open interest has its own effective date.

Short Interest History

Settlement Date Current Position Previous Position Change Days to Cover
2026-10-30 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Nov 10
— — — —
2026-10-15 Scheduled
FINRA publishes Oct 26
— — — —
2026-09-30 14,606,885 14,693,087 -86,202 2.63
2026-09-15 14,693,087 14,854,574 -161,487 3.23
2026-08-31 14,854,574 13,893,636 +960,938 3.78
2026-08-14 13,893,636 13,347,497 +546,139 3.06
2026-07-31 13,347,497 17,224,493 -3,876,996 2.22
2026-07-15 17,224,493 17,686,436 -461,943 3.14
2026-06-30 17,686,436 17,919,619 -233,183 2.46
2026-06-15 17,919,619 18,277,241 -357,622 3.04
2026-05-29 18,277,241 15,346,174 +2,931,067 3.07
2026-05-15 15,346,174 14,608,865 +737,309 2.95
2026-04-30 14,608,865 15,494,661 -885,796 2.77
2026-04-15 15,494,661 16,282,811 -788,150 2.42
2026-03-31 16,282,811 17,831,534 -1,548,723 2.13
2026-03-13 17,831,534 15,921,158 +1,910,376 2.48
2026-02-27 15,921,158 16,523,284 -602,126 2.18
2026-02-13 16,523,284 14,098,500 +2,424,784 1.80
2026-01-30 14,098,500 15,928,487 -1,829,987 1.74
2026-01-15 15,928,487 15,749,255 +179,232 2.63
2025-12-31 15,749,255 15,670,281 +78,974 3.30
2025-12-15 15,670,281 13,529,580 +2,140,701 2.86
2025-11-28 13,529,580 13,949,748 -420,168 2.26
2025-11-14 13,949,748 14,187,742 -237,994 2.63
2025-10-31 14,187,742 15,098,399 -910,657 2.58

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