How often is short interest reported?

Twice a month. Brokers report the short positions held in their customers’ and their own accounts as of two settlement dates each month: the 15th and the last business day of the month. That makes 24 reports a year.

When is the next short interest release?

Friday, 9 October 2026. That report covers short positions as of Wednesday, 30 September 2026. Brokers must file it by 6 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, 2 October 2026.

What are the FINRA short interest filing deadlines for 2026?

Every 2026 deadline falls at 6 p.m. Eastern Time on the second business day after the settlement date. The full list of settlement dates, deadlines and publication dates is in the table on this page, taken from FINRA’s own schedule.

Why is short interest data so old?

Because of the timetable itself. Brokers get two business days to report, and FINRA publishes five business days after that. So the newest figure is 9 to 12 days old when it appears. Nobody publishes a live count of US short interest; a site showing a live figure is showing an estimate built from other data.

What is the difference between short interest and short volume?

Short interest is the number of shares still held short on the settlement date, a snapshot taken twice a month. Short volume is the number of shares sold short during one trading day, published daily. Many of those daily short sales are closed the same day, so a high short volume does not mean a high short interest.

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Short interest reporting dates 2026

FINRA’s schedule for every 2026 report: the day short positions are measured, the day brokers must report them, and the day the figures come out.

The short answer

FINRA publishes short interest twice a month. The next FINRA short interest figures are due out on Friday, 9 October 2026. They will show short positions as they stood on Wednesday, 30 September 2026.

Short positions are measured on a settlement date: the 15th of each month and the last business day of the month. When the 15th falls on a weekend, the business day before it is used. Brokers must report their short positions to FINRA by 6 p.m. Eastern Time two business days after the settlement date. FINRA publishes the figures seven business days after the settlement date.

That means a short interest figure is already 9 to 12 days old on the day it comes out, and 24 to 28 days old when the next report replaces it.

Latest report out: settlement date Tuesday, 15 September 2026, published Thursday, 24 September 2026.
How often: twice a month, 24 reports a year.
Source: FINRA’s published 2026 schedule, checked on Saturday, 26 September 2026. FINRA has not posted its 2027 dates yet.
Not the same thing: daily short sale volume, which FINRA also publishes, counts short sales made on one day. It is not the number of shares still held short.

FINRA 2026 schedule · checked 26 Sept 2026 · dates in Eastern Time

All 2026 short interest dates

Source: FINRA short interest reporting · age = days from settlement to publication

Settlement date	Brokers report by	Published	Age when out
Thu 15 Jan	Tue 20 Jan · 6 p.m.	Tue 27 Jan · out	12 days
Fri 30 Jan	Tue 3 Feb · 6 p.m.	Tue 10 Feb · out	11 days
Fri 13 Feb	Wed 18 Feb · 6 p.m.	Wed 25 Feb · out	12 days
Fri 27 Feb	Tue 3 Mar · 6 p.m.	Tue 10 Mar · out	11 days
Fri 13 Mar	Tue 17 Mar · 6 p.m.	Tue 24 Mar · out	11 days
Tue 31 Mar	Thu 2 Apr · 6 p.m.	Fri 10 Apr · out	10 days
Wed 15 Apr	Fri 17 Apr · 6 p.m.	Fri 24 Apr · out	9 days
Thu 30 Apr	Mon 4 May · 6 p.m.	Mon 11 May · out	11 days
Fri 15 May	Tue 19 May · 6 p.m.	Wed 27 May · out	12 days
Fri 29 May	Tue 2 Jun · 6 p.m.	Tue 9 Jun · out	11 days
Mon 15 Jun	Wed 17 Jun · 6 p.m.	Thu 25 Jun · out	10 days
Tue 30 Jun	Thu 2 Jul · 6 p.m.	Fri 10 Jul · out	10 days
Wed 15 Jul	Fri 17 Jul · 6 p.m.	Fri 24 Jul · out	9 days
Fri 31 Jul	Tue 4 Aug · 6 p.m.	Tue 11 Aug · out	11 days
Fri 14 Aug	Tue 18 Aug · 6 p.m.	Tue 25 Aug · out	11 days
Mon 31 Aug	Wed 2 Sept · 6 p.m.	Thu 10 Sept · out	10 days
Tue 15 Sept	Thu 17 Sept · 6 p.m.	Thu 24 Sept · out	9 days
Wed 30 Sept	Fri 2 Oct · 6 p.m.	Fri 9 Oct · next	9 days
Thu 15 Oct	Mon 19 Oct · 6 p.m.	Mon 26 Oct	11 days
Fri 30 Oct	Tue 3 Nov · 6 p.m.	Tue 10 Nov	11 days
Fri 13 Nov	Tue 17 Nov · 6 p.m.	Tue 24 Nov	11 days
Mon 30 Nov	Wed 2 Dec · 6 p.m.	Wed 9 Dec	9 days
Tue 15 Dec	Thu 17 Dec · 6 p.m.	Thu 24 Dec	9 days
Thu 31 Dec	Tue 5 Jan · 6 p.m.	Tue 12 Jan 2027	12 days

The rule is fixed in business days, not calendar days. Weekends and market holidays between the settlement date and the publication date add calendar days, which is why the age column runs from 9 to 12 days instead of one fixed number.

What each date means

Settlement date: The day the short positions are counted. The figure FINRA later publishes is the number of shares held short at that point, added up across every broker that reports.
Due date: The deadline for brokers: 6 p.m. Eastern Time on the second business day after the settlement date. Brokers report short positions in their customers’ accounts and in their own.
Publication date: The day FINRA makes the figures public: seven business days after the settlement date. Each report lists, for every stock, the shares held short, the figure from the report before, the change, the average daily volume and the days to cover.

When a new report reaches this site

We read FINRA’s short interest file every morning at 05:45 UTC, so a new report appears on our stock pages and in the high short interest rankings within a day of FINRA publishing it. FINRA sometimes corrects a report after it comes out. We read the six most recent reports again every day, so a correction replaces the old figure instead of sitting next to it.

We do not turn these figures into a percentage of the float. FINRA publishes shares held short, not the float, and data providers disagree about the float. We show the number that was filed.

Questions people ask about short interest dates

How often is short interest reported?: Twice a month. Brokers report the short positions held in their customers’ and their own accounts as of two settlement dates each month: the 15th and the last business day of the month. That makes 24 reports a year.
When is the next short interest release?: Friday, 9 October 2026. That report covers short positions as of Wednesday, 30 September 2026. Brokers must file it by 6 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, 2 October 2026.
What are the FINRA short interest filing deadlines for 2026?: Every 2026 deadline falls at 6 p.m. Eastern Time on the second business day after the settlement date. The full list of settlement dates, deadlines and publication dates is in the table on this page, taken from FINRA’s own schedule.
Why is short interest data so old?: Because of the timetable itself. Brokers get two business days to report, and FINRA publishes five business days after that. So the newest figure is 9 to 12 days old when it appears. Nobody publishes a live count of US short interest; a site showing a live figure is showing an estimate built from other data.
What is the difference between short interest and short volume?: Short interest is the number of shares still held short on the settlement date, a snapshot taken twice a month. Short volume is the number of shares sold short during one trading day, published daily. Many of those daily short sales are closed the same day, so a high short volume does not mean a high short interest.