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Vista Gold Corp. short interest

8.8M shares of Vista Gold were sold short at the 15 October 2026 settlement, the most at any settlement since 29 Dec 2017, when our record starts. Short sellers would need 3.7 days of normal trading to buy them back.

Shares sold short8.8Mat 15 Oct 2026
Change on the settlement before+14.4%+1531% over a year
Days to cover3.69at 2.4M shares a day
Of shares in issue6.01%shares short over shares outstanding
New to this? How to read this page
  1. Short interest is the number of shares investors have borrowed and sold, betting the price will fall, and not yet bought back.
  2. Days to cover is shares short over an average day's trading: how many days it would take short sellers to buy them all back. Above 5 or so is high.
  3. Rising short interest says more investors are betting against the stock. A crowded short can also rise fast if shorts rush to buy back.
  4. Brokers report it twice a month to FINRA, about ten days after each settlement date.
  5. What is short interest?

Short interest, days to cover and the price

Short interest is the most at any settlement since 29 Dec 2017, when our record starts, and the share price moved +12% over the last year.

Shares sold shortDays to coverShare price

Three charts on one timeline. Top: shares sold short at each settlement. Middle: days to cover, taller meaning shorts would need longer to buy back. Bottom: the share price, so you can see whether shorts added as the price fell or rose.

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    Every settlement since 29 Dec 2017 as a table
    SettlementShares shortChangeAverage daily volumeDays to cover
    15 October 20268.8M+14.4%2.4M3.69
    30 September 20267.7M+1.5%3.1M2.45
    15 September 20267.5M-1.4%1.1M7.10
    31 August 20267.7M+1.0%1.0M7.34
    14 August 20267.6M-1.1%1.3M5.75
    31 July 20267.7M+0.7%1.3M5.90
    15 July 20267.6M+42.0%2.0M3.84
    30 June 20265.4M+265.2%4.6M1.17
    15 June 20261.5M+41.1%2.1M1.00
    29 May 20261.0M+2.1%1.3M1.00
    15 May 20261.0M+1.6%1.1M1.00
    30 April 20261.0M+7.1%1.2M1.00
    15 April 2026935K-23.8%1.1M1.00
    31 March 20261.2M-2.6%2.4M1.00
    13 March 20261.3M+113.4%1.7M1.00
    27 February 2026591K+39.0%1.7M1.00
    13 February 2026425K-31.4%2.2M1.00
    30 January 2026620K+1.8%3.0M1.00
    15 January 2026609K+29.9%1.5M1.00
    31 December 2025469K-12.3%1.9M1.00
    15 December 2025534K-18.8%1.6M1.00
    28 November 2025658K-4.9%941K1.00
    14 November 2025692K+36.7%1.6M1.00
    31 October 2025506K-5.9%1.8M1.00
    15 October 2025537K+211.9%2.4M1.00
    30 September 2025172K-30.2%2.2M1.00
    15 September 2025247K-28.6%2.2M1.00
    29 August 2025346K-16.7%778K1.00
    15 August 2025415K+138.1%934K1.00
    31 July 2025174K-32.8%492K1.00
    15 July 2025259K-4.2%388K1.00
    30 June 2025271K-11.6%491K1.00
    13 June 2025306K+384.7%1.3M1.00
    30 May 202563K-66.3%967K1.00
    15 May 2025187K-43.7%718K1.00
    30 April 2025333K+2979.9%1.1M1.00
    15 April 202511K+3524.5%671K1.00
    31 March 2025298-98.3%449K1.00
    14 March 202517K+263.7%788K1.00
    28 February 20255K-83.0%278K1.00
    14 February 202528K-44.8%312K1.00
    31 January 202551K-27.8%303K1.00
    15 January 202571K+12.2%133K1.00
    31 December 202463K+96.9%395K1.00
    13 December 202432K-92.6%349K1.00
    29 November 2024431K+692.8%465K1.00
    15 November 202454K-35.8%602K1.00
    31 October 202485K+86.7%393K1.00
    15 October 202445K-74.9%434K1.00
    30 September 2024180K-36.0%648K1.00
    13 September 2024282K+13.3%443K1.00
    30 August 2024249K-47.1%367K1.00
    15 August 2024470K+85.6%277K1.70
    31 July 2024254K+3.9%370K1.00
    15 July 2024244K+27.1%241K1.01
    28 June 2024192K-18.2%132K1.46
    14 June 2024235K-19.2%241K1.00
    31 May 2024291K-11.6%199K1.46
    15 May 2024329K+75.5%250K1.32
    30 April 2024187K-27.0%242K1.00
    15 April 2024257K+43.2%440K1.00
    28 March 2024179K-30.1%404K1.00
    15 March 2024257K+23.9%466K1.00
    29 February 2024207K+20.3%252K1.00
    15 February 2024172K+67.5%239K1.00
    31 January 2024103K+4.8%195K1.00
    12 January 202498K+30.0%232K1.00
    29 December 202375K+18.9%331K1.00
    15 December 202363K+154.5%458K1.00
    30 November 202325K+2803.6%475K1.00
    15 November 2023858-97.0%236K1.00
    31 October 202328K+285.8%257K1.00
    13 October 20237K+10.3%230K1.00
    29 September 20237K-82.2%193K1.00
    15 September 202337K-50.7%106K1.00
    31 August 202376K+38.7%142K1.00
    15 August 202355K+56.2%111K1.00
    31 July 202335K+17.7%216K1.00
    14 July 202330K-24.1%185K1.00
    30 June 202339K-4.6%121K1.00
    15 June 202341K-63.7%127K1.00
    31 May 2023113K+25.5%120K1.00
    15 May 202390K-49.7%249K1.00
    28 April 2023180K+83.0%214K1.00
    14 April 202398K+29.2%206K1.00
    31 March 202376K-9.3%174K1.00
    15 March 202384K+10.3%103K1.00
    28 February 202376K-30.0%97K1.00
    15 February 2023109K-32.8%114K1.00
    31 January 2023162K-7.1%151K1.07
    13 January 2023174K+79.7%327K1.00
    30 December 202297K-35.6%196K1.00
    15 December 2022150K+59.2%127K1.19
    30 November 202294K-8.8%167K1.00
    15 November 2022104K-12.1%124K1.00
    31 October 2022118K-10.8%115K1.02
    14 October 2022132K-19.9%69K1.91
    30 September 2022165K+9.7%183K1.00
    15 September 2022150K-8.4%156K1.00
    31 August 2022164K-4.5%87K1.88
    15 August 2022172K+177.1%102K1.69
    29 July 202262K-32.5%150K1.00
    15 July 202292K-32.0%216K1.00
    30 June 2022135K+44.0%104K1.29
    15 June 202294K-44.6%125K1.00
    31 May 2022169K+7.1%147K1.15
    13 May 2022158K-14.1%228K1.00
    29 April 2022184K-23.5%326K1.00
    14 April 2022241K+2.9%240K1.00
    31 March 2022234K+23.8%438K1.00
    15 March 2022189K+23.6%562K1.00
    28 February 2022153K+10.6%312K1.00
    15 February 2022138K-19.9%267K1.00
    31 January 2022172K-12.2%258K1.00
    14 January 2022196K+22.3%174K1.13
    31 December 2021161K+3.5%259K1.00
    15 December 2021155K+6.9%298K1.00
    30 November 2021145K+18.2%279K1.00
    15 November 2021123K-18.9%392K1.00
    29 October 2021151K+15.5%212K1.00
    15 October 2021131K+10.6%328K1.00
    30 September 2021119K-30.6%304K1.00
    15 September 2021171K+23.6%275K1.00
    31 August 2021138K-0.4%369K1.00
    13 August 2021139K-46.1%288K1.00
    30 July 2021257K+16.2%541K1.00
    15 July 2021222K+7.1%2.0M1.00
    30 June 2021207K+42.3%374K1.00
    15 June 2021145K-2.6%513K1.00
    28 May 2021149K+26.2%325K1.00
    14 May 2021118K-5.0%294K1.00
    30 April 2021124K-45.6%274K1.00
    15 April 2021229K+62.3%345K1.00
    31 March 2021141K-11.0%367K1.00
    15 March 2021158K+3.0%429K1.00
    26 February 2021154K-35.9%711K1.00
    12 February 2021240K-40.7%791K1.00
    29 January 2021404K+142.4%879K1.00
    15 January 2021167K+20.5%409K1.00
    31 December 2020138K-21.9%552K1.00
    15 December 2020177K-3.4%259K1.00
    30 November 2020183K+7.0%207K1.00
    13 November 2020171K-13.8%308K1.00
    30 October 2020199K-32.0%296K1.00
    15 October 2020292K+67.1%221K1.32
    30 September 2020175K+9.0%364K1.00
    15 September 2020161K-0.6%310K1.00
    31 August 2020161K-23.9%278K1.00
    14 August 2020212K-5.9%751K1.00
    31 July 2020225K+35.8%1.1M1.00
    15 July 2020166K-5.6%377K1.00
    30 June 2020176K-11.4%410K1.00
    15 June 2020198K-11.0%476K1.00
    29 May 2020223K+19.7%430K1.00
    15 May 2020186K-22.2%297K1.00
    30 April 2020239K-8.0%338K1.00
    15 April 2020260K+68.7%280K1.00
    31 March 2020154K+8.9%359K1.00
    13 March 2020141K-34.5%379K1.00
    28 February 2020216K+59.4%584K1.00
    14 February 2020135K-54.8%96K1.42
    31 January 2020299K+3.1%164K1.82
    15 January 2020290K-12.3%210K1.38
    31 December 2019331K+11.7%255K1.30
    13 December 2019296K-3.4%307K1.00
    29 November 2019307K-9.0%197K1.56
    15 November 2019337K-15.2%155K2.17
    31 October 2019398K-0.8%88K4.50
    15 October 2019401K-5.1%162K2.47
    30 September 2019423K+10.7%223K1.89
    13 September 2019382K-8.3%290K1.31
    30 August 2019416K+25.6%314K1.32
    15 August 2019332K-25.4%554K1.00
    31 July 2019445K-6.6%387K1.15
    15 July 2019476K-29.3%146K3.26
    28 June 2019673K-6.5%182K3.71
    14 June 2019720K+5.1%184K3.92
    31 May 2019685K+5.4%74K9.26
    15 May 2019650K-5.8%74K8.77
    30 April 2019690K-4.1%96K7.18
    15 April 2019719K-4.9%93K7.70
    29 March 2019757K-8.1%213K3.56
    15 March 2019824K-4.9%133K6.19
    28 February 2019866K+6.7%377K2.30
    15 February 2019812K-6.2%126K6.45
    31 January 2019866K+15.7%171K5.06
    15 January 2019748K+1.0%121K6.17
    31 December 2018741K-4.8%121K6.11
    14 December 2018778K-0.7%135K5.76
    30 November 2018784K+0.9%143K5.48
    15 November 2018777K-9.8%71K10.98
    31 October 2018862K-6.1%89K9.73
    15 October 2018917K-0.3%151K6.09
    28 September 2018920K-2.2%107K8.62
    14 September 2018941K-9.5%106K8.89
    31 August 20181.0M-7.3%138K7.51
    15 August 20181.1M+6.0%148K7.58
    31 July 20181.1M-9.7%113K9.35
    13 July 20181.2M-8.2%179K6.55
    29 June 20181.3M-3.3%92K13.84
    15 June 20181.3M+11.8%119K11.10
    31 May 20181.2M-3.8%85K13.92
    15 May 20181.2M-1.6%98K12.53
    30 April 20181.2M-1.1%140K8.94
    13 April 20181.3M-1.1%91K13.86
    29 March 20181.3M-0.9%177K7.21
    15 March 20181.3M-1.2%201K6.40
    28 February 20181.3M-6.3%225K5.78
    15 February 20181.4M+13.9%327K4.25
    31 January 20181.2M-0.3%297K4.10
    12 January 20181.2M-5.8%364K3.36
    29 December 20171.3M334K3.89
    Shares in millions (M) or thousands (K); hold the pointer on a figure for the exact count. FINRA publishes consolidated short interest twice a month, about ten days after each settlement.