USO short interest
United States Oil Fund, LP · Unclassified (ETFs, funds, other) · settlement date 2026-09-30
| Shares short | 10,437,989 |
|---|---|
| Change vs prior report | -1,542,614 (-12.9%) |
| Change over six months | -2.2% |
| Days to cover | 1.62 (sector: 0.98) |
| Average daily volume | 6,442,785 |
| Rank in Unclassified (ETFs, funds, other) | not ranked (OTC, fund or thinly traded) |
USO short interest, last 12 months
| Settlement | Shares short | Change | Days to cover | Avg daily volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | 10,437,989 | -12.9% | 1.62 | 6,442,785 |
| 2026-09-15 | 11,980,603 | +25.2% | 1.88 | 6,382,228 |
| 2026-08-31 | 9,566,953 | -4.0% | 2.42 | 3,960,537 |
| 2026-08-14 | 9,967,247 | -29.1% | 1.77 | 5,624,548 |
| 2026-07-31 | 14,054,826 | +18.5% | 1.98 | 7,091,332 |
| 2026-07-15 | 11,864,224 | -5.8% | 1.74 | 6,799,435 |
| 2026-06-30 | 12,592,499 | -20.9% | 2.32 | 5,424,689 |
| 2026-06-15 | 15,915,459 | -19.1% | 2.29 | 6,949,952 |
| 2026-05-29 | 19,660,351 | +5.0% | 2.29 | 8,600,937 |
| 2026-05-15 | 18,730,027 | +34.2% | 2.06 | 9,093,113 |
| 2026-04-30 | 13,952,801 | +31.2% | 1.00 | 16,375,130 |
| 2026-04-15 | 10,631,340 | -0.4% | 1.00 | 35,248,176 |
| 2026-03-31 | 10,674,493 | -14.4% | 1.00 | 56,655,445 |
| 2026-03-13 | 12,472,920 | +77.9% | 1.00 | 75,012,867 |
| 2026-02-27 | 7,011,863 | +16.7% | 1.00 | 10,533,881 |
| 2026-02-13 | 6,006,271 | -30.5% | 1.00 | 8,326,863 |
| 2026-01-30 | 8,638,499 | +45.8% | 1.26 | 6,869,637 |
| 2026-01-15 | 5,925,559 | +26.4% | 1.00 | 7,199,758 |
| 2025-12-31 | 4,688,032 | -1.9% | 1.17 | 4,005,638 |
| 2025-12-15 | 4,777,160 | -0.9% | 1.00 | 5,148,204 |
| 2025-11-28 | 4,820,143 | -10.9% | 1.00 | 4,827,653 |
| 2025-11-14 | 5,411,815 | -0.4% | 1.41 | 3,834,156 |
| 2025-10-31 | 5,432,771 | -17.8% | 1.00 | 6,962,631 |
| 2025-10-15 | 6,609,753 | +12.4% | 1.21 | 5,462,729 |
| 2025-09-30 | 5,879,835 | -3.3% | 1.13 | 5,206,210 |
import finzdata as yf
yf.Ticker("USO").short_interest # every report since 2017
yf.Client().short_interest(["USO"], start="2018-01-01")Unclassified (ETFs, funds, other) short interest · USO price history · Who owns USO · All short interest