What percent of MCD is sold short?

44.7% of McDonald's (MCD) trading volume was short last week. Track days-to-cover and borrow rate against insider and hedge fund flow.

Is MCD a short squeeze candidate?

Compare short volume, days-to-cover, and borrow rate to insider buying — when insiders accumulate against heavy short interest, the squeeze setup gets stronger.

How is short volume different from short interest?

Short volume is daily shorting activity reported by FINRA; short interest is the bi-monthly snapshot of outstanding short positions. We track both for McDonald's (MCD).

MCD Short Volume Hit 44.7%

Also trades as: MCD.BA (BUE) · $vol 1M · MCD.TO (TSX) · $vol 1M · MDO.DE (XETRA) · $vol 1M

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NYSE · Consumer Cyclical · Restaurants · Tech Score Sell · Power 43 · $164.8B mcap · 709M float · 0.686% daily turnover · Short 44% of daily vol

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-01

46.4%

Short Ratio

of total volume

41.8%

20-Day Avg

43.8%

50-Day Avg

▲ Rising

5-Day Trend

1.2M

Short Volume

2.5M

Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-01

Exchange	Short Volume	Total Volume	Short %
NASDAQ	1,103,645	2,387,780	46.2%
NYSE	38,821	80,546	48.2%
BATS	20,432	38,631	52.9%

MCD Short Interest

Short Volume Summary

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

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