Trading
Days to cover
Short interest divided by average daily trading volume under a common formula.
What it means
Days to cover estimates how many days of average volume would equal reported short interest. It combines a short-interest snapshot with trading-volume data.
Example
If short interest is 10 million shares and average daily volume is 2 million shares, days to cover is 5.
What not to infer
Days to cover is not a timer and does not mean short positions must close over that number of days.