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Ciena Corp

CIEN
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NYSE
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Telephone & Telegraph Apparatus
SEC CIK
0000936395

In the last 90 days, Ciena Corp insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 21 sales; 1,230 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $64.6B in total; no superinvestor holds it.

Four kinds of short-selling data, each measuring something different:

  • Short interest: shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of a settlement date. FINRA publishes it twice a month, about eight business days after the settlement date.
  • Daily short volume: shares sold short each day in off-exchange trades reported to FINRA. It counts trades, not open positions, and is published the next day.
  • Fails-to-deliver: shares not delivered by the settlement date. The SEC publishes them twice a month, about two weeks late.
  • ATS (dark pool) volume: weekly volume on alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues. FINRA publishes it two to four weeks after the week.

More in the glossary.

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet bought back, from FINRA, on every settlement date in the last two years.

Short interest
3.91M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
−79.6K
−2.0% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
1.37
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
2.85M
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 6,032,453 sharesNov 15, 2024: 6,241,471 sharesNov 29, 2024: 6,256,998 sharesDec 13, 2024: 6,159,539 sharesDec 31, 2024: 4,618,108 sharesJan 15, 2025: 5,513,687 sharesJan 31, 2025: 4,890,274 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 3,939,701 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 3,759,510 sharesMar 14, 2025: 4,200,059 sharesMar 31, 2025: 3,959,977 sharesApr 15, 2025: 4,489,438 sharesApr 30, 2025: 4,200,813 sharesMay 15, 2025: 3,900,086 sharesMay 30, 2025: 3,757,963 sharesJun 13, 2025: 4,870,918 sharesJun 30, 2025: 6,181,305 sharesJul 15, 2025: 5,434,389 sharesJul 31, 2025: 5,744,440 sharesAug 15, 2025: 5,442,615 sharesAug 29, 2025: 4,759,717 sharesSep 15, 2025: 4,011,138 sharesSep 30, 2025: 4,852,614 sharesOct 15, 2025: 4,426,005 sharesOct 31, 2025: 4,098,820 sharesNov 14, 2025: 5,836,886 sharesNov 28, 2025: 6,406,321 sharesDec 15, 2025: 7,308,972 sharesDec 31, 2025: 6,498,989 sharesJan 15, 2026: 5,952,010 sharesJan 30, 2026: 4,244,185 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 5,619,035 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 6,258,043 sharesMar 13, 2026: 5,044,648 sharesMar 31, 2026: 5,977,920 sharesApr 15, 2026: 4,693,751 sharesApr 30, 2026: 4,365,229 sharesMay 15, 2026: 4,529,072 sharesMay 29, 2026: 4,505,490 sharesJun 15, 2026: 4,760,443 sharesJun 30, 2026: 3,853,439 sharesJul 15, 2026: 3,993,188 sharesJul 31, 2026: 3,711,106 sharesAug 14, 2026: 2,921,400 sharesAug 31, 2026: 3,345,857 sharesSep 15, 2026: 3,590,902 sharesSep 30, 2026: 3,868,972 sharesOct 15, 2026: 3,984,850 sharesOct 30, 2026: 3,905,235 shares
Short interest in CIEN by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 20263.91M−79.6K−2.0%2.85M1.37
Oct 15, 20263.98M+115.9K+3.0%3.43M1.16
Sep 30, 20263.87M+278.1K+7.7%2.68M1.44
Sep 15, 20263.59M+245.0K+7.3%3.06M1.17
Aug 31, 20263.35M+424.5K+14.5%1.68M1.99
Aug 14, 20262.92M−789.7K−21.3%2.13M1.37
Jul 31, 20263.71M−282.1K−7.1%2.30M1.62
Jul 15, 20263.99M+139.7K+3.6%1.66M2.40
Jun 30, 20263.85M−907.0K−19.1%4.07M1.00
Jun 15, 20264.76M+255.0K+5.7%4.28M1.11
May 29, 20264.51M−23.6K−0.5%2.09M2.15
May 15, 20264.53M+163.8K+3.8%1.88M2.41
Apr 30, 20264.37M−328.5K−7.0%2.16M2.02
Apr 15, 20264.69M−1.28M−21.5%2.96M1.59
Mar 31, 20265.98M+933.3K+18.5%3.61M1.66
Mar 13, 20265.04M−1.21M−19.4%3.32M1.52
Feb 27, 20266.26M+639.0K+11.4%2.43M2.58
Feb 13, 20265.62M+1.37M+32.4%6.41M1.00
Jan 30, 20264.24M−1.71M−28.7%2.26M1.88
Jan 15, 20265.95M−547.0K−8.4%2.67M2.23
Dec 31, 20256.50M−810.0K−11.1%2.11M3.09
Dec 15, 20257.31M+902.7K+14.1%3.64M2.01
Nov 28, 20256.41M+569.4K+9.8%4.06M1.58
Nov 14, 20255.84M+1.74M+42.4%3.17M1.84
Oct 31, 20254.10M−327.2K−7.4%2.25M1.82
Oct 15, 20254.43M−426.6K−8.8%2.48M1.78
Sep 30, 20254.85M+841.5K+21.0%2.74M1.77
Sep 15, 20254.01M−748.6K−15.7%4.18M1.00
Aug 29, 20254.76M−682.9K−12.6%1.76M2.71
Aug 15, 20255.44M−301.8K−5.3%1.65M3.29
Jul 31, 20255.74M+310.1K+5.7%1.67M3.44
Jul 15, 20255.43M−746.9K−12.1%2.33M2.34
Jun 30, 20256.18M+1.31M+26.9%2.29M2.70
Jun 13, 20254.87M+1.11M+29.6%3.83M1.27
May 30, 20253.76M−142.1K−3.6%1.18M3.20
May 15, 20253.90M−300.7K−7.2%1.62M2.41
Apr 30, 20254.20M−288.6K−6.4%1.53M2.75
Apr 15, 20254.49M+529.5K+13.4%2.67M1.68
Mar 31, 20253.96M−240.1K−5.7%2.20M1.80
Mar 14, 20254.20M+440.5K+11.7%3.73M1.13
Feb 28, 20253.76M−180.2K−4.6%2.38M1.58
Feb 14, 20253.94M−950.6K−19.4%1.94M2.03
Jan 31, 20254.89M−623.4K−11.3%3.53M1.38
Jan 15, 20255.51M+895.6K+19.4%1.77M3.11
Dec 31, 20244.62M−1.54M−25.0%1.95M2.37
Dec 13, 20246.16M−97.5K−1.6%3.40M1.81
Nov 29, 20246.26M+15.5K+0.3%1.17M5.37
Nov 15, 20246.24M+209.0K+3.5%1.67M3.74
Oct 31, 20246.03M−77.8K−1.3%1.60M3.76

Fails-to-deliver

Shares that weren't delivered by the settlement date, from the SEC, for the last 30 dates with fails. The price is the previous day's closing price published by the SEC.

Fails-to-deliver in CIEN by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 13, 202690$405.01$36.5K
Oct 7, 202613,724$443.65$6.09M
Oct 5, 20261,055$391.34$412.9K
Oct 2, 202610$379.14$3.79K
Sep 15, 2026901$319.64$288.0K
Sep 10, 20261,210$338.00$409.0K
Sep 8, 202639,058$321.00$12.5M
Sep 4, 20265,416$317.46$1.72M
Sep 3, 20266,491$354.16$2.30M
Sep 2, 202610,216$360.33$3.68M
Aug 21, 2026487$392.48$191.1K
Aug 10, 20264$412.39$1.65K
Aug 7, 20262,070$403.76$835.8K
Aug 6, 202675$408.83$30.7K
Aug 3, 20261,200$377.05$452.5K
Jul 21, 2026418$378.77$158.3K
Jul 17, 20261,486$388.81$577.8K
Jul 16, 202659$418.46$24.7K
Jul 9, 20265$440.97$2.20K
Jul 8, 20265,443$418.91$2.28M
Jul 7, 202649,923$433.83$21.7M
Jun 30, 202623$478.93$11.0K
Jun 29, 2026324,965$479.50$155.8M
Jun 23, 2026131$460.33$60.3K
Jun 18, 20261,839$436.72$803.1K
Jun 15, 202624,805$445.98$11.1M
Jun 12, 202627,580$445.22$12.3M
Jun 11, 202624,956$434.65$10.8M
Jun 10, 20265,454$439.34$2.40M
Jun 9, 20263,059$466.67$1.43M

Daily short volume

Off-exchange short-sale volume, not short interest: shares sold short each day in trades reported to FINRA, for the last 30 trading days.

The short volume ratio isn't a sentiment gauge: market makers sell short to fill buy orders and to hedge, so short sales are usually about half of off-exchange volume.

Off-exchange short volume in CIEN by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 10, 2026478,6472551,226,29239.0%
Nov 9, 2026513,2571421,517,64033.8%
Nov 6, 2026630,54213,7912,088,86530.2%
Nov 5, 2026911,6839,2832,940,44631.0%
Nov 4, 2026404,6958,7231,733,05523.4%
Nov 3, 20261,173,1195,5101,930,69560.8%
Nov 2, 2026782,7189,7412,061,23938.0%
Oct 30, 2026667,3451,2181,396,16647.8%
Oct 29, 20261,043,3966821,636,28463.8%
Oct 28, 2026829,7955,1441,580,48552.5%
Oct 27, 2026907,4511,2891,582,31857.3%
Oct 26, 2026813,1122,1791,540,08952.8%
Oct 23, 2026549,96137,9571,044,06952.7%
Oct 22, 2026872,37448,8481,973,30144.2%
Oct 21, 2026887,667661,626,30254.6%
Oct 20, 2026495,800486961,03051.6%
Oct 19, 2026816,8141911,636,13249.9%
Oct 16, 2026684,4845,5841,789,65938.2%
Oct 15, 2026654,83062,5731,816,02936.1%
Oct 14, 2026730,69111,7161,634,50244.7%
Oct 13, 2026673,77953,5681,493,59545.1%
Oct 12, 2026932,92640,6291,776,70052.5%
Oct 9, 20261,223,0273612,144,92557.0%
Oct 8, 20261,169,4065,1921,889,25261.9%
Oct 7, 2026926,5312,3351,772,60952.3%
Oct 6, 20261,943,4983,1263,723,46352.2%
Oct 5, 2026840,840681,544,30354.4%
Oct 2, 2026690,0561,2951,293,33653.4%
Oct 1, 2026566,0782,0131,170,66648.4%
Sep 30, 2026531,6369621,289,51941.2%

ATS (dark pool) volume

Weekly volume on alternative trading systems (ATS) and other off-exchange (OTC) venues, from FINRA, for the last 12 weeks. ATS share is ATS volume ÷ (ATS + OTC volume), not a share of all trading.

Weekly ATS and OTC volume in CIEN
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 19, 2026T14,021,076101,6933,566,14161,39453.0%
Oct 12, 2026T14,343,905118,6804,490,03787,60349.2%
Oct 5, 2026T14,775,168127,2366,646,926106,73941.8%
Sep 28, 2026T12,776,03295,0603,203,38672,61646.4%
Sep 21, 2026T12,799,12888,6152,338,18962,10454.5%
Sep 14, 2026T14,074,786122,6253,737,72071,22052.2%
Sep 7, 2026T12,543,02782,7892,261,26152,05752.9%
Aug 31, 2026T14,631,659136,3993,620,69694,26356.1%
Aug 24, 2026T11,806,42771,0381,417,23444,81556.0%
Aug 17, 2026T12,961,40997,2921,674,02954,38363.9%
Aug 10, 2026T14,436,620123,5432,063,38660,98468.3%
Aug 3, 2026T12,445,72395,4661,543,34945,44961.3%