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East West Bancorp Inc

EWBC
Exchange
Nasdaq
Industry
State Commercial Banks
SEC CIK
0001069157

In the last 90 days, East West Bancorp Inc insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 2 sales; 657 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $16.3B in total; Himalaya Capital is the only superinvestor holding 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
4.65M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
+168.8K
+3.8% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
4.68
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
992.7K
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 4,471,404 sharesNov 15, 2024: 4,290,631 sharesNov 29, 2024: 4,025,854 sharesDec 13, 2024: 3,804,316 sharesDec 31, 2024: 3,405,771 sharesJan 15, 2025: 3,510,415 sharesJan 31, 2025: 3,953,244 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 3,307,322 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 3,313,732 sharesMar 14, 2025: 3,250,942 sharesMar 31, 2025: 4,338,350 sharesApr 15, 2025: 4,862,509 sharesApr 30, 2025: 4,656,510 sharesMay 15, 2025: 4,986,725 sharesMay 30, 2025: 5,060,096 sharesJun 13, 2025: 5,437,550 sharesJun 30, 2025: 5,434,458 sharesJul 15, 2025: 4,457,881 sharesJul 31, 2025: 3,654,485 sharesAug 15, 2025: 4,604,313 sharesAug 29, 2025: 4,819,381 sharesSep 15, 2025: 5,230,234 sharesSep 30, 2025: 4,525,918 sharesOct 15, 2025: 3,869,878 sharesOct 31, 2025: 3,996,413 sharesNov 14, 2025: 4,405,987 sharesNov 28, 2025: 4,216,424 sharesDec 15, 2025: 4,408,042 sharesDec 31, 2025: 3,875,801 sharesJan 15, 2026: 3,273,103 sharesJan 30, 2026: 3,292,839 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 3,817,583 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 3,859,815 sharesMar 13, 2026: 3,895,941 sharesMar 31, 2026: 3,967,512 sharesApr 15, 2026: 3,912,766 sharesApr 30, 2026: 3,993,427 sharesMay 15, 2026: 3,837,175 sharesMay 29, 2026: 4,201,148 sharesJun 15, 2026: 4,232,307 sharesJun 30, 2026: 4,306,293 sharesJul 15, 2026: 4,901,447 sharesJul 31, 2026: 4,379,239 sharesAug 14, 2026: 3,885,106 sharesAug 31, 2026: 4,124,708 sharesSep 15, 2026: 4,628,319 sharesSep 30, 2026: 4,337,182 sharesOct 15, 2026: 4,476,658 sharesOct 30, 2026: 4,645,488 shares
Short interest in EWBC by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 20264.65M+168.8K+3.8%992.7K4.68
Oct 15, 20264.48M+139.5K+3.2%825.2K5.43
Sep 30, 20264.34M−291.1K−6.3%962.4K4.51
Sep 15, 20264.63M+503.6K+12.2%639.4K7.24
Aug 31, 20264.12M+239.6K+6.2%729.2K5.66
Aug 14, 20263.89M−494.1K−11.3%508.2K7.64
Jul 31, 20264.38M−522.2K−10.7%835.1K5.24
Jul 15, 20264.90M+595.2K+13.8%944.8K5.19
Jun 30, 20264.31M+74.0K+1.8%1.34M3.21
Jun 15, 20264.23M+31.2K+0.7%760.6K5.56
May 29, 20264.20M+364.0K+9.5%719.6K5.84
May 15, 20263.84M−156.3K−3.9%862.0K4.45
Apr 30, 20263.99M+80.7K+2.1%1.10M3.64
Apr 15, 20263.91M−54.7K−1.4%800.4K4.89
Mar 31, 20263.97M+71.6K+1.8%1.50M2.65
Mar 13, 20263.90M+36.1K+0.9%1.06M3.69
Feb 27, 20263.86M+42.2K+1.1%937.8K4.12
Feb 13, 20263.82M+524.7K+15.9%912.4K4.18
Jan 30, 20263.29M+19.7K+0.6%1.64M2.01
Jan 15, 20263.27M−602.7K−15.6%770.6K4.25
Dec 31, 20253.88M−532.2K−12.1%779.0K4.98
Dec 15, 20254.41M+191.6K+4.5%577.2K7.64
Nov 28, 20254.22M−189.6K−4.3%447.6K9.42
Nov 14, 20254.41M+409.6K+10.3%674.7K6.53
Oct 31, 20254.00M+126.5K+3.3%955.6K4.18
Oct 15, 20253.87M−656.0K−14.5%752.2K5.14
Sep 30, 20254.53M−704.3K−13.5%1.05M4.30
Sep 15, 20255.23M+410.9K+8.5%1.02M5.13
Aug 29, 20254.82M+215.1K+4.7%712.1K6.77
Aug 15, 20254.60M+949.8K+26.0%742.9K6.20
Jul 31, 20253.65M−803.4K−18.0%1.03M3.54
Jul 15, 20254.46M−976.6K−18.0%812.5K5.49
Jun 30, 20255.43M−3.09K−0.1%986.9K5.51
Jun 13, 20255.44M+377.5K+7.5%684.5K7.94
May 30, 20255.06M+73.4K+1.5%746.1K6.78
May 15, 20254.99M+330.2K+7.1%768.1K6.49
Apr 30, 20254.66M−206.0K−4.2%1.30M3.59
Apr 15, 20254.86M+524.2K+12.1%1.78M2.73
Mar 31, 20254.34M+1.09M+33.5%1.25M3.47
Mar 14, 20253.25M−62.8K−1.9%1.54M2.11
Feb 28, 20253.31M+6.41K+0.2%924.9K3.58
Feb 14, 20253.31M−645.9K−16.3%801.1K4.13
Jan 31, 20253.95M+442.8K+12.6%1.00M3.95
Jan 15, 20253.51M+104.6K+3.1%783.4K4.48
Dec 31, 20243.41M−398.5K−10.5%1.12M3.03
Dec 13, 20243.80M−221.5K−5.5%756.8K5.03
Nov 29, 20244.03M−264.8K−6.2%683.1K5.89
Nov 15, 20244.29M−180.8K−4.0%995.4K4.31
Oct 31, 20244.47M−532.5K−10.6%968.9K4.61

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 EWBC by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 13, 202666,496$125.56$8.35M
Aug 25, 202669$128.91$8.89K
Aug 24, 2026108$129.97$14.0K
Aug 21, 202632$129.89$4.16K
Aug 11, 20262,500$131.85$329.6K
Jul 22, 20261,574$133.40$210.0K
Jul 20, 2026123$134.52$16.5K
Jul 17, 202641$136.14$5.58K
Jul 1, 2026333$129.09$43.0K
Jun 30, 2026538$129.09$69.5K
Jun 15, 20261,577$132.63$209.2K
Jun 11, 202674$128.09$9.48K
May 26, 2026195$123.12$24.0K
May 12, 2026200$121.91$24.4K
May 11, 202635$122.99$4.30K
May 4, 20261$125.82$125.82
Apr 27, 2026256$122.67$31.4K
Apr 20, 202699$118.02$11.7K
Mar 30, 202645,656$103.96$4.75M
Mar 27, 2026371$106.13$39.4K
Mar 25, 202652$105.79$5.50K
Mar 17, 2026210,840$103.30$21.8M
Mar 11, 2026726$107.65$78.2K
Mar 9, 202614$106.32$1.49K
Mar 2, 20267,642$109.45$836.4K
Feb 24, 20262,369$116.10$275.0K
Feb 18, 202650,296$119.61$6.02M
Feb 13, 20262,634$117.24$308.8K
Feb 12, 20269,635$119.10$1.15M
Feb 3, 2026152$114.63$17.4K

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 EWBC by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 10, 2026150,29541194,98877.1%
Nov 9, 2026168,0040273,24861.5%
Nov 6, 2026178,268299230,08277.5%
Nov 5, 2026205,75663299,01368.8%
Nov 4, 2026212,700416389,49054.6%
Nov 3, 2026115,75818205,60956.3%
Nov 2, 2026107,8192200,39353.8%
Oct 30, 2026128,35696247,62451.8%
Oct 29, 2026171,3870331,20251.7%
Oct 28, 2026164,9320382,61843.1%
Oct 27, 2026199,734420335,13559.6%
Oct 26, 2026202,6110334,31060.6%
Oct 23, 2026201,904250374,66153.9%
Oct 22, 2026408,71210616,00166.3%
Oct 21, 2026409,0760665,91361.4%
Oct 20, 2026221,7640351,30863.1%
Oct 19, 202691,6920206,43344.4%
Oct 16, 2026159,38722279,63857.0%
Oct 15, 2026123,6340276,83044.7%
Oct 14, 2026198,202164342,76157.8%
Oct 13, 2026163,6950329,90949.6%
Oct 12, 2026128,9900268,31148.1%
Oct 9, 2026128,8620234,86254.9%
Oct 8, 2026181,2820274,39666.1%
Oct 7, 2026295,93340410,47472.1%
Oct 6, 2026333,0384507,13765.7%
Oct 5, 2026151,49417277,57154.6%
Oct 2, 2026174,6920293,52659.5%
Oct 1, 2026220,77971304,40872.5%
Sep 30, 2026155,7290300,15951.9%

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 EWBC
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 19, 2026T11,791,04945,867648,41114,23273.4%
Oct 12, 2026T11,103,09133,882528,69011,63867.6%
Oct 5, 2026T11,250,69432,162532,11810,35670.2%
Sep 28, 2026T11,327,41839,747484,26410,63373.3%
Sep 21, 2026T1838,48830,569292,4558,73874.1%
Sep 14, 2026T11,268,22139,260854,9479,21659.7%
Sep 7, 2026T1796,48622,179295,8337,26372.9%
Aug 31, 2026T1891,54227,216681,2868,38056.7%
Aug 24, 2026T11,060,36130,844549,8939,21965.9%
Aug 17, 2026T1955,25932,754356,1978,41272.8%
Aug 10, 2026T1821,19028,395363,5947,51869.3%
Aug 3, 2026T1656,07028,675371,0308,39863.9%