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Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Inc

JOF
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NYSE
SEC CIK
0000859796

In the last 90 days, Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund Inc insiders filed 6 open-market purchases and 1 sale; 56 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $242.6M 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
11.0K
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
−1.40K
−11.3% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
1.00
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
145.9K
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 14,832 sharesNov 15, 2024: 3,898 sharesNov 29, 2024: 6,017 sharesDec 13, 2024: 28,302 sharesDec 31, 2024: 13,920 sharesJan 15, 2025: 23,796 sharesJan 31, 2025: 11,196 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 17,894 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 34,307 sharesMar 14, 2025: 22,815 sharesMar 31, 2025: 28,527 sharesApr 15, 2025: 39,224 sharesApr 30, 2025: 69,800 sharesMay 15, 2025: 50,311 sharesMay 30, 2025: 50,013 sharesJun 13, 2025: 53,258 sharesJun 30, 2025: 34,180 sharesJul 15, 2025: 39,715 sharesJul 31, 2025: 23,988 sharesAug 15, 2025: 25,357 sharesAug 29, 2025: 28,143 sharesSep 15, 2025: 19,748 sharesSep 30, 2025: 15,460 sharesOct 15, 2025: 16,766 sharesOct 31, 2025: 17,610 sharesNov 14, 2025: 10,991 sharesNov 28, 2025: 18,147 sharesDec 15, 2025: 17,449 sharesDec 31, 2025: 23,852 sharesJan 15, 2026: 7,189 sharesJan 30, 2026: 13,789 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 5,507 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 19,394 sharesMar 13, 2026: 9,687 sharesMar 31, 2026: 14,590 sharesApr 15, 2026: 14,919 sharesApr 30, 2026: 12,475 sharesMay 15, 2026: 15,049 sharesMay 29, 2026: 26,742 sharesJun 15, 2026: 11,159 sharesJun 30, 2026: 26,860 sharesJul 15, 2026: 33,437 sharesJul 31, 2026: 6,533 sharesAug 14, 2026: 3,318 sharesAug 31, 2026: 11,137 sharesSep 15, 2026: 7,839 sharesSep 30, 2026: 10,102 sharesOct 15, 2026: 12,352 sharesOct 30, 2026: 10,951 shares
Short interest in JOF by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 202611.0K−1.40K−11.3%145.9K1.00
Oct 15, 202612.4K+2.25K+22.3%41.5K1.00
Sep 30, 202610.1K+2.26K+28.9%57.4K1.00
Sep 15, 20267.84K−3.30K−29.6%71.8K1.00
Aug 31, 202611.1K+7.82K+235.7%58.1K1.00
Aug 14, 20263.32K−3.21K−49.2%86.9K1.00
Jul 31, 20266.53K−26.9K−80.5%96.9K1.00
Jul 15, 202633.4K+6.58K+24.5%57.8K1.00
Jun 30, 202626.9K+15.7K+140.7%90.7K1.00
Jun 15, 202611.2K−15.6K−58.3%83.5K1.00
May 29, 202626.7K+11.7K+77.7%51.5K1.00
May 15, 202615.0K+2.57K+20.6%57.2K1.00
Apr 30, 202612.5K−2.44K−16.4%104.9K1.00
Apr 15, 202614.9K+329+2.3%177.1K1.00
Mar 31, 202614.6K+4.90K+50.6%109.0K1.00
Mar 13, 20269.69K−9.71K−50.1%110.6K1.00
Feb 27, 202619.4K+13.9K+252.2%129.3K1.00
Feb 13, 20265.51K−8.28K−60.1%148.9K1.00
Jan 30, 202613.8K+6.60K+91.8%79.3K1.00
Jan 15, 20267.19K−16.7K−69.9%105.0K1.00
Dec 31, 202523.9K+6.40K+36.7%45.8K1.00
Dec 15, 202517.4K−698−3.9%45.4K1.00
Nov 28, 202518.1K+7.16K+65.1%51.9K1.00
Nov 14, 202511.0K−6.62K−37.6%70.0K1.00
Oct 31, 202517.6K+844+5.0%85.6K1.00
Oct 15, 202516.8K+1.31K+8.5%44.8K1.00
Sep 30, 202515.5K−4.29K−21.7%29.8K1.00
Sep 15, 202519.7K−8.39K−29.8%57.9K1.00
Aug 29, 202528.1K+2.79K+11.0%49.2K1.00
Aug 15, 202525.4K+1.37K+5.7%93.3K1.00
Jul 31, 202524.0K−15.7K−39.6%59.6K1.00
Jul 15, 202539.7K+5.54K+16.2%47.8K1.00
Jun 30, 202534.2K−19.1K−35.8%133.9K1.00
Jun 13, 202553.3K+3.25K+6.5%54.0K1.00
May 30, 202550.0K−298−0.6%84.7K1.00
May 15, 202550.3K−19.5K−27.9%60.6K1.00
Apr 30, 202569.8K+30.6K+78.0%132.2K1.00
Apr 15, 202539.2K+10.7K+37.5%97.6K1.00
Mar 31, 202528.5K+5.71K+25.0%93.6K1.00
Mar 14, 202522.8K−11.5K−33.5%77.4K1.00
Feb 28, 202534.3K+16.4K+91.7%56.5K1.00
Feb 14, 202517.9K+6.70K+59.8%53.2K1.00
Jan 31, 202511.2K−12.6K−53.0%69.4K1.00
Jan 15, 202523.8K+9.88K+71.0%40.8K1.00
Dec 31, 202413.9K−14.4K−50.8%57.4K1.00
Dec 13, 202428.3K+22.3K+370.4%76.1K1.00
Nov 29, 20246.02K+2.12K+54.4%58.6K1.00
Nov 15, 20243.90K−10.9K−73.7%51.0K1.00
Oct 31, 202414.8K+7.11K+92.2%112.0K1.00

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 JOF by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 13, 2026513$12.40$6.36K
Sep 22, 20261$12.62$12.62
Sep 18, 2026105$12.45$1.31K
Sep 15, 2026270$12.42$3.35K
Sep 11, 20262$12.45$24.9
Sep 8, 2026215$12.82$2.76K
Aug 17, 202629,430$12.52$368.5K
Aug 14, 20269,180$12.58$115.5K
Aug 11, 20261,082$12.26$13.3K
Aug 10, 2026526$12.37$6.51K
Aug 7, 2026512$12.27$6.28K
Aug 5, 20261$11.82$11.82
Jul 30, 202626$11.17$290.42
Jul 27, 20261,001$11.29$11.3K
Jul 15, 20261,371$11.65$16.0K
Jul 9, 20261,267$11.75$14.9K
Jul 8, 202618,449$11.72$216.2K
Jul 6, 2026329$11.68$3.84K
Jul 2, 2026547$11.75$6.43K
Jul 1, 2026183$11.78$2.16K
Jun 29, 2026809$11.47$9.28K
Jun 24, 20263,453$11.53$39.8K
Jun 22, 2026105,211$11.85$1.25M
Jun 18, 20263,049$11.62$35.4K
Jun 17, 20265,956$11.59$69.0K
Jun 15, 2026299$11.52$3.44K
May 20, 202629$11.34$328.86
May 18, 20261$11.64$11.64
May 8, 2026261$11.60$3.03K
Apr 8, 20261,387$10.88$15.1K

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 JOF by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 10, 20266,078040,50915.0%
Nov 9, 20263,534042,2548.4%
Nov 6, 20266,086058,21010.5%
Nov 5, 202612,836075,86716.9%
Nov 4, 202613,679072,18219.0%
Nov 3, 2026724033,8662.1%
Nov 2, 202613,006700188,5566.9%
Oct 30, 202655,7027,127161,17434.6%
Oct 29, 202623,979070,23134.1%
Oct 28, 20269,73912968,81014.2%
Oct 27, 202614,461095,37715.2%
Oct 26, 202616,17310057,98527.9%
Oct 23, 202621,65140058,59936.9%
Oct 22, 202614,72910049,49529.8%
Oct 21, 202627,119058,77846.1%
Oct 20, 202621,489058,09037.0%
Oct 19, 20265,950052,58811.3%
Oct 16, 20267,765029,31626.5%
Oct 15, 20262,73208,73331.3%
Oct 14, 20263,555029,54512.0%
Oct 13, 20261,026014,5237.1%
Oct 12, 20264,457031,84414.0%
Oct 9, 20263,838016,65823.0%
Oct 8, 20265,06209,67752.3%
Oct 7, 20266,659055,44612.0%
Oct 6, 20268,449090,7949.3%
Oct 5, 20269,581031,42330.5%
Oct 2, 20261,81407,12625.5%
Oct 1, 20267,705023,43732.9%
Sep 30, 20262,224022,02810.1%

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 JOF
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 5, 2026T2115,45922388,56435556.6%
Sep 28, 2026T243,11929783,20254534.1%
Sep 21, 2026T289,86628654,53635862.2%
Sep 14, 2026T2168,675593143,18656754.1%
Sep 7, 2026T251,065240137,07745527.1%
Aug 31, 2026T239,520343101,61170028.0%
Aug 24, 2026T235,594311164,36473017.8%
Aug 17, 2026T290,311233123,72643242.2%
Aug 10, 2026T266,628313110,83774837.5%
Aug 3, 2026T2244,8261,021179,26088057.7%
Jul 27, 2026T219,231187195,9968308.9%
Jul 20, 2026T2191,228484207,64275647.9%