Float
The number of a company's shares actually available to trade — a low float can fuel sharp, fast moves because supply is scarce.
Float excludes shares locked up by insiders and large long-term holders. A 'low-float' stock (a few million shares or less) can move violently on modest buying because there simply aren't many shares to go around.
Float interacts with volume and short interest: a low-float name with high relative volume and heavy short interest is the classic setup for a squeeze — though that same thinness makes it volatile and risky.
On StockSetups
Float feeds StockSetups' float-rotation alerts and the short-squeeze score; coverage depends on the underlying data source, so the dossier shows it where available and degrades gracefully where not.
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