SpaceX insider shares become available for trading in staged unlock schedule
Business · 9 October 2026
Written by AI from multiple news reports
Up to 328 million SpaceX shares became available for sale on October 9, 2026, as part of a planned schedule after the company's IPO in June.
When SpaceX went public, only about 4 to 5 percent of shares were available to buy. The rest were locked, meaning insiders could not sell them straight away. A large unlock happened in August, which roughly doubled the number of shares on the market. The October 9 release is one of several smaller unlocks, each covering about 7 percent of shares.
SpaceX's stock has already fallen around 20 percent below its IPO price of $135. More shares becoming available usually pushes prices lower, because supply increases. Elon Musk's shares stay locked until June 2027.