{"slug":"can-german-retail-investors-short-stocks","qid":"short_interest_us","label":"short_interest_us","post_title":"can-german-retail-investors-short-stocks","post_url":"/blog/can-german-retail-investors-short-stocks#q-short_interest_us","columns":["ticker","reported_for","days_to_cover","shares_short"],"rows":[{"ticker":"PFE","reported_for":"Aug 31","days_to_cover":4.33,"shares_short":"151.5M"},{"ticker":"T","reported_for":"Aug 31","days_to_cover":4.25,"shares_short":"125.3M"},{"ticker":"AAPL","reported_for":"Aug 31","days_to_cover":3.53,"shares_short":"139.7M"},{"ticker":"MSFT","reported_for":"Aug 31","days_to_cover":3.18,"shares_short":"74.5M"},{"ticker":"KO","reported_for":"Aug 31","days_to_cover":2.67,"shares_short":"39.3M"},{"ticker":"F","reported_for":"Aug 31","days_to_cover":2.53,"shares_short":"99M"},{"ticker":"NVDA","reported_for":"Aug 31","days_to_cover":2.14,"shares_short":"298.3M"},{"ticker":"INTC","reported_for":"Aug 31","days_to_cover":1.69,"shares_short":"152.2M"}],"shape":"ranking","sql":"SELECT\n    ticker,\n    formatDateTime(max(settlement_date), '%b %e')                                  AS reported_for,\n    round(argMax(days_to_cover, settlement_date), 2)                               AS days_to_cover,\n    concat(toString(round(argMax(short_interest, settlement_date) / 1e6, 1)), 'M') AS shares_short\nFROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest\nWHERE ticker IN ('AAPL', 'MSFT', 'NVDA', 'KO', 'INTC', 'F', 'PFE', 'T')\n  AND ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')\n  AND settlement_date >= today() - 120\nGROUP BY ticker\nORDER BY days_to_cover DESC","computed_at":"2026-09-22T14:51:36.678818+00:00","elapsed":0.078867083}