AAPL in the short interest file: the five most recent settlement prints
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-07-26, from FINRA Short Interest Data, Explained.
| settlement | shares_short_mn | adv_mn | days_to_cover | change_pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 134.7 | 45.9 | 2.93 | 0.2 |
| 2026-05-15 | 138.8 | 50.6 | 2.74 | 3 |
| 2026-05-29 | 155.9 | 46.1 | 3.38 | 12.3 |
| 2026-06-15 | 144.2 | 52.3 | 2.76 | -7.5 |
| 2026-06-30 | 140.5 | 81.1 | 1.73 | -2.6 |
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- 5 × 5
- Period covered
- to
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
settlement |
date | 2026-04-30 to 2026-06-30 | |
shares_short_mn |
number | 134.7 to 155.9 | count |
adv_mn |
number | 45.9 to 81.1 | |
days_to_cover |
number | 1.73 to 3.38 | |
change_pct |
number | -7.5 to 12.3 | percent |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
the exact SQL behind every number
SELECT settlement, shares_short_mn, adv_mn, days_to_cover, change_pct
FROM (
SELECT settlement_date,
toString(settlement_date) AS settlement,
round(short_interest / 1e6, 1) AS shares_short_mn,
round(avg_daily_volume / 1e6, 1) AS adv_mn,
days_to_cover,
round((short_interest - lagInFrame(short_interest) OVER (ORDER BY settlement_date))
/ lagInFrame(short_interest) OVER (ORDER BY settlement_date) * 100, 1) AS change_pct
FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
WHERE ticker = 'AAPL'
AND settlement_date >= '2026-04-15' AND settlement_date <= '2026-06-30'
)
WHERE settlement_date > '2026-04-15'
ORDER BY settlement_date
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