Every 2026 settlement date on file, with the securities each print covers
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 | weekday | securities_on_file |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | Thursday | 21262 |
| 2026-01-30 | Friday | 21373 |
| 2026-02-13 | Friday | 21528 |
| 2026-02-27 | Friday | 21576 |
| 2026-03-13 | Friday | 21587 |
| 2026-03-31 | Tuesday | 21678 |
| 2026-04-15 | Wednesday | 21757 |
| 2026-04-30 | Thursday | 21820 |
| 2026-05-15 | Friday | 21894 |
| 2026-05-29 | Friday | 21987 |
| 2026-06-15 | Monday | 22178 |
| 2026-06-30 | Tuesday | 22207 |
| 2026-07-15 | Wednesday | 22373 |
- Rows × columns
- 13 × 3
- Period covered
- to
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
settlement |
date | 2026-01-15 to 2026-07-15 | |
weekday |
date | Friday to Wednesday | |
securities_on_file |
number | 21,262 to 22,373 |
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 toString(settlement_date) AS settlement,
formatDateTime(settlement_date, '%W') AS weekday,
uniqExact(ticker) AS securities_on_file
FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
WHERE settlement_date >= '2026-01-01'
GROUP BY settlement_date
ORDER BY settlement_date
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