Days to cover across six household names, latest settlement date
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 2026-08-22, from Hard-to-Borrow Lists and Borrow Fees.
| ticker | days_to_cover | as_of_label |
|---|---|---|
| AAPL | 2.42 | Jul 31, 2026 |
| KO | 2.39 | Jul 31, 2026 |
| NVDA | 2.3 | Jul 31, 2026 |
| MSFT | 2.03 | Jul 31, 2026 |
| TSLA | 1.55 | Jul 31, 2026 |
| F | 1.43 | Jul 31, 2026 |
- Rows × columns
- 6 × 3
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
ticker |
text | 6 distinct values (AAPL, F, KO…) | |
days_to_cover |
number | 1.43 to 2.42 | |
as_of_label |
text | 1 distinct value (Jul 31, 2026) |
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
WITH (
SELECT max(settlement_date)
FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
) AS latest_settlement
SELECT
ticker,
round(max(days_to_cover), 2) AS days_to_cover,
formatDateTime(latest_settlement, '%b %e, %Y') AS as_of_label
FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
WHERE settlement_date = latest_settlement
AND ticker IN ('AAPL', 'MSFT', 'NVDA', 'TSLA', 'KO', 'F')
GROUP BY ticker
ORDER BY days_to_cover DESC
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