{"slug":"most-shorted-stocks","qid":"dtc_movers","label":"Biggest days-to-cover increases, latest settlement vs. the prior print","post_title":"Most Shorted Stocks Right Now, Measured","post_url":"/blog/most-shorted-stocks#q-dtc_movers","columns":["ticker","prior_dtc","latest_dtc","dtc_change"],"rows":[{"ticker":"DVLT","prior_dtc":3.9,"latest_dtc":8.7,"dtc_change":4.8},{"ticker":"WEN","prior_dtc":3.8,"latest_dtc":8.5,"dtc_change":4.7},{"ticker":"SOC","prior_dtc":2,"latest_dtc":5.4,"dtc_change":3.4},{"ticker":"GERN","prior_dtc":6.8,"latest_dtc":9.9,"dtc_change":3.2},{"ticker":"WIT","prior_dtc":4.4,"latest_dtc":7.5,"dtc_change":3.2},{"ticker":"ALLO","prior_dtc":6.4,"latest_dtc":9.2,"dtc_change":2.9},{"ticker":"CLVT","prior_dtc":6,"latest_dtc":8.8,"dtc_change":2.9},{"ticker":"RIVN","prior_dtc":2.6,"latest_dtc":5.4,"dtc_change":2.8}],"shape":"ranking","sql":"WITH dates AS (\n    SELECT DISTINCT settlement_date AS d\n    FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest\n    ORDER BY d DESC\n    LIMIT 2\n)\nSELECT ticker,\n       round(anyIf(days_to_cover, settlement_date = (SELECT min(d) FROM dates)), 1) AS prior_dtc,\n       round(anyIf(days_to_cover, settlement_date = (SELECT max(d) FROM dates)), 1) AS latest_dtc,\n       round(anyIf(days_to_cover, settlement_date = (SELECT max(d) FROM dates))\n             - anyIf(days_to_cover, settlement_date = (SELECT min(d) FROM dates)), 1) AS dtc_change\nFROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest\nWHERE settlement_date IN (SELECT d FROM dates)\n  AND avg_daily_volume >= 5000000\n  AND days_to_cover IS NOT NULL\n  AND ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')\nGROUP BY ticker\nHAVING count() = 2 AND dtc_change >= 0.1\nORDER BY dtc_change DESC, ticker\nLIMIT 8","computed_at":"2026-08-25T13:14:40.496653+00:00","elapsed":0.39721437}