Today's top-3 crowding leaders, traced back eight settlements
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 2026-10-08, from Most Shorted Stocks Right Now, Measured.
| settlement_date | current_leader_dtc | second_place_dtc | third_place_dtc |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | 7.4 | 9 | 7.6 |
| 2026-06-15 | 15 | 7.7 | 12 |
| 2026-06-30 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 8.7 |
| 2026-07-15 | 5.2 | 9.5 | 11.9 |
| 2026-07-31 | 7.3 | 9.5 | 14.5 |
| 2026-08-14 | 8.4 | 7.2 | 15.4 |
| 2026-08-31 | 20.5 | 7.6 | 14.8 |
| 2026-09-15 | 22.1 | 15.9 | 15.9 |
- Rows × columns
- 8 × 4
- Period covered
- to
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
- Strasmore terms · free, no signup
What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
settlement_date |
date | 2026-05-29 to 2026-09-15 | |
current_leader_dtc |
number | 5.2 to 22.1 | |
second_place_dtc |
number | 7.2 to 15.9 | |
third_place_dtc |
number | 7.6 to 15.9 |
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.
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WITH dates AS (
SELECT DISTINCT settlement_date AS d
FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
ORDER BY d DESC
LIMIT 8
),
top3 AS (
SELECT ticker, row_number() OVER (ORDER BY days_to_cover DESC, ticker) AS rank
FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
WHERE settlement_date = (SELECT max(d) FROM dates)
AND avg_daily_volume >= 5000000
AND days_to_cover IS NOT NULL
AND ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')
ORDER BY days_to_cover DESC, ticker
LIMIT 3
)
SELECT toString(settlement_date) AS settlement_date,
maxIf(round(days_to_cover, 1), ticker = (SELECT ticker FROM top3 WHERE rank = 1)) AS current_leader_dtc,
maxIf(round(days_to_cover, 1), ticker = (SELECT ticker FROM top3 WHERE rank = 2)) AS second_place_dtc,
maxIf(round(days_to_cover, 1), ticker = (SELECT ticker FROM top3 WHERE rank = 3)) AS third_place_dtc
FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
WHERE ticker IN (SELECT ticker FROM top3)
AND settlement_date IN (SELECT d FROM dates)
GROUP BY settlement_date
ORDER BY settlement_date
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