{"slug":"most-shorted-stocks","qid":"gme_2021","label":"GME through the January 2021 squeeze: the same three columns, settlement by settlement","post_title":"Most Shorted Stocks Right Now, Measured","post_url":"/blog/most-shorted-stocks#q-gme_2021","columns":["settlement_date","shares_short_m","avg_daily_volume_m","days_to_cover"],"rows":[{"settlement_date":"2020-11-13","shares_short_m":67.5,"avg_daily_volume_m":4.8,"days_to_cover":14},{"settlement_date":"2020-11-30","shares_short_m":68,"avg_daily_volume_m":7.8,"days_to_cover":8.7},{"settlement_date":"2020-12-15","shares_short_m":68.1,"avg_daily_volume_m":9.9,"days_to_cover":6.9},{"settlement_date":"2020-12-31","shares_short_m":71.2,"avg_daily_volume_m":11.6,"days_to_cover":6.1},{"settlement_date":"2021-01-15","shares_short_m":61.8,"avg_daily_volume_m":29.4,"days_to_cover":2.1},{"settlement_date":"2021-01-29","shares_short_m":21.4,"avg_daily_volume_m":96.8,"days_to_cover":1},{"settlement_date":"2021-02-12","shares_short_m":16.5,"avg_daily_volume_m":40.4,"days_to_cover":1},{"settlement_date":"2021-02-26","shares_short_m":14.2,"avg_daily_volume_m":35.2,"days_to_cover":1},{"settlement_date":"2021-03-15","shares_short_m":10.2,"avg_daily_volume_m":35.9,"days_to_cover":1},{"settlement_date":"2021-03-31","shares_short_m":10.7,"avg_daily_volume_m":21,"days_to_cover":1}],"shape":"series","sql":"SELECT toString(settlement_date) AS settlement_date,\n       round(short_interest / 1e6, 1) AS shares_short_m,\n       round(avg_daily_volume / 1e6, 1) AS avg_daily_volume_m,\n       round(days_to_cover, 1) AS days_to_cover\nFROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest\nWHERE ticker = 'GME'\n  AND settlement_date BETWEEN '2020-11-01' AND '2021-03-31'\nORDER BY settlement_date","computed_at":"2026-08-25T13:14:40.936858+00:00","elapsed":0.037724972}