{"slug":"short-squeeze-candidates","qid":"crowding_trend","label":"Liquid names at 5+ and 10+ days to cover, settlement by settlement","post_title":"Short Squeeze Candidates This Week","post_url":"/blog/short-squeeze-candidates#q-crowding_trend","columns":["settlement_date","names_5plus_dtc","names_10plus_dtc","median_dtc_liquid"],"rows":[{"settlement_date":"2026-02-13","names_5plus_dtc":52,"names_10plus_dtc":4,"median_dtc_liquid":1.54},{"settlement_date":"2026-02-27","names_5plus_dtc":54,"names_10plus_dtc":5,"median_dtc_liquid":1.83},{"settlement_date":"2026-03-13","names_5plus_dtc":58,"names_10plus_dtc":7,"median_dtc_liquid":1.54},{"settlement_date":"2026-03-31","names_5plus_dtc":73,"names_10plus_dtc":9,"median_dtc_liquid":1.62},{"settlement_date":"2026-04-15","names_5plus_dtc":69,"names_10plus_dtc":6,"median_dtc_liquid":1.75},{"settlement_date":"2026-04-30","names_5plus_dtc":82,"names_10plus_dtc":11,"median_dtc_liquid":1.85},{"settlement_date":"2026-05-15","names_5plus_dtc":83,"names_10plus_dtc":8,"median_dtc_liquid":2.02},{"settlement_date":"2026-05-29","names_5plus_dtc":84,"names_10plus_dtc":4,"median_dtc_liquid":1.88},{"settlement_date":"2026-06-15","names_5plus_dtc":97,"names_10plus_dtc":12,"median_dtc_liquid":1.8},{"settlement_date":"2026-06-30","names_5plus_dtc":96,"names_10plus_dtc":5,"median_dtc_liquid":1.87},{"settlement_date":"2026-07-15","names_5plus_dtc":103,"names_10plus_dtc":6,"median_dtc_liquid":2.27},{"settlement_date":"2026-07-31","names_5plus_dtc":92,"names_10plus_dtc":3,"median_dtc_liquid":2.15}],"shape":"series","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 12\n)\nSELECT toString(settlement_date) AS settlement_date,\n       countIf(days_to_cover >= 5) AS names_5plus_dtc,\n       countIf(days_to_cover >= 10) AS names_10plus_dtc,\n       round(quantileExact(0.5)(days_to_cover), 2) AS median_dtc_liquid\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')\n  AND ticker NOT IN ('KORU','SOXL','SOXS','TQQQ','SQQQ','NVDL','NVDS','NVD','TSLL','TSLQ','TSLZ','SPXL','SPXS','UPRO','SPXU','LABU','LABD','FAS','FAZ','TNA','TZA','YINN','YANG','UDOW','SDOW','BOIL','KOLD','UCO','SCO','USD','SSO','SDS','QLD','QID','ERX','ERY','DRN','DRV','CURE','SOXY','MUU','SNXX','UVXY','SVXY','UVIX','SVIX','BULZ','WEBL','WEBS','DPST','DRIP','GUSH','AGQ','ZSL','BITX','ETHU','MSTX','MSTU','CONL','DUST','JNUG','JDST','NUGT')\nGROUP BY settlement_date\nORDER BY settlement_date","computed_at":"2026-08-24T13:16:30.616024+00:00","elapsed":0.150156758}