{"slug":"what-is-a-short-squeeze","qid":"dtc_today","label":"Days to cover across liquid names: every ticker averaging 5M+ shares/day, latest settlement on file","post_title":"What Is a Short Squeeze? GameStop, Measured","post_url":"/blog/what-is-a-short-squeeze#q-dtc_today","columns":["settled","liquid_names","median_days_to_cover","p90_days_to_cover","max_days_to_cover","names_at_10_plus"],"rows":[{"settled":"2026-07-31","liquid_names":721,"median_days_to_cover":2.1,"p90_days_to_cover":5.5,"max_days_to_cover":14.5,"names_at_10_plus":3}],"shape":"scalar","sql":"SELECT toString(max(settlement_date)) AS settled,\n       count() AS liquid_names,\n       round(quantileDeterministic(0.5)(days_to_cover, cityHash64(ticker)), 1) AS median_days_to_cover,\n       round(quantileDeterministic(0.9)(days_to_cover, cityHash64(ticker)), 1) AS p90_days_to_cover,\n       round(max(days_to_cover), 1) AS max_days_to_cover,\n       countIf(days_to_cover >= 10) AS names_at_10_plus\nFROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest\nWHERE settlement_date = (SELECT max(settlement_date) FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest)\n  AND avg_daily_volume >= 5000000\n  AND days_to_cover IS NOT NULL\n  AND ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')","computed_at":"2026-08-22T04:34:04.495810+00:00","elapsed":0.023099406}