{"slug":"when-is-short-interest-released","qid":"lag_summary","label":"The publication lag in one row: fastest, median and slowest across incrementally-delivered settlements","post_title":"When Is Short Interest Released?","post_url":"/blog/when-is-short-interest-released#q-lag_summary","columns":["settlements_measured","fastest_lag_days","median_lag_days","slowest_lag_days"],"rows":[{"settlements_measured":10,"fastest_lag_days":10,"median_lag_days":14,"slowest_lag_days":26}],"shape":"scalar","sql":"WITH first_arrival AS (\n    SELECT settlement_date,\n           toDate(min(_ingest_time)) AS arrived\n    FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest\n    GROUP BY settlement_date\n),\nbulk_days AS (\n    SELECT arrived\n    FROM first_arrival\n    GROUP BY arrived\n    HAVING count() > 5\n),\norganic AS (\n    SELECT settlement_date,\n           dateDiff('day', settlement_date, arrived) AS lag\n    FROM first_arrival\n    WHERE arrived NOT IN (SELECT arrived FROM bulk_days)\n)\nSELECT count() AS settlements_measured,\n       min(lag) AS fastest_lag_days,\n       round(quantileDeterministic(0.5)(lag, cityHash64(settlement_date)), 1) AS median_lag_days,\n       max(lag) AS slowest_lag_days\nFROM organic","computed_at":"2026-08-22T04:35:57.116522+00:00","elapsed":0.434116075}