The short interest release schedule: recent FINRA settlement dates and names reported
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 2026-09-20, from When Is Short Interest Released?.
| settlement_date | names_reported |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-31 | 22567 |
| 2026-08-14 | 22480 |
| 2026-07-31 | 22339 |
| 2026-07-15 | 22373 |
| 2026-06-30 | 22207 |
| 2026-06-15 | 22178 |
| 2026-05-29 | 21987 |
| 2026-05-15 | 21894 |
| 2026-04-30 | 21820 |
| 2026-04-15 | 21757 |
| 2026-03-31 | 21678 |
| 2026-03-13 | 21587 |
| 2026-02-27 | 21576 |
| 2026-02-13 | 21528 |
| 2026-01-30 | 21373 |
| 2026-01-15 | 21262 |
- Rows × columns
- 16 × 2
- 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 | 2026-01-15 to 2026-08-31 | |
names_reported |
number | 21,262 to 22,567 |
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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SELECT settlement_date,
count() AS names_reported
FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
GROUP BY settlement_date
ORDER BY settlement_date DESC
LIMIT 16