Every incrementally-delivered settlement: measured on one date, on file days later
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 2026-08-22, from Why Short Interest Data Is Always Two Weeks Old.
| settlement_date | arrived_here | publication_lag_days |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | 2026-04-01 | 19 |
| 2026-03-31 | 2026-04-10 | 10 |
| 2026-04-15 | 2026-05-01 | 16 |
| 2026-04-30 | 2026-05-11 | 11 |
| 2026-05-15 | 2026-06-10 | 26 |
| 2026-05-29 | 2026-06-10 | 12 |
| 2026-06-15 | 2026-07-01 | 16 |
| 2026-06-30 | 2026-07-11 | 11 |
| 2026-07-15 | 2026-08-01 | 17 |
| 2026-07-31 | 2026-08-11 | 11 |
- Rows × columns
- 10 × 3
- 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 | 2026-03-13 to 2026-07-31 | |
arrived_here |
date | 2026-04-01 to 2026-08-11 | |
publication_lag_days |
number | 10 to 26 |
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.
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH first_arrival AS (
SELECT settlement_date,
toDate(min(_ingest_time)) AS arrived
FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
GROUP BY settlement_date
),
bulk_days AS (
SELECT arrived
FROM first_arrival
GROUP BY arrived
HAVING count() > 5
)
SELECT settlement_date,
toString(arrived) AS arrived_here,
dateDiff('day', settlement_date, arrived) AS publication_lag_days
FROM first_arrival
WHERE arrived NOT IN (SELECT arrived FROM bulk_days)
ORDER BY settlement_date
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