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Short Squeeze Candidates This Week
Squeeze-shaped mechanics: crowded shorts among liquid names, with a rising priceranking · 2026-08-24 · 12×4Preview: 12 ranked values, largest first. The screened names ranked by short interest against shares outstanding (not float)table · 2026-08-24 · 10×5 Every past screened name, by what it did over the next 30 daysranking · 2026-08-24 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. From the whole settlement file down to the screened list, one rule at a timeranking · 2026-08-24 · 4×2Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first. Every input behind this screen, and how many days old it isseries · 2026-08-24 · 3×3Preview: a 3-point series, ending lower. Liquid names at 5+ and 10+ days to cover, settlement by settlementseries · 2026-08-24 · 12×4Preview: a 12-point series, ending higher.
What Is FINRA Short Interest? Days to Cover
TSLA short interest vs. average daily volume, bi-monthly (last 2 years)series · 2026-08-22 · 47×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. Short interest reporting dates: recent settlements, weekday, coverage and publication lagseries · 2026-08-22 · 9×5Preview: a 9-point series, roughly flat. How liquid US stocks distribute by short interest as a percent of shares outstandingranking · 2026-08-22 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. The latest FINRA short interest file: one snapshot of the whole marketscalar · 2026-08-22 · 1×422,339 GameStop, Nov 2020 – Mar 2021: short interest, days to cover and the closing price at each settlementseries · 2026-08-22 · 10×4Preview: a 10-point series, ending higher. Days to cover across all liquid US tickers, latest settlement (min 1M shares/day)scalar · 2026-08-22 · 1×62,632 Six household names at the latest settlement: shares short, percent of shares outstanding, days to covertable · 2026-08-22 · 6×6
Short Interest vs Short Volume: The Difference
Data points per dataset: AAPL, last 60 daysranking · 2026-08-22 · 2×2Preview: 2 ranked values, smallest first. Highest days to cover, latest settlement date (min 1M shares/day traded)ranking · 2026-08-22 · 10×3Preview: 10 ranked values, largest first. AAPL daily short volume ratio (last ~60 days)series · 2026-08-22 · 33×2Preview: a 16-point series, roughly flat. AAPL short interest vs. average daily volume, bi-monthly (last 2 years)series · 2026-08-22 · 47×3Preview: a 16-point series, roughly flat. AAPL days to cover at each settlement date (last 2 years)series · 2026-08-22 · 47×3Preview: a 16-point series, roughly flat.
Highest Days to Cover Stocks Right Now
The receipts: file size, liquid names, thin names, and the liquid medianscalar · 2026-08-22 · 1×522,339 Highest days to cover among liquid names: 5M average-volume floorranking · 2026-08-22 · 12×4Preview: 12 ranked values, largest first. Today's liquid top-3 days-to-cover names, traced back eight settlementsseries · 2026-08-22 · 8×4Preview: a 8-point series, ending higher. Highest days to cover, latest settlement: 500k average-volume floortable · 2026-08-22 · 12×5 Days to cover by liquidity band: median stays low, the extremes live in thin namesranking · 2026-08-22 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, smallest first.
What Is Days to Cover? Short Interest Ratio
Every settlement since March 2026: and how long it took to arriveseries · 2026-07-26 · 8×6Preview: a 8-point series, ending higher. GME days to cover, settlement by settlement: June 2020 through the January 29, 2021 squeeze printseries · 2026-07-26 · 15×5Preview: a 15-point series, ending higher. Days to cover, four familiar names: settlement of June 30, 2026ranking · 2026-07-26 · 4×4Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first. Days to cover across liquid names (5M+ shares/day ADV): settlement of June 30, 2026ranking · 2026-07-26 · 5×2Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. Two crowding measures, six names: short interest as % of shares outstanding vs. days to covertable · 2026-07-26 · 6×5 Highest days to cover among liquid names (5M+ shares/day ADV): settlement of June 30, 2026ranking · 2026-07-26 · 12×4Preview: 12 ranked values, largest first. Days to cover by trading-volume tier: every name in the June 30, 2026 settlementtable · 2026-07-26 · 4×7
Squeeze-shaped mechanics: crowded shorts among liquid names, with a rising price

Squeeze-shaped mechanics: crowded shorts among liquid names, with a rising price

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Squeeze-shaped mechanics: crowded shorts among liquid names, with a rising price — 12 rows by 4 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
tickerdays_to_covershares_short_mreturn_5d_pct
IBRX14.51295
GERN9.976.81.6
ABCL9.748.316
XBI9.578.86.4
RXRX9.3180.86.1
ALLO9.260.88.5
PTON8.961.10.9
CLVT8.852.89.4
NUVB8.753.412.9
FLO8.6444
WEN8.558.83.1
CPB8.448.25.3
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH latest AS (
    SELECT max(settlement_date) AS d FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
),
sessions AS (
    SELECT toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS session
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
      AND window_start >= now() - INTERVAL 20 DAY
      AND toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
        + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) >= 570
      AND toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
        + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) < 960
    GROUP BY session
    HAVING count() >= 380
    ORDER BY session DESC
    LIMIT 6
),
crowded AS (
    SELECT ticker, days_to_cover, short_interest
    FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
    WHERE settlement_date = (SELECT d FROM latest)
      AND avg_daily_volume >= 5000000
      AND days_to_cover >= 5
      AND ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')
      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')
      AND ticker NOT IN (SELECT ticker FROM global_markets.stocks_splits
                         WHERE execution_date BETWEEN today() - 60 AND today())
),
tape AS (
    SELECT ticker,
           toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS session,
           argMax(close, window_start) AS rth_close
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker IN (SELECT ticker FROM crowded)
      AND toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) IN (SELECT session FROM sessions)
      AND toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
        + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) >= 570
      AND toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
        + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) < 960
    GROUP BY ticker, session
),
moves AS (
    SELECT ticker,
           round((argMax(rth_close, session) / argMin(rth_close, session) - 1) * 100, 1) AS return_5d_pct
    FROM tape
    GROUP BY ticker
    HAVING count() = 6 AND return_5d_pct > 0
)
SELECT c.ticker AS ticker,
       round(c.days_to_cover, 1) AS days_to_cover,
       round(c.short_interest / 1e6, 1) AS shares_short_m,
       m.return_5d_pct AS return_5d_pct
FROM crowded c
INNER JOIN moves m ON m.ticker = c.ticker
ORDER BY c.days_to_cover DESC, c.ticker
LIMIT 12
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