Most Shorted Stocks Right Now, Measured
The receipts: universe size, filter bite, median crowding, and list churn at the latest printscalar ·
2026-08-25 · 1×522,339
Largest short positions by shares: latest settlement, liquid namesranking ·
2026-08-25 · 10×4
Crowding leaders vs. their own price: about one month of sessionsseries ·
2026-08-25 · 4×5
GME through the January 2021 squeeze: the same three columns, settlement by settlementseries ·
2026-08-25 · 10×4
Today's top-3 crowding leaders, traced back eight settlementsseries ·
2026-08-25 · 8×4
Biggest days-to-cover increases, latest settlement vs. the prior printranking ·
2026-08-25 · 8×4
Highest days to cover among liquid names: latest settlement on filetable ·
2026-08-25 · 10×5
Short Squeeze Candidates This Week
Squeeze-shaped mechanics: crowded shorts among liquid names, with a rising priceranking ·
2026-08-24 · 12×4
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 · 6×3
From the whole settlement file down to the screened list, one rule at a timeranking ·
2026-08-24 · 4×2
Every input behind this screen, and how many days old it isseries ·
2026-08-24 · 3×3
Liquid names at 5+ and 10+ days to cover, settlement by settlementseries ·
2026-08-24 · 12×4
Why Short Interest Data Is Always Two Weeks Old
The pipeline lag in one row: plus the bulk backfill these figures deliberately excludescalar ·
2026-08-22 · 1×610
Every incrementally-delivered settlement: measured on one date, on file days laterseries ·
2026-08-22 · 10×3
GME, winter 2020-21: each short interest print and the price move before it went public (as-traded prices)table ·
2026-08-22 · 6×5
GME days to cover: as reported in the file, and recomputed on the volume that traded while the print was pendingscalar ·
2026-08-22 · 1×853.7
The current state of the cycle: the newest print on file, and the one still in the pipelinescalar ·
2026-08-22 · 1×622,339
The blind window: what five stocks did between the settlement date and the day its short interest was publishedtable ·
2026-08-22 · 5×6
When Is Short Interest Released?
The short interest release schedule: recent FINRA settlement dates and names reportedseries ·
2026-08-22 · 16×2
Measured publication lag: settlement date vs the day the file first arrived hereseries ·
2026-08-22 · 10×3
The publication lag in one row: fastest, median and slowest across incrementally-delivered settlementsscalar ·
2026-08-22 · 1×410
Day-of-month and the gap between consecutive settlement dates: the twice-monthly cadenceseries ·
2026-08-22 · 16×3
The current state of the release cycle: the newest print on file and the settlement still pendingscalar ·
2026-08-22 · 1×631
What Is FINRA Short Interest? Days to Cover
TSLA short interest vs. average daily volume, bi-monthly (last 2 years)series ·
2026-08-22 · 47×3
Short interest reporting dates: recent settlements, weekday, coverage and publication lagseries ·
2026-08-22 · 9×5
How liquid US stocks distribute by short interest as a percent of shares outstandingranking ·
2026-08-22 · 5×4
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 · 10×4
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
What Is a Short Squeeze? GameStop, Measured
Four January 2021 squeezes: price multiple and short interest before and after (as-traded prices)table ·
2026-08-22 · 4×6
GME weekly price range and shares traded, January through mid-February 2021 (as-traded prices)table ·
2026-08-22 · 7×5
GME 2021, one row: January low, late-January peak, February trough, March rebound (as-traded prices)scalar ·
2026-08-22 · 1×717.05
GME short interest by settlement date, November 2020 through March 2021ranking ·
2026-08-22 · 10×3
GME options volume by week: calls vs. puts and total premium, January 2021table ·
2026-08-22 · 5×5
Highest days to cover among liquid names: latest settlement on filetable ·
2026-08-22 · 10×5
Days to cover across liquid names: every ticker averaging 5M+ shares/day, latest settlement on filescalar ·
2026-08-22 · 1×6721
Short Interest vs Short Volume: The Difference
Data points per dataset: AAPL, last 60 daysranking ·
2026-08-22 · 2×2
Highest days to cover, latest settlement date (min 1M shares/day traded)ranking ·
2026-08-22 · 10×3
AAPL daily short volume ratio (last ~60 days)series ·
2026-08-22 · 33×2
AAPL short interest vs. average daily volume, bi-monthly (last 2 years)series ·
2026-08-22 · 47×3
AAPL days to cover at each settlement date (last 2 years)series ·
2026-08-22 · 47×3
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 · 12×4
Today's liquid top-3 days-to-cover names, traced back eight settlementsseries ·
2026-08-22 · 8×4
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 · 5×4
What Is Days to Cover? Short Interest Ratio
Every settlement since March 2026: and how long it took to arriveseries ·
2026-07-26 · 8×6
GME days to cover, settlement by settlement: June 2020 through the January 29, 2021 squeeze printseries ·
2026-07-26 · 15×5
Days to cover, four familiar names: settlement of June 30, 2026ranking ·
2026-07-26 · 4×4
Days to cover across liquid names (5M+ shares/day ADV): settlement of June 30, 2026ranking ·
2026-07-26 · 5×2
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 · 12×4
Days to cover by trading-volume tier: every name in the June 30, 2026 settlementtable ·
2026-07-26 · 4×7
FINRA Short Interest Data, Explained
Daily short-volume file coverage: the two documented truncation days vs their neighborsranking ·
2026-07-26 · 6×2
Percent of reported volume marked short: five large caps on an ordinary day (July 10, 2026)table ·
2026-07-26 · 5×6
History depth of both FINRA short-sale datasets in this warehousescalar ·
2026-07-26 · 1×4206
Every 2026 settlement date on file, with the securities each print coversseries ·
2026-07-26 · 13×3
Settlement dates per year in the short interest file, 2018–2026ranking ·
2026-07-26 · 9×2
AAPL in the short interest file: the five most recent settlement printstable ·
2026-07-26 · 5×5
The receipts: universe size, filter bite, median crowding, and list churn at the latest print
The receipts: universe size, filter bite, median crowding, and list churn at the latest print
tickers reported
22,339
liquid tickers
722
liquid median dtc
2.1
dtc top10 repeats
4
size top10 min dtc
1.9
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH dates AS (
SELECT DISTINCT settlement_date AS d
FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
ORDER BY d DESC
LIMIT 2
),
top10_dtc_latest AS (
SELECT ticker FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
WHERE settlement_date = (SELECT max(d) FROM dates) AND avg_daily_volume >= 5000000
AND days_to_cover IS NOT NULL AND ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')
ORDER BY days_to_cover DESC, ticker LIMIT 10
),
top10_dtc_prior AS (
SELECT ticker FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
WHERE settlement_date = (SELECT min(d) FROM dates) AND avg_daily_volume >= 5000000
AND days_to_cover IS NOT NULL AND ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')
ORDER BY days_to_cover DESC, ticker LIMIT 10
),
size10_latest AS (
SELECT ticker, days_to_cover FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
WHERE settlement_date = (SELECT max(d) FROM dates) AND avg_daily_volume >= 5000000
AND short_interest IS NOT NULL AND ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')
ORDER BY short_interest DESC, ticker LIMIT 10
)
SELECT
(SELECT count() FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
WHERE settlement_date = (SELECT max(d) FROM dates)) AS tickers_reported,
(SELECT count() FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
WHERE settlement_date = (SELECT max(d) FROM dates) AND avg_daily_volume >= 5000000) AS liquid_tickers,
(SELECT round(quantileDeterministic(0.5)(days_to_cover, cityHash64(ticker)), 1)
FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
WHERE settlement_date = (SELECT max(d) FROM dates) AND avg_daily_volume >= 5000000
AND days_to_cover IS NOT NULL) AS liquid_median_dtc,
(SELECT count() FROM top10_dtc_latest
WHERE ticker IN (SELECT ticker FROM top10_dtc_prior)) AS dtc_top10_repeats,
(SELECT round(min(days_to_cover), 1) FROM size10_latest) AS size_top10_min_dtc
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