Short Interest Tracker

Short Interest Tracker returns recent reported shares short, days-to-cover, and change from the prior report for US-listed stocks. Default screener mode uses public FINRA consolidated short-interest data; optional ticker lookups use Finviz.

FINRA does not publish the float-share denominator in this feed. Screener rows set short_float_pct to null, and minShortFloat cannot be applied in that mode. The screener ranks the fetched recent-report page by shares short; it is not a complete market-wide ranking.

Short interest is one of the most actionable market structure signals: high short float + rising price = potential squeeze; rising short interest on a falling stock = momentum confirmation.

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Why use Short Interest Tracker?

1. Short squeeze candidate screening — Find stocks with short float >30% AND high days-to-cover (>5) where a price spike would force painful covering. Classic squeeze setup.
2. Squeeze risk monitoring — If you're short a stock, track whether short interest is rising (crowded) or falling (shorts covering). A rapid short interest decline signals squeeze risk.
3. Momentum confirmation — Stocks breaking out of consolidation with high short interest tend to run further as shorts cover. Screen for breakouts + high short float simultaneously.
4. Risk management — Before shorting a stock, check the short interest. High existing short float means crowded trade + higher squeeze risk for your position.
5. Sector short interest trends — Aggregate short interest across a sector to gauge overall bearish sentiment and potential rotation setups.

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How to use

1. Open the actor on Apify Store and click Try for free.
2. Choose mode: screener (find most-shorted stocks) or tickers (look up specific tickers).
3. In screener mode, use maxResults and sortBy; minShortFloat cannot filter FINRA rows because float shares are unavailable.
4. Click Start. Results are structured short interest records with all key metrics.

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Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	"screener"	screener (find stocks by threshold) or tickers (look up specific stocks)
tickers	string	""	Comma-separated tickers for tickers mode (e.g. "GME,AMC,BBBY")
minShortFloat	number	10	Not applied to FINRA screener rows; retained for input compatibility
maxResults	number	50	Maximum records to return
sortBy	string	"short_float_pct"	Sort field: short_float_pct, days_to_cover, short_interest_change_pct

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Output

{
  "ticker": "AAPL",
  "company_name": "Apple Inc. Common Stock",
  "source": "finra",
  "short_float_pct": null,
  "shares_short": 120763539,
  "shares_short_prior": 128753092,
  "short_interest_change_pct": -6.21,
  "days_to_cover": 3.03,
  "avg_volume": 39858260,
  "settlement_date": "2026-09-30"
}

Output fields

Field	Type	Description
ticker	string	Stock ticker symbol
company_name	string	Company name
short_float_pct	float/null	Short interest as % of float when available from Finviz; null in FINRA mode
days_to_cover	float	Shares short ÷ avg daily volume (how many days to cover)
shares_short	integer	Total shares currently sold short
shares_short_prior	integer	Shares short in the prior FINRA reporting period
short_interest_change_pct	float	Month-over-month change in shares short
float_shares	integer	Total tradeable float shares
market_cap	float	Market capitalization in USD
price	float	Current stock price
price_change_pct	float	Today's price change %
volume	integer	Today's trading volume
avg_volume	integer	3-month average daily volume
sector	string	GICS sector classification
settlement_date	string	FINRA reporting settlement date (FINRA mode)

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Short interest interpretation guide

Short Float %	Days-to-Cover	Setup
> 30%	> 5 days	High squeeze potential — watch for catalyst
20–30%	3–5 days	Elevated — momentum can accelerate
10–20%	1–3 days	Normal elevated — sector-specific
< 10%	< 1 day	Low — stock well-understood by market

Squeeze signal: Short float > 25% + Days-to-cover > 4 + Rising volume + Positive catalyst

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Data freshness

FINRA short-interest reports are periodic, not live. Screener mode selects the newest settlement date among records returned by a recent-date query. Ticker mode depends on Finviz availability and may fail from blocked IPs.

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Cost estimation

Pay-Per-Event: $0.005 per actor start + $0.02 per stock record returned.

Use case	Records	Estimated cost
Top 25 most shorted	25	~$0.50/run
Top 100 stocks	100	~$2.00/run
Specific 10 tickers	10	~$0.20/run
Bi-monthly update	25 × 2	~$1.00/month

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FAQ

How current is the data? FINRA reports short interest bi-monthly. The displayed data is always ~2 weeks behind actual short positions due to this regulatory schedule.

Does it track naked short selling? No — only reported short interest (shares officially borrowed and sold short). Failure-to-deliver (FTD) data from SEC is a different source.

What's the most reliable squeeze indicator? Days-to-cover is often more actionable than short float % alone — a 40% short float with 1M float shares is very different from a 40% short float with 100M shares. Days-to-cover normalizes for liquidity.

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Related actors

• Options Unusual Activity — Unusual call buying on high-short-interest stocks = squeeze setup
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• Dark Pool Tracker — Dark pool volume can signal institutional covering ahead of squeeze

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