How old is short interest data?
The newest short interest anyone can show today is 19 days old: FINRA's latest settlement, which we store, was taken on October 15, 2026.
Short interest is not a live figure. Brokers report the positions they hold on two settlement dates a month, one mid-month and one at month end, and FINRA publishes the file about seven business days later. Between publications the newest figure keeps ageing, so it is usually somewhere between about one and four weeks old.
Our store holds 77 settlements, from August 15, 2023 to October 15, 2026. Every page that prints a short interest figure prints this date beside it, because a position from three weeks ago read as today's is the most common way the number misleads.
The figures, with their dates
| Figure | Value | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newest stored settlement | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-15 | FINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest |
| Its age today | 19 days | 2026-11-03 | today, Eastern time, against the settlement date |
| Settlements stored | 77 | 2026-10-15 | FINRA consolidated short interest, as stored by our ingest |
Go deeper
- Short interest by ticker: every ticker page leads with the settlement date and its age.
- Short interest by month: each stored month, read from both of its settlements.
- What short interest is: the concept, with worked numbers.
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