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The squeeze fuel, measured: FINRA’s consolidated short interest ranked by days to cover, the fastest-building and fastest-unwinding short positions, and short interest against filing-derived share counts. Biweekly by nature and labeled with its settlement date — positioning data, not predictions, and nothing here is a recommendation. No ticker pays to appear on these lists; every row is computed from FINRA figures alone.
Dilution column: the supply side of a squeeze. A company that can sell new shares into a rally caps its own squeeze mechanically. PRICED = offering priced in the last 30 days · 8-K = offering language announced in the last 7 days · REG = registration filed in the last 30 days. Each flag links the full dilution profile.
A dash means no offering FILING in those windows, not no dilution risk: an older shelf is invisible to this check. For any name you care about, open its dilution profile.
Hardest to cover — top 25 by days to cover
Liquidity floor applied: average daily volume ≥ 300K shares and ≥ 1M shares short, so the board isn’t noise from illiquid names.
The most crowded liquid shorts by days to cover, placed against their own 52-week ranges (prices as of 2026-10-28, short interest settled 2026-10-15). Positioning screens, not squeeze predictions: fuel says nothing about ignition, and a crowded short at its lows is often just a stock the market is right about. 1 candidates lacked a year of price history and were left unclassified rather than guessed.
Covered universe — short interest as % of shares outstanding
Computed only for tickers whose share count we derive from SEC filings. This is % of shares OUTSTANDING — float is smaller, so the true %-of-float is higher than shown.
Short interest is the fuel gauge, not the ignition. High days-to-cover means covering would take a long time IF shorts were forced to buy — it says nothing about whether they will be. Plenty of heavily-shorted names deserve it and keep falling; a squeeze needs a catalyst the data cannot see coming. Read these boards next to the earnings calendar (the most common catalyst), the float, and live halts when something is already moving.
Source: FINRA consolidated short interest, reported twice monthly and published after each settlement — the settlement date above is the honest timestamp. Educational information, not investment advice.FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data. Free on every plan; not for redistribution.
Short squeeze FAQ
What is a short squeeze?
A rapid price rise that forces short sellers to buy shares back to cap their losses, which adds more buying and pushes the price further. High short interest and high days-to-cover describe the fuel; they do not predict the spark.
What does days to cover mean?
Open short interest divided by average daily trading volume: roughly how many full days of typical volume it would take every short to buy back their position. FINRA computes it per security at each biweekly settlement.
How fresh is this data?
Short interest is reported to FINRA twice a month and published a few days after each settlement. The settlement date is shown on every table here — this is measured positioning, not a live feed, and any tool selling it as real-time is overclaiming.
Why percent of shares outstanding instead of float?
FINRA publishes short positions, not float. We compute the percentage against the filing-derived share count we hold for covered tickers and label it exactly that way. Because float is smaller than shares outstanding, the true percent-of-float is higher than the number shown.
What does the dilution flag mean on a squeeze candidate?
That the company filed something offering-shaped recently: a priced offering in the last 30 days, a registration in the last 30 days, or offering language in an 8-K in the last 7 days. High short interest plus fresh issuance capacity is the classic fake-squeeze shape, because the company itself can sell into the rally. The flag is a measured filing, not a prediction, and no flag only means no filing in those windows.
Is a high number here a buy signal?
No. High short interest is often the market pricing real problems — many heavily-shorted names keep falling. This page measures positioning; it makes no recommendation.