Most Shorted Stocks Today: July 16, 2026 — Top 25 Squeeze Candidates
On July 16, 2026, GRPN tops the most shorted stocks leaderboard with a squeeze score of 61.1 and a 67.5% short interest as a percentage of float, standing as the only FINRA threshold-flagged name among a heavily illiquid field of OTC tickers.
The most shorted stocks on July 16, 2026, are led by GRPN, which tops the board with a squeeze score of 61.1, a 67.5% short interest as a percentage of float, and a borrow fee of 1.2%. GRPN is the only name on today's leaderboard with a fully observable factor read. The remainder of the scan universe returned OTC and grey-market tickers with null short-interest, borrow-fee, and float-utilization data alongside sentinel 999.99 days-to-cover readings, producing degenerate composite scores that were excluded from the leaderboard by design. Actionable squeeze potential today is highly isolated rather than broad-based.
July 16, 2026 Top 25 Short Squeeze Candidates
| Rank | Symbol | Squeeze Score | SI % Float | Borrow Fee | Days to Cover | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GRPN | 61.1 | 67.5% | 1.2% | 6.11 | T |
1. GRPN — Squeeze Score 61.1
GRPN prints a 61.1 squeeze score on July 16, 2026, driven by a 67.5% short interest as a percentage of float and a 67.5% float utilization rate. The stock carries a 1.2% borrow fee and requires 6.11 days to cover at recent volume, with a price of 28.6 and a 7.4% 5-day price momentum. This is a classic high-SI tight-float setup. A short squeeze here would be catalyzed if a positive catalyst forces covering among the heavily shorted float, particularly given the already elevated 7.4% 5-day price momentum pushing against the shorts.
Excluded Names
Several OTC and grey-market tickers — the names that would otherwise have filled ranks below GRPN — were removed from the leaderboard after data-quality filtering. Each carried null short-interest, borrow-fee, and float-utilization data with a sentinel 999.99 days to cover reading. Because short interest (35% weight) and borrow fee (25% weight) carry the two largest weights in the composite and were unavailable for these names, their scores would have been driven entirely by the 999.99 sentinel rather than an active squeeze signal — they are excluded by design.
Stocks Flagged on the FINRA Threshold List
The "T" column flags a symbol on the FINRA threshold list, indicating sustained heavy short pressure where more than 50% of recent volume was short-side over the last 7 trading days. On today's leaderboard, only GRPN carries this flag. See the full scoring breakdown at our methodology page.
How the Score is Built
The Tapeboard squeeze score is a composite metric weighted as follows: 35% SI%Float sourced from FINRA, 25% Borrow Fee sourced from IBKR, 20% float utilization, 15% days to cover, and 5% 5-day price momentum sourced from Schwab. All data is strictly attributed to FINRA, IBKR, Schwab, and SEC filings. For the complete mathematical breakdown, refer to the /methodology/short-squeeze-score page.
July 16, 2026 Squeeze Outlook
For tomorrow's update, monitor the live leaderboard for real-time shifts in borrow fees and float utilization.