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Heavy short volume list

Stocks where short selling has made up at least half of the day's volume for five or more trading days in a row, from FINRA daily short-volume data.

This list shows stocks under steady short-selling pressure. On each trading day FINRA publishes how much of every stock's volume was short selling. This page lists the stocks where that share stayed at 50% or higher for five or more trading days in a row. It is not the official SEC list of threshold securities.

The heavy short volume tableThe heavy short volume table
The heavy short volume table

How to read the table

  1. Open the page from the short squeeze board, or go to tapeboard.com/short-squeeze-stocks/threshold-list. It is public and updates each day.
  2. DAYS_ON counts the trading days in a row a stock has been at 50% or higher.
  3. SCORE is the squeeze score. BORROW FEE, SI %FLOAT, DTC (days to cover) and FLOAT UTIL add context. PRICE shows the last price and the day's move.
  4. Click a row to open that stock's short squeeze page.

What it can and cannot tell you

  • A long streak means a lot of the stock's trading is short selling.
  • It does not say the stock will squeeze. Use it with the score, the borrow fee and the news.
  • Short volume is the same-day data. SI %FLOAT is the slower figure published on FINRA's settlement schedule.

How to use it

  1. Look for stocks with a high DAYS_ON and a high SCORE.
  2. Check the borrow fee. A high fee with a long streak means the short side is expensive and crowded.
  3. On the short squeeze board, turn on HEAVY SHORT VOLUME ONLY to filter the live board to the same idea.

If something doesn't work

  • The list is short or empty: few stocks may have crossed five days. It refreshes after each trading day's data is published.
  • A stock dropped off: its short-volume share fell below 50%, so the streak reset.