Short Interest

Unlock a detailed view of short interest activity for securities worldwide. This endpoint provides rich and actionable insights into short interest metrics, offering you a clear perspective on market behavior for a given day.

This API returns data for multiple stocks in an index for the specified date.

Available Data Points:

• Date: The specific date for which the data is retrieved (YYYY-MM-DD format).
• Operating MIC: The operating Market Identifier Code of the security.
• Ticker: The ticker symbol associated with the security.
• Exchange: Symbol of the exchange where the security trades.
• Company: The name of the company issuing the security.
• FIGI The Financial Instrument Global Identifier.
• Share Class FIGI: The Financial Instrument Global Identifier for the share class.

• Short Interest Shares: A precise estimation of shares currently shorted.
• Percentage of Free Float: The estimated percentage of short interest relative to the security's free float.
• Short Interest Value in USD: Calculated as (shortInterestShares * closing price in USD).
• Short Score: ORTEX composite score (0–100) indicating relative short-selling pressure.

Try it out! You can test the API with the trial key TEST. Simply include it in your request headers; either here, or add the header "Ortex-Api-Key": "TEST" to your http request.

Trial key restrictions: A list of randomly selected rows will be returned

Get full access! Get a key at app.ortex.com/apis