Short interest by region

API Enterprise

Region-wide short-interest snapshot for a single date. One request returns the short-interest estimate for every covered instrument in the requested region.

Built for enterprise consumers: a single call replaces a per-ticker fan-out, the response is uncharged (no credits), and every row carries the full instrument-identity block so it can be joined straight onto your own security master.

Available Data Points:

  • Date: The specific date for which the data is retrieved (YYYY-MM-DD format).
  • Company: The name of the company issuing the security.
  • Ticker: The ticker symbol associated with the security.
  • Operating MIC: The operating Market Identifier Code of the security.
  • MIC: The Market Identifier Code (MIC) for the traded security.
  • ISIN: The International Securities Identification Number for the security.
  • FIGI: The Financial Instrument Global Identifier.
  • Share Class FIGI: The Financial Instrument Global Identifier for the share class.
  • Ortex Company ID: Unique id for a company.
  • Ortex Security ID: Unique id for a security issued by a company.
  • Ortex Tradable item ID: Unique id for a listing of a security.
  • Ortex Tradable item main indicator: Indicates if the trading item is the main trading item for the security.
  • Tradable Item Currency: The currency of the tradable item.
  • Exchange Country: The country location of the exchange.
  • Short Interest Shares: Estimated number of shares sold short.
  • Short Interest Shares Upper/Lower Bound: The upper and lower bounds of the shares estimate.
  • SI Value USD: Short interest expressed in USD (estimated shares x closing price).
  • Short Interest % Free Float: Estimated short interest as a percentage of free float.
  • Short Interest % Free Float Upper/Lower Bound: The upper and lower bounds of the free-float-percentage estimate.
  • Days to Cover: Estimated short interest divided by average daily volume.
  • Split Ratio: Cumulative split ratio applied to adjust share counts to today's terms.
  • Updated At: Unix timestamp of when the row was last updated.

Region and date

Use region to select the universe (a region name, an ISO-2 country code, or "ALL"; defaults to US) and date to select the snapshot day (defaults to the latest available). split_adjusted=false returns as-was share counts instead of values adjusted to today's terms.

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: Trial keys may be limited to a specific date range and set of regions. Requests outside the allowed regions or entirely outside the allowed date range are rejected; a date window that partially overlaps the allowed range is trimmed to it, reported in meta.restriction.

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Query Params
date

The single date to return data for (defaults to the latest available). Format: YYYY-MM-DD.

string
enum
Defaults to json

Response format. "json" (default) or "csv".

Allowed:
integer

Page number within the paginated result set. Must be >= 1. Defaults to 1.

integer

Number of rows per page. The default and the maximum allowed depend on the API tier; values above the tier maximum are clamped down to it.

string
Defaults to US

Which instruments to return: a region name, a two-character ISO-2 country code, or "ALL" for the whole covered universe. Defaults to "US". An unrecognized value returns 400 invalidRegion.

boolean
Defaults to true

Whether share counts are adjusted to today's terms (default) or returned as-was on the data date. Pass false for unadjusted (as-was) values.

Headers
string
enum
Defaults to application/json

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