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https://api.ortex.com/api/v1/stock/official_short_interest
Retrieve Official short interest data for US, Canada, Australia and Hong Kong for a given stock ticker. Short interest is the count of shares sold short that remain open (not yet bought back), offering a window into positioning and crowd sentiment. Elevated short interest can reflect bearish conviction and, in some cases, set the stage for short-squeeze dynamics.
Use Cases: Market sentiment analysis, short-squeeze monitoring, risk management, trading strategy tuning.
Available Data Points:
- Short Interest: Total shares reported as short.
- Days to Cover: Computed as short_interest ÷ avg_daily_volume, estimating how many trading days are needed for shorts to cover. For display and risk flags, values below 1 are rounded up to 1.
- Avg Daily Volume: The stock’s average daily trading volume over a defined lookback, used to normalize short interest.
- Settlement Date: The official reporting/settlement date tied to the exchange calendar for this short interest snapshot.
Coverage:
This API currently provides officially filed short interest statistics for the following countries (country code):
- United States (US)
- Australia (AU)
- Canada (CA)
- Hong Kong (HK)