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)