Short Score

Unlock a detailed view of the short score for securities. This endpoint provides ORTEX's proprietary composite score (0–100), offering rich and actionable insights into relative short-selling pressure and a clear perspective on market dynamics and investor positioning.

Available Data Points:

  • Date: Date for the short score data. (YYYY-MM-DD format).
  • 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.

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Path Params
string
required

Exchange symbol (e.g. "nyse", "nasdaq"), MIC code (e.g. "xnys", "xnas") or two character ISO country code (e.g "us", "ca" for ALL country exchanges)

string
required

Ticker symbol

Query Params
string
enum
Defaults to json

Format of the response. Can be "json" or "csv". Default is "json".

Allowed:
date

Starting date for short interest data (defaults to one month ago). Format: YYYY-MM-DD

integer

A page number within the paginated result set.

integer

Number of results to return per page.

date

Ending date for short interest data (defaults to today). Format: YYYY-MM-DD

Headers
string
enum
required
Allowed:
Responses

400

Invalid request parameters

403

Not authorized

404

Data not found

429

Rate limit exceeded

500

Internal server error

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Response
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