Short Squeeze Screener

Stocks with highest short interest is a list of the most shorted stocks trading on the NASDAQ, NYSE, and AMEX. The stocks or companies with high short interest are very volatile. Many traders go long with these highly shorted stocks hoping for a short squeeze. The short squeeze screener finds a list of stocks with short squeeze potential for day traders and swing traders.

 

Most Shorted Stocks

The most shorted stocks list is sorted by the percentage gain of the day showing you the latest price action.

1/27/2023

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Symbol	Chart	Open	High	Low	Close	Volume	% Change	Stock Predictions
LCID		8.99	17.81	8.91	12.87	206425700	43.00%	LCID Stock Predictions
CVNA		6.40	8.09	6.33	7.77	35908400	19.54%	CVNA Stock Predictions
IVC		0.60	0.74	0.58	0.74	502200	19.35%	IVC Stock Predictions
TTCF		1.35	1.59	1.33	1.58	2073500	17.04%	TTCF Stock Predictions
COIN		52.94	62.29	52.41	61.37	24341900	15.75%	COIN Stock Predictions
FSR		6.74	8.66	6.64	7.84	28006400	14.96%	FSR Stock Predictions
BYND		16.22	20.40	16.20	18.51	6992900	14.33%	BYND Stock Predictions
W		55.97	65.16	55.97	63.74	10870700	13.42%	W Stock Predictions
FFIE		0.83	0.94	0.81	0.88	55847500	11.39%	FFIE Stock Predictions
UPST		17.55	19.45	17.45	19.25	9534100	10.44%	UPST Stock Predictions
NKLA		2.48	2.89	2.42	2.77	35563600	9.49%	NKLA Stock Predictions
WE		1.50	1.76	1.45	1.65	9893900	9.27%	WE Stock Predictions
BIOR		4.40	4.87	4.36	4.77	651600	7.67%	BIOR Stock Predictions
WKHS		2.04	2.37	1.99	2.23	6429400	7.21%	WKHS Stock Predictions
LAZR		6.43	7.04	6.28	6.78	9446500	6.77%	LAZR Stock Predictions
RETA		40.81	43.77	40.81	43.39	653500	6.19%	RETA Stock Predictions
EDIT		8.99	9.77	8.99	9.57	1445700	5.51%	EDIT Stock Predictions
EVGO		5.95	6.66	5.72	6.27	4949800	5.38%	EVGO Stock Predictions
MSTR		240.00	262.10	240.00	258.36	627300	5.32%	MSTR Stock Predictions
GOSS		2.29	2.53	2.29	2.43	2802600	4.74%	GOSS Stock Predictions
DM		1.75	1.87	1.73	1.85	3945000	4.52%	DM Stock Predictions
UXIN		3.18	3.33	3.15	3.32	105900	4.40%	UXIN Stock Predictions
SANA		4.63	4.92	4.55	4.81	1164300	4.34%	SANA Stock Predictions
GRPN		8.94	9.39	8.94	9.24	548900	3.70%	GRPN Stock Predictions
BIG		16.24	16.93	16.21	16.86	724200	3.63%	BIG Stock Predictions
KALA		18.30	20.92	18.00	19.65	958000	3.58%	KALA Stock Predictions
SAVA		27.61	29.72	27.38	28.91	2008400	3.58%	SAVA Stock Predictions
BLNK		13.57	14.81	13.45	14.13	1385600	3.14%	BLNK Stock Predictions
NVAX		10.85	11.50	10.82	11.29	6597100	2.82%	NVAX Stock Predictions
SWTX		29.94	31.26	29.94	30.81	502800	2.46%	SWTX Stock Predictions
APRN		0.95	0.98	0.90	0.97	4300200	2.11%	APRN Stock Predictions
RKT		9.10	9.76	9.10	9.36	4913400	2.07%	RKT Stock Predictions
AIRS		5.45	5.69	5.44	5.62	192100	2.00%	AIRS Stock Predictions
VERV		21.78	22.92	21.78	22.42	574100	1.86%	VERV Stock Predictions
UWMC		4.47	4.57	4.45	4.55	751200	1.79%	UWMC Stock Predictions
SKIN		11.25	11.76	11.22	11.47	2438600	1.68%	SKIN Stock Predictions
IBRX		3.90	4.09	3.90	4.01	1023700	1.52%	IBRX Stock Predictions
BBBY		2.53	2.83	2.28	2.55	54926100	1.19%	BBBY Stock Predictions
ALLO		7.85	8.44	7.81	7.92	1976800	1.15%	ALLO Stock Predictions
LHC		10.27	10.27	10.26	10.27	9300	0.39%	LHC Stock Predictions
VVNT		11.95	11.96	11.95	11.95	839800	0.00%	VVNT Stock Predictions
PMVP		8.22	8.42	8.22	8.27	230900	0.00%	PMVP Stock Predictions
SFT		0.19	0.21	0.19	0.20	3612000	0.00%	SFT Stock Predictions
COWN		38.87	38.89	38.83	38.84	322500	-0.03%	COWN Stock Predictions
SAH		51.07	51.96	49.67	50.86	291700	-0.27%	SAH Stock Predictions
VTNR		7.22	7.40	7.01	7.11	2303700	-0.84%	VTNR Stock Predictions
STR		27.67	27.97	27.29	27.60	429000	-0.86%	STR Stock Predictions
OP		1.08	1.08	1.02	1.03	180300	-1.90%	OP Stock Predictions
ESTE		14.83	14.93	14.38	14.39	893800	-2.77%	ESTE Stock Predictions
LUCY		1.41	1.45	1.40	1.43	101300	-3.38%	LUCY Stock Predictions
SI		13.21	13.73	12.50	13.58	9722100	-3.76%	SI Stock Predictions
MARA		8.55	8.86	7.98	8.02	47749400	-8.34%	MARA Stock Predictions
PXMD		2.73	2.73	2.34	2.43	362500	-10.00%	PXMD Stock Predictions
ATNF		3.67	3.89	3.09	3.24	948300	-10.50%	ATNF Stock Predictions
PBLA		1.62	1.65	1.41	1.43	2423200	-11.18%	PBLA Stock Predictions

What is shorting?

Short selling is the opposite of buying. When a trader buys a stock, he makes a profit when the stock rises. When a trader shorts a stock, he bets the stock would go down, and he makes money when the stock drop.

When a trader establishes a short position, he borrows the shares from his broker.

 

What is short interest in stocks?

Short interest in stocks is the number of shares that have been sold short by traders and these positions have not been covered or closed out. When a stock has a high short interest, it means a lot of traders are betting the stock will go down from its current price.

Sometimes, when a stock goes up too fast in a very short period of time, it attracts a large amount of short interest. A stock with a high short interest means investors are pessimistic about the company and think that the current stock price is overvalued.

 

What is a short squeeze?

A short squeeze occurs when stocks jump abruptly higher and force traders who are shorting the stock to cover their short positions when these short traders have to buy the stock to cover their positions, which in term drives the stock prices even higher.

Tesla was a highly shorted stock in 2020. When its stock price rose tenfold, short traders got crushed because of short squeezes.

GME, EXPR, KOSS were some of the wild stocks that had gone up recently partly because of a short squeeze. GameStop was a highly shorted stock by many hedge funds. Some retail traders on WallStreetBets or WSB, which is a subreddit on the Reddit forum, try to take on these hedge funds by taking opposite positions.

In other words, retail traders were buying GME in waves, and that caused spikes in its stock price and short squeezes from hedge funds that need to cover their short positions.

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