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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.

 

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

12/8/2023

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Symbol Chart Open High Low Close Volume % Change Stock Predictions
SAVA 21.00 24.84 20.90 24.39 2305800 17.37% SAVA Stock Predictions
BMEA 15.57 17.15 10.35 16.89 6609600 12.38% BMEA Stock Predictions
AAOI 17.83 19.84 17.83 19.76 4867500 11.89% AAOI Stock Predictions
FSR 1.51 1.71 1.40 1.64 33990100 11.56% FSR Stock Predictions
EOSE 1.09 1.24 1.06 1.22 4351100 10.91% EOSE Stock Predictions
UPST 33.66 37.48 33.36 36.92 13708600 9.01% UPST Stock Predictions
AI 26.12 28.62 25.91 28.27 16053400 8.65% AI Stock Predictions
PCT 4.61 5.07 4.45 5.03 7095800 7.94% PCT Stock Predictions
EBIX 4.55 5.12 4.50 4.98 1511200 7.10% EBIX Stock Predictions
ELVN 11.01 12.54 11.01 11.99 89400 6.58% ELVN Stock Predictions
CVNA 37.88 41.34 37.67 40.26 13267300 6.23% CVNA Stock Predictions
LCID 4.47 4.75 4.44 4.73 34504600 5.58% LCID Stock Predictions
ENVX 11.20 11.86 11.11 11.76 3133000 4.26% ENVX Stock Predictions
STEM 3.32 3.48 3.18 3.46 4465700 3.90% STEM Stock Predictions
IONQ 13.06 13.79 12.98 13.69 8156000 3.71% IONQ Stock Predictions
IMPP 1.79 1.88 1.78 1.84 472900 3.37% IMPP Stock Predictions
KSS 23.90 24.79 23.67 24.65 5796800 3.14% KSS Stock Predictions
CUTR 2.24 2.33 2.15 2.28 564600 2.70% CUTR Stock Predictions
RILY 24.37 26.30 23.91 25.28 877600 2.56% RILY Stock Predictions
TWST 25.96 27.17 24.81 26.98 1560500 2.16% TWST Stock Predictions
LMND 17.38 17.99 17.25 17.82 1095400 1.95% LMND Stock Predictions
EXPI 14.39 15.28 14.33 14.69 1508106 1.73% EXPI Stock Predictions
GWH 1.17 1.22 1.14 1.19 706400 1.71% GWH Stock Predictions
LOVE 24.80 25.34 24.38 25.30 326800 1.69% LOVE Stock Predictions
ORIC 9.24 9.60 9.03 9.43 295200 1.62% ORIC Stock Predictions
TRUP 28.22 29.29 28.22 28.99 360700 1.40% TRUP Stock Predictions
ATMU 23.37 23.70 23.18 23.53 428000 1.29% ATMU Stock Predictions
BIRK 47.40 48.30 46.64 47.91 242400 1.08% BIRK Stock Predictions
BLNK 2.90 3.06 2.82 2.91 4647700 1.04% BLNK Stock Predictions
WIRE 190.85 194.47 190.73 191.93 176500 0.77% WIRE Stock Predictions
NVAX 5.50 5.62 5.43 5.57 4991500 0.72% NVAX Stock Predictions
CPE 30.03 30.78 29.85 29.98 1587500 0.67% CPE Stock Predictions
GES 21.92 22.14 21.81 22.07 941600 0.36% GES Stock Predictions
SCPH 5.79 6.00 5.77 5.81 167700 0.17% SCPH Stock Predictions
ABR 13.54 13.77 13.47 13.65 2896300 0.07% ABR Stock Predictions
BYND 9.00 9.44 8.92 9.09 2682200 -0.11% BYND Stock Predictions
BHG 6.43 6.66 6.43 6.51 4500 -0.15% BHG Stock Predictions
GCT 13.72 14.11 12.90 13.33 1274800 -0.45% GCT Stock Predictions
HPK 14.43 14.72 14.19 14.24 414000 -0.77% HPK Stock Predictions
MVIS 2.57 2.64 2.51 2.56 1695400 -0.78% MVIS Stock Predictions
IBRX 3.39 3.54 3.35 3.43 2496400 -0.87% IBRX Stock Predictions
SKIN 3.09 3.11 2.93 3.02 1877200 -1.31% SKIN Stock Predictions
SIRI 4.63 4.68 4.57 4.64 9483200 -1.49% SIRI Stock Predictions
GRPN 11.39 11.70 11.22 11.31 711400 -1.57% GRPN Stock Predictions
LAZR 2.42 2.46 2.33 2.37 8870600 -1.66% LAZR Stock Predictions
NSTG 0.59 0.59 0.57 0.57 463100 -1.72% NSTG Stock Predictions
ULCC 4.81 4.81 4.52 4.72 7763700 -1.87% ULCC Stock Predictions
GOOS 11.87 12.16 11.71 11.72 1111800 -1.92% GOOS Stock Predictions
TIVC 2.09 2.19 1.94 2.01 125100 -1.95% TIVC Stock Predictions
PLUG 4.06 4.27 3.95 4.01 25573100 -1.96% PLUG Stock Predictions
ALLO 2.64 2.66 2.45 2.47 2649500 -1.98% ALLO Stock Predictions
MRAI 2.08 2.10 2.00 2.05 88400 -2.38% MRAI Stock Predictions
BIG 6.21 6.59 6.06 6.11 1704900 -2.40% BIG Stock Predictions
INBS 0.31 0.32 0.28 0.30 664000 -3.23% INBS Stock Predictions
INVO 1.45 1.47 1.33 1.43 149800 -4.03% INVO Stock Predictions
SPWR 4.94 5.11 4.49 4.76 7681800 -4.61% SPWR Stock Predictions
DM 0.80 0.82 0.74 0.74 3376600 -7.50% DM Stock Predictions
BTAI 3.52 3.52 3.15 3.17 902800 -9.43% BTAI Stock Predictions
NOVA 12.21 12.45 9.56 10.41 14818400 -16.12% NOVA Stock Predictions
CANO 9.62 10.55 8.39 8.59 457800 -20.46% CANO 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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