Stocks With Highest Short Interest

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.

Most Shorted Stocks

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

4/16/2021

Symbol	Chart	Open	High	Low	Close	Volume	% Change	Stock Predictions
CLOV		7.36	10.03	7.23	8.82	246695600	20.00%	CLOV Stock Predictions
WKHS		12.01	13.94	11.74	13.23	34252600	13.56%	WKHS Stock Predictions
GSX		24.95	26.15	24.00	25.50	13170700	6.12%	GSX Stock Predictions
CVM		16.67	17.66	16.24	17.47	867406	6.07%	CVM Stock Predictions
BLNK		34.28	36.62	33.78	36.41	2741300	3.56%	BLNK Stock Predictions
HUYA		17.85	18.17	17.51	18.17	1615000	2.95%	HUYA Stock Predictions
FUV		11.11	11.51	10.85	11.45	898600	2.88%	FUV Stock Predictions
GEO		5.77	5.97	5.67	5.88	6192700	2.08%	GEO Stock Predictions
WOOF		22.36	22.95	22.26	22.71	1173000	2.07%	WOOF Stock Predictions
PUBM		53.69	56.80	52.57	55.01	543500	1.74%	PUBM Stock Predictions
OTRK		31.79	31.84	30.06	31.78	266000	1.47%	OTRK Stock Predictions
TR		32.81	33.32	32.54	33.13	221800	1.44%	TR Stock Predictions
PRTS		15.83	16.15	15.50	16.09	931500	0.81%	PRTS Stock Predictions
ASO		30.70	31.06	29.92	30.77	1956529	0.75%	ASO Stock Predictions
BGS		29.75	30.12	29.37	30.07	890700	0.60%	BGS Stock Predictions
AI		65.84	67.16	63.21	66.79	2988600	0.44%	AI Stock Predictions
IPOE		16.14	16.44	15.93	16.32	2153700	0.25%	IPOE Stock Predictions
CRTX		38.86	39.75	36.81	38.70	277500	0.10%	CRTX Stock Predictions
FLGT		90.50	90.72	86.50	90.50	708400	0.09%	FLGT Stock Predictions
FBRX		37.06	37.14	34.01	36.80	170900	0.05%	FBRX Stock Predictions
ESPR		27.01	27.29	25.94	27.02	316700	-0.07%	ESPR Stock Predictions
ALAC		10.96	11.00	10.94	10.97	49700	-0.09%	ALAC Stock Predictions
ROOT		11.00	11.27	10.75	11.11	1478200	-0.09%	ROOT Stock Predictions
LCI		4.82	4.82	4.61	4.76	504600	-0.21%	LCI Stock Predictions
TRIT		7.59	7.86	7.53	7.63	509200	-0.26%	TRIT Stock Predictions
GOGO		10.62	11.20	10.43	10.55	2556200	-0.28%	GOGO Stock Predictions
GDRX		38.41	38.85	37.69	38.14	1136700	-0.31%	GDRX Stock Predictions
AXDX		8.19	8.19	7.85	8.06	194032	-0.37%	AXDX Stock Predictions
LMND		88.23	88.50	86.05	87.85	1298300	-0.45%	LMND Stock Predictions
KDMN		3.94	3.95	3.74	3.92	2951300	-0.51%	KDMN Stock Predictions
ATNF		11.00	11.00	9.56	9.98	1419320	-0.60%	ATNF Stock Predictions
KOSS		18.90	19.27	18.41	18.95	393100	-1.20%	KOSS Stock Predictions
CRTD		4.08	4.15	3.85	4.05	157300	-1.22%	CRTD Stock Predictions
DISCA		37.95	38.27	37.11	37.34	15845300	-1.27%	DISCA Stock Predictions
ICPT		20.46	21.50	19.82	20.28	5355000	-1.31%	ICPT Stock Predictions
MCS		21.49	21.68	20.84	21.03	174200	-1.77%	MCS Stock Predictions
WPG		2.16	2.24	2.05	2.19	1044700	-1.79%	WPG Stock Predictions
CLVS		6.06	6.13	5.90	5.98	3300400	-1.97%	CLVS Stock Predictions
SDC		10.28	10.35	10.05	10.15	2183500	-2.03%	SDC Stock Predictions
FREQ		9.72	9.87	9.38	9.59	1018200	-2.14%	FREQ Stock Predictions
LAZR		17.87	18.41	17.59	17.67	3389600	-2.16%	LAZR Stock Predictions
KBNT		6.65	6.65	6.15	6.35	351300	-2.16%	KBNT Stock Predictions
BEEM		34.22	34.93	33.25	33.34	258732	-2.69%	BEEM Stock Predictions
INO		8.80	8.97	8.53	8.74	8918300	-3.00%	INO Stock Predictions
REV		11.44	11.44	10.89	10.96	101500	-3.44%	REV Stock Predictions
PGEN		7.94	7.96	7.32	7.49	1305100	-4.22%	PGEN Stock Predictions
SENS		1.88	2.03	1.78	1.89	22959347	-4.55%	SENS Stock Predictions
MAXN		19.46	19.65	17.93	18.07	5765900	-6.42%	MAXN Stock Predictions
CLVR		11.45	11.52	10.49	10.56	469200	-7.53%	CLVR Stock Predictions
EYES		7.57	7.62	7.09	7.36	2314400	-10.24%	EYES Stock Predictions

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 there are a high amount of traders who are betting the stock would 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. 

What is a short squeeze?

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 who need to cover their short positions.