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.

5/26/2023

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Symbol	Chart	Open	High	Low	Close	Volume	% Change	Stock Predictions
AI		28.75	33.50	28.65	32.94	54568500	15.95%	AI Stock Predictions
QH		2.00	2.19	1.76	1.92	4768900	14.29%	QH Stock Predictions
MVIS		3.69	4.24	3.69	4.05	4956900	8.87%	MVIS Stock Predictions
NVOS		0.13	0.14	0.13	0.14	5700000	7.69%	NVOS Stock Predictions
CVNA		10.89	11.97	10.70	11.74	13343600	7.31%	CVNA Stock Predictions
LOVE		20.05	21.41	19.98	21.33	463500	6.49%	LOVE Stock Predictions
MBLY		42.50	46.48	42.50	45.14	3137500	6.26%	MBLY Stock Predictions
ASTS		5.13	5.51	5.13	5.47	1083400	6.21%	ASTS Stock Predictions
HCDI		3.74	4.11	3.55	3.96	411900	5.88%	HCDI Stock Predictions
DOCN		34.46	36.90	34.38	36.00	1492400	4.99%	DOCN Stock Predictions
UPST		23.62	25.33	23.50	24.87	8170500	4.80%	UPST Stock Predictions
NVAX		6.92	7.26	6.80	7.21	4097300	4.64%	NVAX Stock Predictions
RAD		1.76	1.90	1.67	1.84	3071300	4.55%	RAD Stock Predictions
W		34.95	37.02	34.82	36.42	3644900	4.45%	W Stock Predictions
SMFL		2.15	2.22	2.06	2.17	352200	3.83%	SMFL Stock Predictions
EH		10.49	10.87	10.30	10.69	278300	3.29%	EH Stock Predictions
GRPN		5.17	5.43	4.71	5.31	1651900	3.11%	GRPN Stock Predictions
VUZI		4.35	4.52	4.29	4.46	592600	3.00%	VUZI Stock Predictions
PLSE		5.91	6.16	5.90	6.12	60800	2.86%	PLSE Stock Predictions
NAOV		4.01	4.01	3.70	4.00	1400	2.56%	NAOV Stock Predictions
RILY		37.30	38.89	36.99	38.01	215000	2.37%	RILY Stock Predictions
SLG		21.63	22.03	21.09	21.99	1921500	2.14%	SLG Stock Predictions
HELE		98.01	100.49	97.93	100.24	291200	2.03%	HELE Stock Predictions
FATE		5.05	5.19	5.00	5.13	1668600	1.79%	FATE Stock Predictions
DM		1.70	1.79	1.67	1.75	4666500	1.74%	DM Stock Predictions
RKT		7.63	7.79	7.50	7.79	1201800	1.70%	RKT Stock Predictions
LAZR		6.53	6.87	6.51	6.68	5991400	1.67%	LAZR Stock Predictions
HYZN		0.60	0.63	0.59	0.62	609000	1.64%	HYZN Stock Predictions
MSTR		279.80	294.89	279.20	285.10	654000	1.46%	MSTR Stock Predictions
ROOT		4.43	4.58	4.29	4.48	43700	1.36%	ROOT Stock Predictions
SLP		44.60	45.10	44.37	45.03	63400	1.24%	SLP Stock Predictions
SIRI		3.48	3.56	3.45	3.53	13608100	1.15%	SIRI Stock Predictions
DDS		284.46	290.86	283.10	287.57	91600	1.14%	DDS Stock Predictions
ALLO		5.45	5.61	5.36	5.53	1258500	1.10%	ALLO Stock Predictions
STR		25.33	25.67	25.18	25.45	384200	1.03%	STR Stock Predictions
AIRS		7.53	7.67	7.39	7.53	83800	0.94%	AIRS Stock Predictions
VERV		15.90	16.17	15.58	15.99	411800	0.76%	VERV Stock Predictions
SANA		6.20	6.44	6.08	6.28	1098500	0.64%	SANA Stock Predictions
ARQT		8.35	8.57	8.11	8.40	1575300	0.24%	ARQT Stock Predictions
EDIT		9.08	9.21	8.94	9.10	1061000	0.22%	EDIT Stock Predictions
CMPO		7.10	7.23	7.10	7.11	124900	0.14%	CMPO Stock Predictions
CVT		8.47	8.48	8.47	8.48	303300	0.12%	CVT Stock Predictions
FRG		29.22	29.28	29.15	29.18	385600	0.03%	FRG Stock Predictions
IONM		1.06	1.08	1.04	1.04	88600	0.00%	IONM Stock Predictions
TUP		0.92	0.93	0.88	0.92	991700	0.00%	TUP Stock Predictions
TTCF		0.55	0.58	0.54	0.54	1092700	0.00%	TTCF Stock Predictions
BMEA		31.39	32.56	30.55	31.43	341100	-0.19%	BMEA Stock Predictions
ELVN		19.76	20.43	19.46	19.62	76100	-0.20%	ELVN Stock Predictions
PLCE		17.25	17.72	16.78	17.27	1084200	-0.40%	PLCE Stock Predictions
LMND		16.21	16.76	15.90	15.98	1139600	-0.56%	LMND Stock Predictions
TRUP		20.48	21.15	20.12	20.50	780300	-0.68%	TRUP Stock Predictions
RVLV		15.77	15.97	15.60	15.62	816200	-0.70%	RVLV Stock Predictions
GOOS		16.09	16.23	15.95	16.03	1383700	-0.74%	GOOS Stock Predictions
VTNR		6.65	6.70	6.46	6.54	1638200	-0.91%	VTNR Stock Predictions
GMBL		2.00	2.09	1.94	1.99	68600	-1.00%	GMBL Stock Predictions
PPBT		1.86	1.89	1.77	1.80	18300	-1.10%	PPBT Stock Predictions
BLNK		6.99	6.99	6.76	6.88	1667700	-1.15%	BLNK Stock Predictions
MTC		0.73	0.77	0.71	0.73	112900	-1.35%	MTC Stock Predictions
MARA		9.16	9.69	8.85	8.93	31637700	-1.98%	MARA Stock Predictions
FSR		6.57	6.57	6.27	6.44	3598700	-1.98%	FSR Stock Predictions
SAVA		24.03	24.19	23.15	23.57	749400	-2.60%	SAVA Stock Predictions
CFRX		1.48	1.51	1.40	1.42	71900	-3.40%	CFRX Stock Predictions
WINT		1.29	1.30	1.22	1.25	212200	-3.85%	WINT Stock Predictions
EVGO		3.83	3.84	3.67	3.70	4942700	-4.15%	EVGO Stock Predictions
BYND		10.76	10.99	10.33	10.35	2086500	-4.70%	BYND Stock Predictions
NKLA		0.62	0.62	0.55	0.59	44618500	-4.84%	NKLA Stock Predictions
VS		0.57	0.59	0.56	0.56	313900	-5.08%	VS Stock Predictions
MOBQ		0.17	0.18	0.16	0.17	1579000	-5.56%	MOBQ Stock Predictions
TIVC		0.11	0.12	0.11	0.11	2135400	-8.33%	TIVC Stock Predictions
BIG		5.87	6.62	5.67	6.25	6487600	-13.31%	BIG 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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