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Short Interest
How many shares of a stock are currently sold short, and why it matters for both risk and potential squeezes.
What is official short interest as a percent of float?
Official short interest as a percent of float is the exchange reported short share count versus shares that actually trade. On EZPZ it is the Short Interest page for one ticker. Official Short Interest (% Float) sits next to Synthetic Short Interest (% Float) and Total Short Position (% Float). It is a settlement snapshot, not a live fill.
Official short interest is the exchange reported share count, shown here as Official Short Interest (% Float). Info calls it regulatory data published twice per month that reflects settlement date positioning, not real time exposure. Official Short Position is the raw share count. The first metric box prints that count and the percent together. On the GME load, Official Short Interest (% Float) is 56.99M (14%). Synthetic Short Interest (% Float) is 2.07B (507%). Total Short Position (% Float) is 2.13B (521%). Synthetic Short Shares * and Synthetic Short Shares Ratio To Float are labeled estimates beyond the official report. Info says the true synthetic level cannot be known with certainty. Synthetic Signal (Naked Shorting) is a gauge with BONA FIDE, HIGH, VERY HIGH, and EXTREME. The screenshot prints EXTREME. Current Utilization is 48%. Short Score is 43%. Borrow Rate is 0%. Fails-to-Deliver (FTDs) is 57.5K (0%). None of those cells is a fill.
On EZPZ, the live page title is the ticker plus last price, such as GME $22.64. Search Symbol and Go sit on the first row. Info opens Short Interest Metrics Guide. Official Short Position Trend plots Days To Cover against Official Short Position. Synthetic Short Shares is a bar chart. Official Short Interest % is a line. Official Short Position Change stacks Position Change against Fails-to-Deliver (FTDs). Historical Data is one row per settlement Date. Short Interest Leaderboard ranks many names at once from Official Short Interest %. ShortEx is the squeeze focused rank that blends short interest with days to cover and short volume. Short Volume is the daily short-sale share of volume, not the official percent. Short Volume Trends charts that daily percent over time. Exchange Volume Leaderboard ranks off-exchange share of volume, not short interest. Exchange Volume is the venue mix for one ticker. Gamma Short Squeeze is Squeeze Score(%) next to Gamma Pressure and Short Interest(%). Ticker Explorer is the one-symbol dashboard after you already picked a name.
How Short Interest works on EZPZ
Type a ticker in Search Symbol and click Go. The page starts on GME if the URL has no symbol. Then read Official Short Interest (% Float) before Synthetic Short Interest (% Float) and Total Short Position (% Float). It is not a score you trade. Use Official Short Position Trend when you want Days To Cover next to Official Short Position. Open Historical Data when you want Date, Short Position Change%, Days To Cover, and Utilization on the same row. Do not treat GME as a default thesis.
How this differs from Short Interest Leaderboard
Short Interest Leaderboard ranks many names at once. This page is one ticker you already have in mind. Use the leaderboard when you want Official Short Interest % across names that clear Official Short Interest Above 8%. Use this page when you want Official Short Position Trend, Synthetic Signal (Naked Shorting), and Historical Data for one Symbol. ShortEx is a squeeze screen that combines short interest with days to cover and short volume. This page does not print a squeeze score. Use ShortEx when you want that combined rank. Use this page when you want Official Short Interest (% Float) first. Short Volume is daily short sales versus total volume. Short Volume Trends is that series over time. Neither is the official twice per month snapshot. Exchange Volume Leaderboard ranks off-exchange share of volume. Exchange Volume is venue mix for one ticker. Gamma Short Squeeze is Squeeze Score(%) next to Gamma Pressure. Use that page when you want options gamma on the same row as Short Interest(%). Use this page when you want Official Short Interest (% Float), Days To Cover, Borrow Rate, Fails-to-Deliver (FTDs), and Utilization on one ticker. Use Ticker Explorer after you already picked a symbol.
Search Symbol, Go, and Info
Search Symbol, Go, and Info sit on the header next to the ticker price. There is no Apply button on this page. Enter reloads the same way Go does. Info opens Short Interest Metrics Guide. How to Use This Dashboard says you can search by symbol or date. This page has no date picker. Historical Data is every settlement Date the feed returned for that ticker.
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Search Symbol | Jump to one ticker. The field is uppercase. The page starts on GME. |
| Go | Loads that ticker. Enter in Search Symbol does the same. |
| Info | Opens Short Interest Metrics Guide. The button title is Chart Information. |
Headline boxes and the right rail
The three boxes answer official, synthetic, and total as a percent of float. The right rail is Synthetic Signal (Naked Shorting), then Current Utilization, Short Score, Borrow Rate, and Fails-to-Deliver (FTDs). Scroll the rail for Short Position Change %, Days To Cover, Available To Short, and Synthetic Short Shares $ Value.
| Label | What you are looking at |
|---|---|
| Official Short Interest (% Float) | Official Short Position and Official Short Interest %. The screenshot prints 56.99M (14%) on GME. |
| Synthetic Short Interest (% Float) | Synthetic Short Shares * and Synthetic Short Shares Ratio To Float. The screenshot prints 2.07B (507%). |
| Total Short Position (% Float) | Official plus synthetic share count and percent. The screenshot prints 2.13B (521%). |
| Synthetic Signal (Naked Shorting) | Gauge labels are BONA FIDE, HIGH, VERY HIGH, and EXTREME. The screenshot prints EXTREME. |
| Current Utilization | A percent of stress on shorts. Info says readings above 80 to 90 percent often reflect elevated short pressure. The screenshot prints 48%. |
| Short Score | A percent on the rail. The screenshot prints 43%. |
| Borrow Rate | Annualized cost to borrow shares. Info says this updates daily and intraday. The screenshot prints 0%. |
| Fails-to-Deliver (FTDs) | Latest FTDs and FTDs%. The screenshot prints 57.5K (0%). |
| Short Position Change % | Percent change versus the prior report, with the share-count change in parentheses. |
| Days To Cover | Official Short Position versus typical volume. Info also calls this the Short Interest Ratio. |
| Available To Short | Shares shown as available to borrow, with Available to Short % in parentheses. |
| Synthetic Short Shares $ Value | The dollar value of Synthetic Short Shares *. Historical Data prints this as Synthetic Short Value. The 2026-08-31 row is $46.89B. |
Official Short Position Trend and the two small charts
Official Short Position Trend is the large chart. Days To Cover is purple on the left axis. Official Short Position is blue on the right axis. Synthetic Short Shares is the purple bar chart. Official Short Interest % is the red line. Settlement dates run along the bottom. Hover a Date when you want the exact print. A falling Official Short Interest % line is covering on those reports, not a fill you can copy.
Official Short Position Change
This chart is Short Position Change next to Fails-to-Deliver (FTDs). Red bars are a larger official short book versus the prior report. Green bars are labeled Position Change and are covering on that print. Purple bars are Fails-to-Deliver (FTDs). The left axis is Position Change. The right axis is FTDs. A tall purple bar on 2025-06-13 is not the same thing as a red Position Change bar.
Anatomy of Historical Data
Read a row left to right: Date, then Official Short Interest %, then the cover and borrow columns. You do not need every field on every Date. Use the tabs if you want a map. The screenshot starts at 2026-08-31 with 14%, 56.99M, 2.95M, 5%, Days To Cover 9.72, and Utilization 48%.
These columns answer what the official report printed on that Date.
| Column | What you are looking at |
|---|---|
| Date | The settlement date for that short interest print. Info calls this Settlement Date. |
| Official Short Interest % | Official short interest as a percent of float. The screenshot prints 14% on 2026-08-31 and 13% on 2026-08-14. |
| Official Short Position | The official short share count. The screenshot prints 56.99M, then 54.04M. |
| Short Position Change | The share-count change versus the prior report. Red is a rise. Green is a drop. The screenshot prints 2.95M, then 300.52K. |
| Short Position Change% | That change as a percent. Red is a rise. Green is a drop. The screenshot prints 5%, then 1%. |
| Days To Cover | How many sessions of typical volume it would take to cover Official Short Position. The screenshot prints 9.72, then 5.31. |
These columns are labeled estimates beyond the official report. They are not the FINRA percent.
| Column | What you are looking at |
|---|---|
| Synthetic Short Shares * | Estimated extra short exposure beyond Official Short Position. The screenshot prints 2.07B on 2026-08-31 and 4.17B on 2026-08-14. |
| Synthetic Short Shares Ratio To Float | That estimate versus float. The screenshot prints 507%, then 1020%. |
| Synthetic Short Value | That estimate in dollars. The screenshot prints $46.89B, then $83.13B. |
| Synthetic Signal | The same gauge word as Synthetic Signal (Naked Shorting). The screenshot prints EXTREME on every visible row. |
These columns answer how tight the borrow looks on that Date.
| Column | What you are looking at |
|---|---|
| Latest FTDs | The most recently reported fail-to-deliver share count. A dash means the feed has no print. The screenshot prints 57.5K, then a dash. |
| FTDs% | Fails to deliver as a percent. The screenshot prints 0%, then a dash. |
| Reg SHO | Whether the name is on the Regulation SHO threshold list. The screenshot prints N. |
| Borrow Rate | Annualized cost to borrow shares. The screenshot prints 0%. |
| Available to Short | Shares shown as available to borrow. The screenshot prints 10M, then 10M. |
| Available to Short % | That availability as a percent. The screenshot prints 30%, then 43%. |
| Utilization | A percent of stress on shorts on this row. The screenshot prints 48%, then 43%. |
How people actually use it
Start on Official Short Interest (% Float)
Leave the first box first. Then read Synthetic Short Interest (% Float) and Total Short Position (% Float). On GME that is 14%, then 507%, then 521%.
Watch the color on change
Red Short Position Change% is a larger official short book versus the prior report. Green is covering on that print. 5% on 2026-08-31 is not the same row as -3% on 2026-07-31.
Use the trend before one Date
Official Short Position Trend shows Days To Cover next to Official Short Position. Official Short Interest % shows whether the official percent is drifting down while Synthetic Signal stays EXTREME.
Open the market rank
Use Short Interest Leaderboard when you want Official Short Interest % across names. Use ShortEx or Gamma Short Squeeze when you want a squeeze rank instead of this one-ticker history.