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Get short interest — the number of shares sold short — reported bi-weekly, with the days-to-cover ratio and a trend across the returned window. High or rising short interest can signal bearish sentiment or short-squeeze potential. Endpoint: POST /api/v1/fundamentals/short-interest Tier: point · Delivery: sync

Request

FieldType
tickerstring
as_of_datestring
limitnumber

Response

The response is the two-key envelope { finterm, data }, where data is the finterm.result:ShortInterest/v1 contract:
FieldDescription
tickerThe stock ticker symbol, uppercased (e.g. “AAPL”).
recordsBi-weekly short-interest readings, newest first. Each carries settlement_date, short_interest (shares sold short), avg_daily_volume, and days_to_cover.
latestThe most recent reading (settlement_date, short_interest, days_to_cover); null if none.
trendDirection (“increasing”, “decreasing”, or “stable”) and change_percent across the returned window; present only when at least two readings are available.

Example

finterm tool short_interest GME --as-of-date 2024-03-15