Short Interest Data

Retrieve short interest data showing the number of shares sold short and days to cover. Identify heavily shorted stocks and potential squeeze opportunities.

Use Case: Find stocks with short interest above 20% of float for potential short squeeze candidates.

GET /v1/financials/short-interest

Get Short Interest Data

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.aries.com/v1/financials/short-interest \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

200

{
  "results": [
    {
      "ticker": "AAPL",
      "settlementDate": "2017-12-29",
      "shortInterest": 45746430,
      "avgDailyVolume": 23901107,
      "daysToCover": 1.91
    }
  ],
  "status": "OK",
  "requestId": "7a867902c54d496b8239089f103b0fa8",
  "nextUrl": "https://api.aries.com/v1/financials/short-interest?cursor=..."
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

OAuth2 Bearer token: obtain an access token from the token endpoint and send it in the Authorization header.

Query Parameters

tickers · string

Single ticker or comma-separated list (e.g. AAPL or AAPL,MSFT,GOOG)

Example:

"AAPL"

tickerAfter · string

Ticker greater than (exclusive)

tickerFrom · string

Ticker greater than or equal (inclusive)

tickerBefore · string

Ticker less than (exclusive)

tickerTo · string

Ticker less than or equal (inclusive)

daysToCover · number<double>

Days to cover (exact)

daysToCoverList · string

Comma-separated list of days to cover

daysToCoverAbove · number<double>

Days to cover greater than (exclusive)

daysToCoverMin · number<double>

Days to cover greater than or equal (inclusive)

daysToCoverBelow · number<double>

Days to cover less than (exclusive)

daysToCoverMax · number<double>

Days to cover less than or equal (inclusive)

settlementDate · string<date>

Settlement date (YYYY-MM-DD)

settlementDates · string

Comma-separated list of settlement dates

settlementDateAfter · string<date>

Settlement date after (exclusive)

settlementDateFrom · string<date>

Settlement date from (inclusive)

settlementDateBefore · string<date>

Settlement date before (exclusive)

settlementDateTo · string<date>

Settlement date to (inclusive)

avgDailyVolume · integer<int64>

Average daily volume (exact)

avgDailyVolumeList · string

Comma-separated list of average daily volumes

avgDailyVolumeAbove · integer<int64>

Average daily volume greater than (exclusive)

avgDailyVolumeMin · integer<int64>

Average daily volume greater than or equal (inclusive)

avgDailyVolumeBelow · integer<int64>

Average daily volume less than (exclusive)

avgDailyVolumeMax · integer<int64>

Average daily volume less than or equal (inclusive)

limit · integer

Maximum number of results

Required range: x >= 1

sort · string

Sort field

next · string

Pagination cursor

Response

200

application/json

Successful response

results · object[]

Show child attributes

status · string

requestId · string

nextUrl · string

URL for next page of results