Short-Squeeze Watch
FINRA consolidated short interest as of 2026-10-15. Scanned 1120 US tickers; 9 flagged as potential short-squeeze setups.
⭐ 1 of these also show open-market insider buying in the last 90 days — the higher-conviction squeeze × insider subset, which is the only subset with a real forward edge in backtest. These are listed first and marked ⭐.
| Ticker | Score | Insider Buy | Short % Float | Days-to-Cover | DTC z | Δ Short Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIA | 1.02 | ⭐ $1.2M | 11.5% | 11.0 | 1.9 | -16% |
| CBC | 1.13 | — | 11.1% | 12.4 | 2.9 | -3% |
| CART | 1.12 | — | 14.0% | 7.3 | 2.8 | +5% |
| LYFT | 1.11 | — | 23.2% | 8.0 | 1.3 | +3% |
| XEL | 1.07 | — | 8.0% | 9.9 | 2.1 | +4% |
| NYT | 1.07 | — | 14.0% | 8.9 | 1.7 | +2% |
| EPAM | 1.05 | — | 13.0% | 7.5 | 2.2 | +0% |
| COTY | 1.04 | — | 11.1% | 8.4 | 2.0 | +3% |
| AI | 1.03 | — | 29.2% | 7.6 | 0.1 | +1% |
Charts
VIA
CBC
CART
LYFT
XEL
NYT
EPAM
COTY
AI
How to read this: a higher score means a more crowded, harder-to-cover short base that is still building while price reclaims its 50-day moving average — the classic squeeze setup. Days-to-cover is recomputed as shares-short / average-daily-volume (FINRA floors its own value at 1.00); the z-score compares it to the ticker's own history. Short interest is reported fortnightly with a ~2-day publication lag, so treat this as a swing-horizon watchlist, not an intraday signal.