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high_short_interest

More than 20% of the float is sold short.

definition
short_float_pct > 20

Swap YOUR_KEY for a key from /dashboard/keys. Responses are real captures from 2026-09-18, trimmed.

Every ticker matching this signal /v2/signals/{signal}

Live — every ticker where it fires now
curl "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/high_short_interest" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:39:09.459Z",
 "signal": "high_short_interest",
 "condition": null,
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "ABEO",
   "name": "Abeona Therapeutics Inc. Common Stock",
   "value": true
  },
  {
   "ticker": "ABR",
   "name": "Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.",
   "value": true
  }
 ]
}
As-of — the same read at a past date
curl "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/high_short_interest?asof=2026-07-04" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-06-20",
 "signal": "high_short_interest",
 "condition": null,
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "ABCL",
   "name": "AbCellera Biologics Inc. Common Shares",
   "value": true
  },
  {
   "ticker": "ABEO",
   "name": "Abeona Therapeutics Inc. Common Stock",
   "value": true
  }
 ]
}
Subscribe — webhook when a ticker starts matching
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/high_short_interest/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'

Returns 201 with the created webhook — the same shape as GET /v2/webhooks/{id}, plus a one-time signing_secret for HMAC verification.

The whole market, filtered on it /v2/scan

Live — the whole market, filtered on this signal
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{ "q": "high_short_interest" }'
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:39:10.022Z",
 "query": {
  "q": "high_short_interest",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "change_1d_pct",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "MRNO",
   "name": "Murano Global Investments PLC Ordinary Shares",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 0.421,
   "change_1d_pct": 91.45065939063208,
   "gap_pct": 2.7972,
   "relative_volume": 9.1765,
   "market_cap": 15951738
  },
  {
   "ticker": "TRUG",
   "name": "TruGolf Holdings, Inc. Class A Common Stock",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 0.624,
   "change_1d_pct": 62.584679520583656,
   "gap_pct": 34.7056,
   "relative_volume": 2.2587,
   "market_cap": 843737
  }
 ]
}
As-of — the same scan at a past date
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{ "q": "high_short_interest", "asof": "2026-07-04" }'
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-06-20",
 "query": {
  "q": "high_short_interest",
  "asof": "2026-06-20",
  "interval": "auto",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "change_1d_pct",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "WOLF",
   "name": "Wolfspeed, Inc.",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 57.41,
   "change_1d_pct": 17.909221606079274,
   "gap_pct": 5.072910248510986,
   "relative_volume": 0.9606677834382201,
   "market_cap": 8896297600
  },
  {
   "ticker": "VELO",
   "name": "Velo3D, Inc. Common stock",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 29.86,
   "change_1d_pct": 16.823161189358377,
   "gap_pct": 6.474960876369332,
   "relative_volume": 1.5207887658848354,
   "market_cap": 500887559
  }
 ]
}
Subscribe — webhook on a market-wide condition
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"q": "high_short_interest", "target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'

Returns 201 with the created webhook object; deliveries carry the tickers matching the condition at each evaluation.

Its history /v2/series

History — the column on an aligned time grid
curl "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/series?tickers=AAPL,MSFT&columns=close,high_short_interest" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:39:12.665Z",
 "interval": "1d",
 "tickers": [
  "AAPL",
  "MSFT"
 ],
 "columns": [
  "close",
  "high_short_interest"
 ],
 "count": 6,
 "series": {
  "AAPL": [
   {
    "t": "2026-09-15",
    "close": 331.34,
    "high_short_interest": false
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-16",
    "close": 332.41,
    "high_short_interest": false
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-17",
    "close": 337.002,
    "high_short_interest": false
   }
  ],
  "MSFT": [
   {
    "t": "2026-09-15",
    "close": 497.12,
    "high_short_interest": false
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-16",
    "close": 490.3,
    "high_short_interest": false
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-17",
    "close": 497.75,
    "high_short_interest": false
   }
  ]
 }
}

Its firings /v2/events

Firings — every enter edge as a point event
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/events" \
  -d "kind=signal" -d "signal=high_short_interest" -d "transition=enter" -d "from=2026-02-24" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:39:13.656Z",
 "query": {
  "kind": "signal",
  "tickers": null,
  "universe": null,
  "since": "2026-02-10T00:00:00.000Z",
  "until": null,
  "limit": 2,
  "signal": "high_short_interest",
  "transition": "enter"
 },
 "count": 0,
 "results": []
}

Same grammar on scan, series, and webhooks; state reads take ?asof= for point-in-time answers.

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