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short_interest

Raw shares-shorted count as last reported (FINRA bi-monthly). Pair with `short_interest_settlement_date` (profile.ts) for the as-of date.

metadata
typebigint
unitshares
cadencepost-close daily
intervals1d
universeall tickers
historyrecent only (forward-only from first computation)
nullableyes — NULL where not applicable

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 with short_interest above a cutoff
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/short_interest" \
  --data-urlencode "condition=> 64718890" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:42:02.338Z",
 "signal": "short_interest",
 "condition": "> 64718890",
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "NVDA",
   "name": "Nvidia Corp",
   "value": 298301619
  },
  {
   "ticker": "PLUG",
   "name": "Plug Power Inc.",
   "value": 290960720
  }
 ]
}
As-of — the same read at a past date
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/short_interest" \
  --data-urlencode "condition=> 64718890" \
  -d "asof=2026-07-04" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-06-20",
 "signal": "short_interest",
 "condition": "> 64718890",
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "PLUG",
   "name": "Plug Power Inc.",
   "value": 347303584
  },
  {
   "ticker": "NVDA",
   "name": "Nvidia Corp",
   "value": 284722716
  }
 ]
}
Subscribe — webhook when a ticker starts matching
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/short_interest/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"condition": "> 64718890", "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, ranked by this column
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{ "q": "short_interest IS NOT NULL", "order": "short_interest", "columns": "short_interest" }'
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:42:08.971Z",
 "query": {
  "q": "short_interest IS NOT NULL",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "short_interest",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "short_interest"
  ],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "NVDA",
   "name": "Nvidia Corp",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 219.211,
   "change_1d_pct": -0.05881280204248685,
   "gap_pct": 0.0046,
   "relative_volume": 0.4053,
   "market_cap": 5165043300000,
   "short_interest": 298301619
  },
  {
   "ticker": "PLUG",
   "name": "Plug Power Inc.",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 2.075,
   "change_1d_pct": -2.122641509433959,
   "gap_pct": 0.4717,
   "relative_volume": 0.2613,
   "market_cap": 2822334461,
   "short_interest": 290960720
  }
 ]
}
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": "short_interest IS NOT NULL", "order": "short_interest", "columns": "short_interest", "asof": "2026-07-04" }'
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-06-20",
 "query": {
  "q": "short_interest IS NOT NULL",
  "asof": "2026-06-20",
  "interval": "auto",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "short_interest",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "short_interest"
  ],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "PLUG",
   "name": "Plug Power Inc.",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 2.85,
   "change_1d_pct": 7.547169811320761,
   "gap_pct": 3.0188679245283048,
   "relative_volume": 0.8126916779599112,
   "market_cap": 3290186090,
   "short_interest": 347303584
  },
  {
   "ticker": "NVDA",
   "name": "Nvidia Corp",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 210.69,
   "change_1d_pct": 2.9513804055704824,
   "gap_pct": 1.3095528951869078,
   "relative_volume": 1.4130984872653853,
   "market_cap": 5146037571000,
   "short_interest": 284722716
  }
 ]
}
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": "short_interest > 64718890", "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,short_interest" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:42:15.327Z",
 "interval": "1d",
 "tickers": [
  "AAPL",
  "MSFT"
 ],
 "columns": [
  "close",
  "short_interest"
 ],
 "count": 6,
 "series": {
  "AAPL": [
   {
    "t": "2026-09-15",
    "close": 331.34,
    "short_interest": 139749097
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-16",
    "close": 332.41,
    "short_interest": 139749097
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-17",
    "close": 337.002,
    "short_interest": 139749097
   }
  ],
  "MSFT": [
   {
    "t": "2026-09-15",
    "close": 497.12,
    "short_interest": 74451155
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-16",
    "close": 490.3,
    "short_interest": 74451155
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-17",
    "close": 497.75,
    "short_interest": 74451155
   }
  ]
 }
}

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

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