most-crowded shorts — a universe ranked by days-to-cover AS OF 2026-08-31
Most-crowded shorts by days to cover
A bounded high-short and mega-cap universe ranked by days-to-cover — short interest ÷ average daily volume, the number of normal trading days a full cover would take — on real short-interest data. Most crowded at the top. Days-to-cover is a magnitude, not a signal: a crowded short is not itself bullish or bearish. Names with no short-interest data are excluded and reported.
SHORTSdays-to-cover · 18/18 ranked
Names ranked
18/18
real short-interest data
Most crowded
GME 9.72d
highest days-to-cover
As of
2026-08-31
settlement date
days-to-covershort interest settled 2026-08-31short interest ÷ average daily volume
| 1 | GME | CROWDED9.72 | 11.30% | 57.0M | +5.5% |
| 2 | CVNA | CROWDED7.27 | 9.16% | 65.9M | +1.1% |
| 3 | RIVN | MODERATE6.41 | 11.07% | 159.9M | +3.5% |
| 4 | LCID | MODERATE6.38 | 19.20% | 75.7M | +34.4% |
| 5 | UPST | MODERATE6.22 | 26.66% | 25.9M | +4.7% |
| 6 | PLUG | MODERATE5.19 | 20.82% | 291.0M | 0.0% |
| 7 | W | MODERATE4.46 | 8.71% | 9.7M | -4.6% |
| 8 | DKNG | MODERATE4.14 | 7.67% | 38.1M | -1.4% |
| 9 | SOFI | MODERATE4.08 | 13.74% | 177.5M | +2.9% |
| 10 | CHWY | MODERATE3.57 | 10.37% | 23.4M | +13.5% |
| 11 | AAPL | MODERATE3.53 | 0.96% | 139.7M | +20.1% |
| 12 | MSFT | MODERATE3.18 | 1.00% | 74.5M | +8.6% |
| 13 | BYND | LIGHT2.98 | 27.17% | 4.7M | -8.8% |
| 14 | AFRM | LIGHT2.44 | 5.28% | 15.7M | +8.3% |
| 15 | AMC | LIGHT2.17 | 4.20% | 37.5M | -11.5% |
| 16 | NVDA | LIGHT2.14 | 1.24% | 298.3M | +4.3% |
| 17 | TSLA | LIGHT2.04 | 1.88% | 74.2M | +7.3% |
| 18 | HOOD | LIGHT1.71 | 4.49% | 35.5M | +7.2% |
Days-to-cover = short interest ÷ average daily volume (how many trading days a full cover would take), on real short-interest data as of 2026-08-31. 18 of 18 names ranked. Days-to-cover and % shares out are magnitudes, not directional signals — the crowded / moderate / light band on each figure is the served read of that magnitude, not a call.