most-crowded shorts — a universe ranked by days-to-cover AS OF 2026-10-30
Most-crowded shorts by days to cover
A defined universe of high-short-interest and mega-cap names ranked by days-to-cover (short interest ÷ average daily volume: the number of average trading days required to cover the position). Most crowded at the top. Days-to-cover is not a directional indicator. Names without short-interest data are excluded from the ranking.
SHORTSdays-to-cover · 18/18 ranked
Names ranked
18/18
with short-interest data
Most crowded
LCID 9.07d
highest days-to-cover
As of
2026-10-30
settlement date
days-to-covershort interest settled 2026-10-30short interest ÷ average daily volume
| 1 | LCID | CROWDED9.07 | 25.65% | 101.1M | +1.4% |
| 2 | UPST | CROWDED7.89 | 26.79% | 26.5M | -1.4% |
| 3 | BYND | MODERATE6.62 | 36.65% | 6.3M | +1.2% |
| 4 | CVNA | MODERATE6.20 | 9.01% | 65.1M | -2.8% |
| 5 | PLUG | MODERATE6.19 | 20.11% | 281.0M | -3.8% |
| 6 | AFRM | MODERATE6.16 | 5.87% | 17.5M | +0.9% |
| 7 | RIVN | MODERATE5.88 | 11.92% | 173.6M | +5.8% |
| 8 | GME | MODERATE5.25 | 8.40% | 42.4M | -11.7% |
| 9 | W | MODERATE5.07 | 8.81% | 9.8M | -8.4% |
| 10 | DKNG | MODERATE3.76 | 8.62% | 42.8M | +8.4% |
| 11 | SOFI | MODERATE3.69 | 17.23% | 223.7M | +1.8% |
| 12 | CHWY | MODERATE3.56 | 11.07% | 25.0M | -14.7% |
| 13 | AAPL | MODERATE3.36 | 1.00% | 144.8M | +10.0% |
| 14 | NVDA | LIGHT2.80 | 1.16% | 279.6M | -7.3% |
| 15 | MSFT | LIGHT2.73 | 0.82% | 60.9M | -7.2% |
| 16 | AMC | LIGHT2.08 | 4.55% | 40.6M | -14.3% |
| 17 | HOOD | LIGHT1.75 | 4.44% | 35.2M | -3.4% |
| 18 | TSLA | LIGHT1.57 | 1.67% | 66.0M | -4.9% |
Days-to-cover = short interest ÷ average daily volume (how many trading days a full cover would take), on short-interest data as of 2026-10-30. 18 of 18 names ranked. Days-to-cover and % shares out are not directional indicators; the crowded / moderate / light band classifies the days-to-cover figure and carries no rating.