Here is an updated top 20 list of the highest current most shorted stocks in the NASDAQ with the highest short interest in the middle of March 2021 based on the most recent information available. Be aware that the NASDAQ short interest is updated twice a month. Short interest data is reported on mid-month and end-of-month settlement dates. So it is constantly changing but is delayed in reporting so there is some lag time.
These are the stocks that have had the highest percentage of their share float borrowed to sell short. These short positions reveal built in future buying pressure as the short shares must be bought back to cover the short position at some point in the future. These NASDAQ stocks are the ones in the highest probability of short squeezes or gamma squeezes as the short sellers may at some point be pressured to buy the shares back due to a strong rally on the chart. This list of stocks show that bears appear to still be waiting for a lower price that may not happen. Selling short goes against the long term trend in the NASDAQ and getting on the most shorted stock list can be bullish for a stock signaling it is about to rally higher. This may be a list of stocks that sellers of the stock and short sellers could both be near an exhaustion point after heavy distribution.
List of the most shorted stocks: NASDAQ:
Rank for short interest/Ticker symbol/Company name/Short interest
- ASO Academy Sports & Outdoors Inc 37.18%
- GOGO Gogo Inc 35.04%
- CLVS Clovis Oncology Inc 34.54%
- TRIT Triterras Inc 32.04% 23.25M
- MDGL Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Inc 31.60%
- OTRK Ontrak, Inc. 30.86%
- AXDX Accelerate Diagnostics Inc 28.95%
- Blink Charging Co 28.18%
- CRBP Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holding 27.81%
- ISUN iSun Inc 27.37%
- ICPT Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc 26.95%
- VXRT Vaxart Inc 26.30%
- SDC SmileDirectClub Inc 26.23%
- SPWR SunPower Corporation 25.86%
- PGEN Precigen, Inc 25.21%
- BBBY Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. 25.00%
- BYND Beyond Meat Inc 23.53%
- RUBY Rubius Therapeutics Inc 23.49%
- KPTI Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc 23.36%
- SRNE Sorrento Therapeutics Inc 23.09%
