most-crowded shorts — a universe ranked by days-to-cover AS OF 2026-09-30
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 8.61d
highest days-to-cover
As of
2026-09-30
settlement date
days-to-covershort interest settled 2026-09-30short interest ÷ average daily volume
| 1 | LCID | CROWDED8.61 | 23.96% | 94.4M | +5.2% |
| 2 | CVNA | CROWDED7.92 | 9.36% | 67.4M | +8.3% |
| 3 | RIVN | MODERATE6.94 | 11.71% | 169.1M | +9.6% |
| 4 | UPST | MODERATE6.23 | 29.36% | 28.6M | +3.3% |
| 5 | PLUG | MODERATE5.84 | 20.37% | 284.6M | -0.9% |
| 6 | W | MODERATE4.77 | 10.77% | 12.0M | +8.8% |
| 7 | AFRM | MODERATE4.42 | 6.02% | 17.9M | +9.8% |
| 8 | SOFI | MODERATE4.15 | 16.64% | 214.9M | +13.7% |
| 9 | GME | MODERATE3.98 | 8.46% | 42.7M | +9.2% |
| 10 | BYND | MODERATE3.50 | 33.13% | 5.7M | +11.9% |
| 11 | AAPL | MODERATE3.03 | 0.83% | 120.8M | -6.2% |
| 12 | CHWY | LIGHT2.87 | 13.59% | 30.6M | +33.3% |
| 13 | NVDA | LIGHT2.82 | 1.29% | 311.4M | +5.8% |
| 14 | MSFT | LIGHT2.55 | 0.82% | 61.1M | -9.2% |
| 15 | DKNG | LIGHT2.21 | 7.66% | 38.1M | +0.8% |
| 16 | TSLA | LIGHT1.94 | 1.80% | 70.9M | +3.0% |
| 17 | HOOD | LIGHT1.78 | 5.06% | 40.0M | +10.7% |
| 18 | AMC | LIGHT1.32 | 5.50% | 49.1M | +13.2% |
Days-to-cover = short interest ÷ average daily volume (how many trading days a full cover would take), on short-interest data as of 2026-09-30. 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.