**Squeeze scanner**
**Not financial advice. Do your own research. It surfaces candidates; it is NOT a buy signal.**
Ranks your watchlist by short-squeeze potential. Each name needs two things:
**LOADED** — heavily and expensively shorted (short interest % of float, days-to-cover, borrow fee).
**IGNITION** — actually moving (dealers short gamma forced to buy, aggressive call buying, price up on volume).
The score discounts loaded "fuel" by how little it's igniting, so a 🔥 Igniting name is loaded AND moving, while a 🔒 Loaded one is a coiled setup that hasn't fired yet. Short interest is FINRA data — reported twice a month with a \~2-3 week lag (shown as the as-of date), so treat it as the standing setup, not a live tick.
Float data is from FMP, refreshed weekly. What each tile shows:
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Score — the big number, overall squeeze potential (0-100).
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Loaded / Ignition — the two halves shown as bars, each 0-100.
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SI — short interest as a percent of the tradeable free float when we have it (the real squeeze figure, since insider/restricted shares are excluded), otherwise a percent of shares outstanding; the arrow is ↑ rising or ↓ falling versus the prior FINRA report.
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DTC — days-to-cover: at average volume, how many days of buying it would take shorts to cover (higher = harder to exit).
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Fee — annualized cost to borrow the shares (turns red at 5%+ = hard to borrow).
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Move — recent price thrust: the percent change over the last few sessions and the volume multiple, so "+29% · 2.2x" means up 29% on 2.2× its normal volume.
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Calls — the share of options flow that is aggressive call buying (squeeze chasing).
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Gamma — dealer positioning: "short" means dealers must buy into strength (fuel), "long" dampens it.
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↑ tightening / ⚠ diluting — borrow getting harder / float growing (which can blunt a squeeze).
Mid to large cap stocks:
Short squeeze shortlist (short interest as of 2026-05-29)
RCKT: Loaded, score 50. SI 25.6% of float (rising). 9.5 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
SOUN: Loaded, score 48. SI 38.6% of float (falling). 4.1 days to cover, 27% to borrow.
AI: Loaded, score 47. SI 37.7% of float (rising). 8.7 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
NTST: Loaded, score 44. SI 30.3% of shares outstanding (rising). 20.2 days to cover, 1% to borrow.
DDD: Loaded, score 44. SI 31.2% of shares outstanding (rising). 9.3 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
GRPN: Loaded, score 44. SI 57.6% of float (falling). 6.3 days to cover, 1% to borrow.
PTCT: Loaded, score 44. SI 128.7% of shares outstanding (rising). 11.1 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
OPEN: Loaded, score 43. SI 21.0% of float (rising). 3.8 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
HIMS: Loaded, score 43. SI 30.3% of float (rising). 2.5 days to cover, 1% to borrow.
QUBT: Loaded, score 43. SI 48.8% of float (rising). 2.0 days to cover, 2% to borrow.
KMB: Loaded, score 42. SI 13.1% of float (rising). 10.1 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
TEM: Loaded, score 41. SI 27.3% of float (falling). 5.2 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
RXRX: Loaded, score 41. SI 31.3% of shares outstanding (falling). 8.0 days to cover, 1% to borrow.
PSKY: Loaded, score 40. SI 236.9% of shares outstanding (falling). 10.5 days to cover, 1% to borrow.
SOFI: Loaded, score 37. SI 13.7% of float (rising). 2.8 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
ARQQ: Watch, score 36. SI 22.3% of float (rising). 1.8 days to cover, 2% to borrow.
PATH: Loaded, score 36. SI 30.3% of float (falling). 2.6 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
RGTI: Loaded, score 35. SI 19.0% of float (rising). 1.0 days to cover, 1% to borrow.
CLF: Loaded, score 35. SI 14.5% of float (rising). 4.1 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
BBAI: Loaded, score 35. SI 35.1% of float (falling). 3.0 days to cover, 2% to borrow.
AEP: Loaded, score 32. SI 5.9% of float (rising). 6.7 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
DNUT: Loaded, score 31. SI 19.4% of float (rising). 6.4 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
QBTS: Loaded, score 30. SI 15.3% of float (rising). 1.0 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
O: Watch, score 29. SI 4.2% of float (rising). 6.6 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
ZETA: Loaded, score 29. SI 14.0% of float (rising). 3.3 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
ON: Watch, score 26. SI 9.0% of float (rising). 2.4 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
UNP: Loaded, score 26. SI 5.0% of float (rising). 7.8 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
NBIS: Loaded, score 26. SI 21.9% of float (falling). 2.6 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
MO: Watch, score 25. SI 3.1% of float (rising). 6.8 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
NTLA: Loaded, score 24. SI 34.7% of shares outstanding (falling). 9.2 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
XEL: Watch, score 24. SI 5.3% of float (rising). 5.9 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
VMC: Watch, score 23. SI 3.9% of float (rising). 4.0 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
EOG: Watch, score 23. SI 3.7% of float (rising). 5.6 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
SPG: Watch, score 23. SI 2.7% of float (rising). 5.5 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
SBUX: Watch, score 23. SI 4.2% of float (falling). 6.4 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
SO: Watch, score 22. SI 2.6% of float (rising). 5.5 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
SMCI: Watch, score 22. SI 14.8% of float (falling). 1.7 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
IONQ: Watch, score 21. SI 15.8% of float (falling). 1.7 days to cover, 1% to borrow.
EXC: Watch, score 21. SI 4.1% of float (rising). 5.0 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
PFE: Watch, score 21. SI 2.9% of float (rising). 5.0 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
APP: Watch, score 21. SI 5.3% of float (rising). 2.6 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
ONDS: Loaded, score 20. SI 31.1% of float (falling). 2.1 days to cover, 1% to borrow.
ABNB: Watch, score 20. SI 2.6% of float (rising). 3.7 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
PSA: Watch, score 20. SI 4.2% of float (falling). 7.7 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
UPS: Watch, score 20. SI 3.3% of float (rising). 4.2 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
MLM: Watch, score 19. SI 3.7% of float (rising). 3.4 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
CL: Watch, score 18. SI 2.8% of float (rising). 4.2 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
MDLZ: Watch, score 18. SI 2.7% of float (rising). 4.8 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
CRM: Watch, score 18. SI 7.7% of float (falling). 3.6 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
ED: Watch, score 18. SI 3.3% of float (rising). 3.9 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
SNOW: Watch, score 17. SI 6.3% of float (rising). 1.5 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
TMUS: Watch, score 17. SI 4.0% of float (rising). 4.7 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
PLD: Watch, score 15. SI 1.3% of float (rising). 4.3 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
Micro cap stocks
Short squeeze shortlist (short interest as of 2026-05-29)
LFVN: Loaded, score 60. SI 33.8% of float (falling). 9.7 days to cover, 159% to borrow.
EVGO: Loaded, score 44. SI 32.7% of shares outstanding (rising). 10.9 days to cover, 1% to borrow.
JACK: Loaded, score 44. SI 33.6% of shares outstanding (rising). 6.9 days to cover, 1% to borrow.
LENZ: Loaded, score 40. SI 32.6% of shares outstanding (falling). 12.6 days to cover, 1% to borrow.
EONR: Loaded, score 27. SI 13.6% of float (falling). 2.7 days to cover, 22% to borrow.
SAFX: Watch, score 11. SI 12.9% of float (falling). 2.6 days to cover, 20% to borrow.
Short interest is FINRA data, reported about twice a month. Not financial advice, just sharing what my scanner flagged.