**Not Financial Advice - Do Your Own Research. It surfaces candidates; it is NOT a buy signal.**
Ranks 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 derived from FMP daily. What each tile shows:
* Score — the big number, overall squeeze potential (0-100).
* Loaded / Ignition — the two halves shown as bars, each 0-100.
* 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.
* DTC — days-to-cover: at average volume, how many days of buying it would take shorts to cover (higher = harder to exit).
* Fee — annualized cost to borrow the shares (turns red at 5%+ = hard to borrow).
* 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.
* Calls — the share of options flow that is aggressive call buying (squeeze chasing).
* Gamma — dealer positioning: "short" means dealers must buy into strength (fuel), "long" dampens it.
* ↑ tightening / ⚠ diluting — borrow getting harder / float growing (which can blunt a squeeze).
Short squeeze shortlist (short interest as of 2026-05-15)
AI: Loaded, score 56. SI 36.3% of float (rising). 10.2 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
TEM: Loaded, score 55. SI 30.8% of float (rising). 4.9 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
LFVN: Loaded, score 45. SI 34.2% of float (falling). 13.8 days to cover.
KMB: Loaded, score 43. SI 12.8% of float (rising). 9.7 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
SOUN: Loaded, score 43. SI 38.6% of float (falling). 4.1 days to cover, 27% to borrow.
PATH: Loaded, score 43. SI 31.3% of float (rising). 3.8 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
HIMS: Loaded, score 40. SI 30.3% of float (rising). 2.5 days to cover, 1% to borrow.
RCKT: Loaded, score 39. SI 23.9% of float (falling). 10.1 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
DNUT: Loaded, score 38. SI 19.4% of float (rising). 6.4 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
OPEN: Loaded, score 36. SI 19.3% of float (rising). 3.6 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
BBAI: Loaded, score 35. SI 35.1% of float (falling). 3.0 days to cover, 2% to borrow.
QUBT: Loaded, score 34. SI 48.4% of float (falling). 1.9 days to cover, 2% to borrow.
CLF: Loaded, score 34. SI 13.9% of float (falling). 6.0 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
EONR: Loaded, score 33. SI 15.5% of float (falling). 2.6 days to cover, 29% to borrow.
SOFI: Loaded, score 32. SI 13.7% of float (rising). 2.8 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
SMCI: Watch, score 31. SI 16.2% of float (rising). 1.8 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
ARQQ: Loaded, score 30. SI 20.0% of float (rising). 3.6 days to cover, 2% to borrow.
SBUX: Watch, score 30. SI 4.6% of float (rising). 7.3 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
IONQ: Loaded, score 29. SI 20.0% of float (falling). 2.0 days to cover, 1% to borrow.
PSA: Watch, score 28. SI 4.3% of float (rising). 8.2 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
CRM: Loaded, score 27. SI 7.9% of float (rising). 5.4 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
O: Watch, score 26. SI 3.7% of float (rising). 5.6 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
WELL: Watch, score 26. SI 2.6% of float (rising). 6.2 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
NEE: Watch, score 26. SI 2.4% of float (rising). 6.5 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
ZETA: Loaded, score 25. SI 14.0% of float (rising). 3.3 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
SPG: Watch, score 25. SI 2.7% of float (rising). 6.2 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
RGTI: Watch, score 25. SI 15.0% of float (falling). 1.7 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
AEP: Watch, score 25. SI 5.3% of float (rising). 5.6 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
D: Watch, score 24. SI 3.2% of float (rising). 6.0 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
PFE: Watch, score 24. SI 2.8% of float (rising). 4.1 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
UNP: Watch, score 24. SI 4.9% of float (falling). 11.9 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
XEL: Watch, score 23. SI 5.3% of float (rising). 5.9 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
QBTS: Watch, score 23. SI 14.1% of float (falling). 1.8 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
MO: Watch, score 23. SI 3.1% of float (rising). 5.3 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
ON: Watch, score 23. SI 9.0% of float (rising). 2.4 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
SLB: Watch, score 22. SI 4.1% of float (falling). 5.8 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
NBIS: Loaded, score 22. SI 22.3% of float (rising). 2.3 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
EOG: Watch, score 22. SI 3.4% of float (rising). 4.9 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
ADBE: Watch, score 21. SI 4.7% of float (rising). 4.3 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
DUK: Watch, score 20. SI 2.1% of float (rising). 4.8 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
SO: Watch, score 20. SI 2.3% of float (rising). 4.4 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
ONDS: Loaded, score 20. SI 31.0% of float (falling). 2.1 days to cover, 1% to borrow.
SNOW: Watch, score 20. SI 5.8% of float (rising). 2.7 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
DE: Watch, score 20. SI 2.0% of float (rising). 5.8 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
WMT: Watch, score 20. SI 1.9% of float (rising). 5.4 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
PEP: Watch, score 20. SI 1.8% of float (rising). 4.5 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
IBM: Watch, score 19. SI 2.9% of float (rising). 4.7 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
NKE: Watch, score 18. SI 4.6% of float (rising). 2.6 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
NOW: Watch, score 18. SI 5.6% of float (rising). 2.4 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
DELL: Watch, score 17. SI 3.5% of float (falling). 3.3 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
TMUS: Watch, score 17. SI 3.8% of float (rising). 4.1 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
CL: Watch, score 17. SI 2.6% of float (rising). 3.7 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
PANW: Watch, score 17. SI 4.1% of float (rising). 3.4 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
UPS: Watch, score 17. SI 3.2% of float (rising). 3.5 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
CCI: Watch, score 17. SI 3.2% of float (rising). 3.9 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
EA: Watch, score 16. SI 4.4% of float (falling). 5.1 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
PLD: Watch, score 16. SI 1.3% of float (rising). 4.3 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
SNPS: Watch, score 15. SI 2.8% of float (rising). 3.6 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
MLM: Watch, score 15. SI 2.8% of float (rising). 3.5 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
ED: Watch, score 15. SI 2.8% of float (rising). 4.2 days to cover, 0% to borrow.
SAFX: Watch, score 10. SI 16.4% of float (falling). 1.0 days to cover, 23% to borrow.
Short interest is FINRA data, reported about twice a month. Not financial advice, just sharing what my scanner flagged.