13 Product Modules

The complete short-side intelligence platform.

From aggregate market indices to single-name intelligence — everything you need to research, screen, monitor, and act on short-side data across 40+ global markets.

Proprietary Index

ShortQuest Short Index (SSI)

Our proprietary aggregate short interest index tracks overall short sentiment per market, rebased to 100 and compared against the country's primary equity benchmark. See at a glance whether shorts are building or unwinding.

  • Rebased SI index per market
  • Real benchmark comparison across 45 markets (S&P 500, DAX, Nikkei, FTSE, CAC 40, Hang Seng, KOSPI, Bovespa...)
  • Daily updates with historical trend data
  • Divergence signals between SI and market performance
Retail Use Case

Gauge overall market short sentiment before making trading decisions.

Institutional Use Case

Monitor aggregate short positioning trends for macro allocation signals.

SSI vs S&P 500 (US) — Sample
Short Index S&P 500
Benchmark Coverage45 markets

US, UK, DE, FR, JP, HK, IN, KR, TW, AU, BR, MX, CA, ZA, SA, NL, CH, IT, ES, BE, SE, DK, NO, FI, AT, PL, HU, GR, TR, SG, MY, ID, TH, PH, IL, AR, CL, CO, EG, QA, NZ, CN, IE, PT, CZ

Product Modules

Each module delivers a focused dataset with purpose-built analytics. Use them individually or together for comprehensive short-side intelligence.

Short Interest

Security-level

Reported short interest by security with change metrics, days to cover, and float percentage. Track which names are getting crowded.

Key Features
  • SI shares & SI % float
  • Days to cover (DTC)
  • Period-over-period changes
  • Country and exchange breakdown
Retail

Find heavily shorted stocks and track squeeze setups.

Institutional

Screen for crowding risk and monitor position concentration.

Borrow Rates & Lending

Security-level

Securities lending rates, availability, and utilization from prime broker feeds. See what it costs to borrow and where supply is tightening.

Key Features
  • Borrow fee %
  • Share availability
  • Utilization rate
  • Hard-to-borrow flags
Retail

Check borrow costs before shorting. Spot HTB names early.

Institutional

Monitor lending market stress and locate availability across desks.

Short Holders

Disclosure-led

Named short position holder disclosures from 20+ European regulators. See exactly who is short, how much, and when positions change.

Key Features
  • Named holder identity
  • Position size & date
  • 4-level drill-down (global → country → holder → security)
  • Holder timelines & history
Retail

Follow what major funds are shorting in European markets.

Institutional

Track competitor positioning, crowding overlap, and disclosure risk.

13F Institutional Ownership

U.S. SEC filings

Quarterly institutional holdings from SEC Form 13F filings. See who owns the long side alongside short data for complete positioning context.

Key Features
  • 8,600+ reporting managers
  • Manager → holdings drill-down
  • Security → holders drill-down
  • Quarter-over-quarter changes
  • Crowding & replication analytics
  • Activist position detection
Retail

See which institutions own your stocks and track changes.

Institutional

Analyze institutional crowding, replication overlap, position weight shifts, and activist entries/exits.

Insider Trading

SEC Form 4

Officer, director, and 10% owner transactions from SEC Form 4 filings. See insider buying and selling alongside short-side positioning.

Key Features
  • Buy/sell transaction feed by security
  • Insider role & transaction type
  • Historical insider activity timeline
  • Cross-linked from any quote page
Retail

Spot insider buying clusters as a bullish signal, or selling as a warning sign.

Institutional

Correlate insider activity with short interest changes and crowding signals.

SEC Filings

EDGAR

Company filings from EDGAR with category filters — activist stakes, dilution events, and other market-moving disclosures.

Key Features
  • Activist & 13D/G stake filters
  • Dilution & offering event tags
  • Full-text filing links
  • Symbol-level filing history
Retail

Catch dilution risk and activist stakes before they move the stock.

Institutional

Screen for activist campaigns and dilution risk across a coverage universe.

News

Unified feed

Consolidated news feed from Yahoo, Google, and Finnhub for any security, alongside your short-side data.

Key Features
  • Multi-source aggregation
  • Symbol-level news history
  • Cross-linked from any quote page
  • Real-time headline updates
Retail

Stay on top of catalysts for names you’re watching.

Institutional

Monitor news flow across a portfolio without switching tools.

Short Volume

Security-level

Daily short volume as a percentage of total traded volume, with exchange-level breakdowns and historical trends.

Key Features
  • Short volume ratio
  • Daily volume breakdown
  • Exchange-level data
  • Historical trends
Retail

Spot unusual short activity in daily trading volume.

Institutional

Correlate short volume spikes with price action and event catalysts.

Reg SHO & Fails-to-Deliver

U.S. markets

Regulation SHO threshold securities and SEC Fails-to-Deliver (FTD) data — names with persistent delivery failures, a key indicator of short-side stress and potential forced covering.

Key Features
  • Current threshold list
  • FTD volume by settlement date
  • Entry/exit tracking
  • Historical status
  • Exchange breakdown
Retail

Track forced-buy-in risk and potential squeeze catalysts.

Institutional

Monitor settlement stress and FTD exposure across portfolios.

SQ Lens

Security Intelligence

Consolidated intelligence view for any security. One screen with short interest, borrow rates, holders, 13F ownership, volume, and price action.

Key Features
  • Cross-dataset security view
  • Short pressure chart
  • Setup summary
  • Tabbed detail panels
Retail

Get the full picture on any stock before trading.

Institutional

Quick due diligence on any name across all short-side datasets.

Screener

Discovery

Filter and rank securities by short-side metrics. Save presets, export results, and convert top hits into alerts or portfolio watchlists.

Key Features
  • Multi-field filters (SI%, DTC, fee, country)
  • Quick-list tabs (Most Crowded, Rising, HTB)
  • Saved presets
  • CSV export
Retail

Screen for squeeze candidates and high-SI setups.

Institutional

Build systematic short-side screens for alpha generation.

Terminal (Beta)

Bloomberg-style

9-tab Bloomberg-style terminal with real-time quotes, charts, financials, news, profile, analysis, holders, options, and short interest data.

Key Features
  • Real-time price charts
  • Financials & analyst estimates
  • Options chain
  • Short squeeze checklist
Retail

Professional-grade terminal for in-depth security research.

Institutional

Quick-access terminal for analysts and PMs alongside the core platform.

Workflow Tools

Manage, monitor, and deliver short-side intelligence across your workflow.

Portfolio

Multiple watchlists and holdings with live SI/rates enrichment

Alerts

Threshold alerts on any metric — SI%, DTC, borrow fee, price

Data Delivery

API, FTP/SFTP, and flat file exports for enterprise workflows

Built for every type of short-side researcher

For Retail Traders

Active traders and individual investors
  • Screen for heavily shorted stocks with squeeze potential
  • Monitor borrow fees and availability before shorting
  • Track what hedge funds are shorting in Europe
  • Get alerts when SI% crosses your thresholds
  • Use the terminal for deep-dive research on any name
  • Build watchlists enriched with live short data

For Institutional Desks

Hedge funds, prop desks, and asset managers
  • Monitor aggregate short positioning via SSI for macro signals
  • Screen for crowding risk and concentration exposure
  • Track competitor positioning via holder disclosures
  • Analyze 13F ownership alongside short data for full context
  • Automate alerts across portfolios and screening conditions
  • Deliver data to internal systems via API or SFTP

See the platform in action.

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