This is the total short interest as reported by the Nasdaq each month. It is considered a contrarian indicator by most. It has been historically reported around the 15th of each month and available around the 25th. In September 2007 the Nasdaq began reporting Short Interest twice a month. Scroll down to view the most current data.
Settlement Date
Total Short Interest
Number of Securities
December 15, 1999
2,363,795,218
4,688
January 14, 2000
2,414,954,374
4,687
February 15, 2000
2,618,936,228
4,681
March 15, 2000
2,710,141,156
4,714
April 14, 2000
2,653,245,791
4,729
May 15, 2000
2,780,161,105
4,725
June 15, 2000
2,808,345,712
4,735
July 14, 2000
2,935,367,068
4,774
August 15, 2000
3,040,926,476
4,795
September 15, 2000
3,161,843,084
4,778
October 13, 2000
3,386,001,792
4,739
November 15, 2000
3,379,629,386
4,694
December 15, 2000
3,497,263,482
4,585
January 12, 2001
3,452,282,664
4,588
February 15, 2001
3,444,789,352
4,552
March 15, 2001
3,608,599,871
4,443
April 13, 2001
3,764,094,547
4,445
May 15, 2001
3,713,132,045
4,467
June 15, 2001
3,821,032,805
4,392
July 13, 2001
4,013,408,493
4,293
August 15, 2001
4,062,490,704
4,220
September 14, 2001
4,166,310,456
4,135
October 15, 2001
4,062,363,080
4,092
November 15, 2001
4,175,725,953
4,083
December 14, 2001
4,206,146,735
4,044
January 15, 2002
4,023,953,114
4,047
February 15, 2002
3,978,074,188
4,013
March 15, 2002
4,085,825,647
4,018
April 15, 2002
4,124,763,193
3,954
May 15, 2002
4,246,945,373
3,926
June 14, 2002
4,261,435,815
3,831
July 15, 2002
4,335,747,422
3,784
August 15, 2002
4,105,634,585
3,758
September 13, 2002
4,108,308,913
3,737
October 15, 2002
4,152,454,217
3,623
November 15, 2002
4,062,892,810
3,670
December 13, 2002
4,043,183,358
3,666
January 15, 2003
4,053,387,295
3,686
February 14, 2003
4,190,132,904
3,668
March 14, 2003
4,335,164,375
3,585
April 15, 2003
4,456,502,765
3,592
May 15, 2003
4,386,454,785
3,566
June 13, 2003
4,604,557,148
3,569
July 15, 2003
4,683,497,070
3,504
August 15, 2003
4,404,472,224
3,472
September 15, 2003
4,521,740,414
3,497
October 15, 2003
4,584,107,664
3,474
November 14, 2003
4,563,123,033
3,456
December 15, 2003
4,713,016,555
3,440
January 15, 2004
4,687,305,136
3,454
February 13, 2004
4,593,580,829
3,463
March 15, 2004
4,855,579,913
3,443
April 15, 2004
4,993,345,137
3,443
May 14, 2004
4,958,452,082
3,416
June 15, 2004
5,170,987,973
3,430
July 15, 2004
5,109,696,729
3,405
August 13, 2004
5,157,706,325
3,400
September 15, 2004
5,248,399,985
3,398
October 15, 2004
5,130,673,030
3,413
November 15, 2004
5,024,315,108
3,391
December 15, 2004
5,095,006,234
3,393
January 15, 2005
5,041,477,963
3,357
February 15, 2005
5,357,779,121
3,371
March 15, 2005
5,577,053,459
3,357
April 15, 2005
5,609,077,523
3,347
May 13, 2005
5,716,066,911
3,354
June 15, 2005
5,835,184,744
3,344
July 15, 2005
5,748,318,831
3,352
August 15, 2005
5,821,353,067
3,353
September 15, 2005
5,811,842,432
3,337
October 25, 2005
5,944,351,614
3,316
November 25, 2005
5,913,634,842
3,302
December 27, 2005
5,882,483,998
3,311
January 13, 2006
5,885,355,970
3,312
February 15, 2005
5,357,779,121
3,371
March 15, 2006
6,198,926,815
3,295
April 15, 2006
6,286,025,884
3,282
May 15, 2006
6,451,337,395
3,301
June 15, 2006
7,188,384,593
3,299
July 14, 2006
7,139,899,294
3,300
August 15, 2006
7,268,106,428
3,286
September 15, 2006
7,353,774,333
3,294
October 13, 2006
7,414,701,519
3,312
November 15, 2006
7,004,368,041
3,311
December 15, 2006
6,924,409,737
3,288
January 12, 2007
6,884,364,389
3,279
February 15, 2007
7,044,297,013
3,292
March 15, 2007
7,893,983,530
3,287
April 13, 2007
8,011,592,931
3,293
May 15, 2007
8,400,778,928
3,281
June 15, 2007
9,170,589,817
3,274
July 15, 2007
9,338,359,662
3,264
August 15, 2007
9,001,087,804
3,273
September 14, 2007
8,317,483,297
3,235
September 28, 2007
8,094,724,815
3,225
October 15, 2007
7,907,538,683
3,217
October 31, 2007
8,017,331,406
3,207
November 15, 2007
8,143,452,123
3,210
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