Most Shorted Stocks Today: June 22, 2026 — Top 25 Squeeze Candidates

On June 22, 2026, GRPN tops Tapeboard's short squeeze leaderboard with a squeeze score of 47.5, short interest at 64.6% of float, and 6.3 days to cover — the largest SI% on the board by a significant margin. The session's defining feature is FINRA threshold concentration: 21 of the 25 tracked candidates carry the T flag, and borrow fee outliers QH (251.5%) and NRDY (51.6%) signal acute stock-loan supply constraints at the extremes of the list.

June 22, 2026 Top 25 Short Squeeze Candidates

Top 5 Short Squeeze Setups — June 22, 2026

5. GRPN — Squeeze Score 47.5

GRPN at $16.68 holds the highest short interest in today's dataset at 64.6% of float, with float utilization also at 64.6% — virtually all borrowable shares are already deployed. The borrow fee of 1.5% is moderate, so the 47.5 score is driven almost entirely by the structural mass of the short position rather than lending scarcity. At 6.3 days to cover, the position cannot exit quietly: any attempt to close in size would consume more than a week of average volume. Five-day momentum is −0.6%, essentially flat, indicating the covering pressure coil has not yet released. If borrow availability contracts further on GRPN, fee escalation alone could begin pressuring marginal holders to close.

7. ELF — Squeeze Score 39.0

ELF at $63.03 has 48.9% SI/float with only 2.0 days to cover — the tightest exit window among the top 5. The borrow fee of 0.4% is minimal; the squeeze potential here is mechanical rather than fee-driven. At 2.0 DTC, the entire short position would need to unwind within two average-volume sessions, concentrating price impact sharply at the start of any exit. Five-day momentum of +3.3% shows the stock has begun to strengthen. If positive price action continues, covering demand and rising prices would reinforce each other inside that narrow 2.0-day exit window, compressing the unwind faster than the DTC figure implies.

8. CHWY — Squeeze Score 38.6

CHWY at $17.51 carries 51.3% of float short and 2.8 days to cover against a borrow fee of 0.4%. Five-day momentum of −9.3% reflects recent short-side success, but that decline also widens the unrealized loss exposure for late entrants and narrows the cushion before positions become deeply underwater. With the FINRA threshold flag active, sustained elevated short-volume participation is already on record. If CHWY stabilizes near current levels, any reversal catalyst would face 51.3% of float attempting to exit through 2.8 sessions of normal liquidity — a structurally compressed unwind.

11. NRDY — Squeeze Score 34.4

NRDY at $0.93 is the most expensive short to maintain in the top 5: a 51.6% annualized borrow fee per IBKR data, with 41.6% SI/float and 20.3 days to cover. At 51.6% annualized, the carry cost on this position consumes substantial capital relative to the $0.93 price. The 20.3-day DTC reflects thin daily liquidity against the size of the outstanding short — an exit at scale would take weeks, not days. Five-day momentum of −10.1% has favored shorts recently, but if borrow supply tightens further and fees escalate toward triple digits, involuntary covering could materialize independent of any fundamental catalyst.

13. NTLA — Squeeze Score 33.4

NTLA at $15.63 has 36.2% SI/float, 9.2 days to cover, and a borrow fee of 0.4% — a structurally driven setup rather than a fee-scarcity one. The distinguishing metric is 5-day momentum of +30.1%, the strongest reading in the top 5, meaning short sellers have absorbed significant unrealized losses over the past week. With 9.2 days needed to cover at average volume, any continuation of upward price movement would stretch the exit across nearly two trading weeks, amplifying pressure as each session adds to the cumulative short-side loss. If buying activity sustains, the 9.2-day cover window becomes an increasingly heavy mechanical burden on the position.

Stocks Flagged on the FINRA Threshold List — June 22, 2026

The "T" column marks symbols where short volume accounted for at least 50% of total consolidated NMS volume across the most recent seven trading days, as reported in the FINRA daily short-volume file. This measures the intensity of short-side participation in daily trading — it is not the same as a Regulation SHO close-out requirement, which is triggered by persistent fails-to-deliver. Of the 25 names on today's board, 21 carry the T flag, an unusually high concentration that points to broad, sustained short-side commitment across the leaderboard. Full scoring methodology is at /methodology/short-squeeze-score.

How the Tapeboard Squeeze Score Is Built

The Tapeboard squeeze score weights five inputs: 35% short interest as a percent of float (FINRA), 25% borrow fee rate (IBKR stock-loan data), 20% float utilization, 15% days to cover, and 5% five-day price momentum (Schwab). All underlying data is sourced exclusively from FINRA, IBKR, Schwab, and SEC filings. Full weighting logic and normalization methodology are documented at /methodology/short-squeeze-score.

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