Most Shorted Stocks Today: July 7, 2026 — Top 25 Squeeze Candidates
SKIN leads Tapeboard's July 7, 2026 most-shorted-stocks leaderboard with a squeeze score of 100 and 26.7% short interest, in a session where 21 of the top 25 candidates are flagged on the FINRA threshold list.
On July 7, 2026, SKIN tops Tapeboard's short squeeze leaderboard with a squeeze score of 100, carrying short interest equal to 26.7% of its float and 12.0 days to cover on five-day momentum of 55.8%. The broader board is defined less by exotic borrow costs than by sustained pressure: 21 of today's top 25 candidates are flagged on the FINRA threshold list, while reported borrow fees range from unavailable on the day's top three names to an outlier 263.3% annualized rate on RGC.
July 7, 2026 Top 25 Short Squeeze Candidates
| Rank | Symbol | Squeeze Score | SI % Float | Borrow Fee | Days to Cover | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | SKIN | 100 | 26.7% | — | 12.0 | |
| 3 | CLRO | 72.1 | 0.4% | — | 0.7 | |
| 4 | CRNX | 66.3 | 14.3% | — | 13.4 | |
| 8 | GRPN | 30.8 | 70.3% | 1.6% | 8.3 | |
| 10 | ELF | 26.9 | 49.9% | 0.4% | 2.6 | T |
| 12 | RGC | 24.4 | 1.3% | 263.3% | 7.8 | T |
| 13 | CHWY | 23.8 | 46.5% | 0.3% | 2.4 | T |
| 14 | CRMT | 23 | 41.7% | 9.4% | 1.0 | T |
| 16 | RH | 21.2 | 38.6% | 0.3% | 4.9 | T |
| 17 | ASAN | 21.1 | 35.4% | 0.4% | 4.8 | T |
| 18 | BEAM | 21 | 32.2% | 0.3% | 14.2 | T |
| 19 | PLAY | 20.9 | 40.0% | 0.3% | 5.6 | T |
| 21 | NTLA | 20.2 | 37.5% | 0.3% | 7.5 | T |
| 22 | IBRX | 20.1 | 34.3% | 2.6% | 12.0 | T |
| 23 | TRIP | 20 | 29.9% | 0.4% | 6.8 | T |
| 25 | RUM | 19.7 | 34.9% | 8.7% | 6.7 | T |
| 26 | SPCE | 19.5 | 35.9% | 11.6% | 1.0 | T |
| 27 | RCKT | 19.5 | 25.0% | 0.3% | 8.4 | T |
| 28 | INDI | 19.3 | 30.9% | 1.5% | 12.1 | T |
| 29 | SVRA | 19.3 | 24.1% | 0.4% | 19.3 | T |
| 30 | LCID | 19.3 | 38.2% | 39.3% | 4.3 | T |
| 31 | RXRX | 19.2 | 35.9% | 0.6% | 8.4 | T |
| 32 | EVGO | 19.2 | 34.8% | 1.0% | 9.9 | T |
| 33 | ARCT | 19.1 | 25.7% | 0.6% | 17.7 | T |
| 36 | CRSP | 18.9 | 27.7% | 0.4% | 16.4 | T |
Highest Borrow Fees on July 7, 2026
The borrow fee column shows the widest spread on the board. RGC sits at an annualized 263.3% despite short interest of just 1.3% of float — a small, hard-to-borrow share count rather than a broadly crowded trade. LCID (39.3%), SPCE (11.6%), CRMT (9.4%), and RUM (8.7%) round out the elevated-fee names, while SKIN, CLRO, and CRNX — the day's three highest squeeze scores — show no reported borrow-fee data at all, meaning those setups are being driven by short interest, days to cover, and momentum rather than stock-loan cost.
Today's Top 5 Squeeze Setups
2. SKIN — Squeeze Score 100
SKIN sits atop the board at a squeeze score of 100 on 26.7% short interest, 19.2% float utilization, and 12.0 days to cover, against five-day momentum of 55.8% at a $1.07 share price. That combination — a sub-$2 stock already up more than half in a week, with meaningful short interest and no reported borrow fee — is a low-priced momentum setup: shorts here are exposed to a name that has already moved sharply, and further upside would compound the pressure to cover into a thin, low-priced float.
3. CLRO — Squeeze Score 72.1
CLRO carries the lowest short interest of the top five at 0.4% of float and just 0.7 days to cover, but a five-day momentum reading of 122.9% at a $14.55 share price is enough to place it third. This isn't a crowded-short setup in the classic sense — with so few shares borrowed and such a short cover window, the score here is almost entirely a momentum signal. A continuation of the move would draw in the small remaining short base quickly, given how little volume it would take to unwind.
4. CRNX — Squeeze Score 66.3
CRNX shows a more traditional mid-tier profile: 14.3% short interest, 13.5% float utilization, 13.4 days to cover, and 14.5% five-day momentum at $83.5477. The high days-to-cover figure relative to its short interest points to lighter daily volume — if a catalyst forces even a portion of that short base to cover, the stock's own trading volume would struggle to absorb it quickly.
8. GRPN — Squeeze Score 30.8
GRPN is the most heavily shorted name in the top five by a wide margin: 70.3% of float is sold short, with float utilization matching at 70.3%, on 8.3 days to cover and a $26.70 share price. Despite that crowding, its borrow fee is a modest 1.6%, meaning shares remain relatively available to borrow even at this level of short interest. If borrow availability tightens as utilization stays this high, the fee side of this setup has considerable room to move before it would constrain the trade.
10. ELF — Squeeze Score 26.9
ELF rounds out the top five with 49.9% short interest and matching float utilization, a 0.4% borrow fee, and 2.6 days to cover at $74.50 — and it's flagged on the FINRA threshold list. The short days-to-cover figure means this is a liquid name relative to its short base: a positive catalyst that forces covering could move through the float faster here than in thinner names further down the board.
Stocks Flagged on the FINRA Threshold List
The "T" column marks names showing sustained heavy short pressure on the FINRA Consolidated NMS daily short-volume file — specifically, short volume has made up 50% or more of total volume on that ticker within the last seven trading days. Of today's top 25, 21 names carry the flag, everything from rank 10 (ELF) down through rank 36 (CRSP). Full mechanics of the flag and how it feeds the squeeze score are covered in the short squeeze score methodology.
How the Tapeboard Squeeze Score Is Calculated
Each name's squeeze score blends five inputs: 35% short interest as a percent of float (FINRA), 25% borrow fee (IBKR), 20% float utilization, 15% days to cover, and 5% five-day price momentum (Schwab). The weighting favors persistent short positioning over short-term price action, which is why names like GRPN and RGC — heavy on short interest or borrow cost but modest on momentum — still rank ahead of pure price movers. Full weighting detail is in the squeeze score methodology.
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