Most Shorted Stocks Today: September 2, 2026 — Top 25 Squeeze Candidates
ChargePoint (CHPT) tops the most shorted stocks leaderboard on September 2, 2026 with a squeeze score of 44.8, 24.2% short interest, and 15.61 days to cover, while Regencell (RGC) carries an extreme 236.8% borrow fee.
Most Shorted Stocks Today: September 2, 2026
ChargePoint (CHPT) leads the Tapeboard squeeze board on September 2, 2026 with a score of 44.8, backed by 24.2% short interest of float, a 4.6% borrow fee, and 15.61 days to cover. The dominant theme today is threshold concentration: 23 of the top 25 names sit on the FINRA threshold list, and the single most extreme data point is Regencell (RGC), where shorts are paying a 236.8% annualized borrow fee despite only 1.8% of the float being short.
September 2, 2026 Top 25 Short Squeeze Candidates
| Rank | Symbol | Squeeze Score | SI % Float | Borrow Fee | Days to Cover | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | CHPT | 44.8 | 24.2% | 4.6% | 15.61 | T |
| 11 | RGC | 43.9 | 1.8% | 236.8% | 4.74 | T |
| 14 | SVRA | 42.8 | 29.6% | 2.8% | 27.12 | T |
| 16 | TROW | 42.3 | 11.9% | 0.3% | 14.38 | T |
| 17 | GRBK | 42.3 | 5.9% | 0.4% | 9.01 | T |
| 18 | VIR | 42.1 | 15.2% | 0.4% | 13.62 | T |
| 19 | WB | 42.0 | 19.2% | 1.3% | 21.95 | T |
| 20 | CYDY | 41.9 | 2.7% | 8.4% | 17.11 | |
| 23 | PFSI | 41.3 | 10.3% | 0.5% | 4.04 | T |
| 25 | OCGN | 40.7 | 32.1% | 2.1% | 23.89 | T |
| 26 | EH | 40.1 | 15.2% | 1.4% | 16.26 | T |
| 27 | LXRX | 39.8 | 12.5% | 0.4% | 10.93 | T |
| 28 | ARWR | 39.7 | 7.5% | 0.3% | 7.81 | T |
| 29 | FAF | 39.7 | 5.6% | 0.3% | 8.86 | T |
| 30 | IBRX | 39.1 | 32.3% | 0.6% | 15.44 | T |
| 31 | BEKE | 38.9 | 3.9% | 0.4% | 10.26 | T |
| 32 | CARS | 38.9 | 13.9% | 0.4% | 8.31 | T |
| 33 | MHO | 38.8 | 5.4% | 0.4% | 6.56 | T |
| 34 | GPC | 38.5 | 5.3% | 0.4% | 6.66 | T |
| 35 | DNA | 38.3 | 11.2% | — | 4.25 | T |
| 36 | DE | 38.3 | 1.9% | 0.3% | 5.98 | T |
| 37 | ABUS | 38.1 | 15.0% | 0.3% | 15.10 | T |
| 38 | CORZ | 38.0 | 23.5% | — | 5.14 | T |
| 39 | URBN | 38.0 | 11.3% | 0.4% | 8.03 | T |
| 40 | LEN | 37.6 | 8.4% | 0.3% | 9.01 | T |
Highest Borrow Fees on September 2, 2026 — Top 5 Setups
1. CHPT — Squeeze Score 44.8
CHPT tops the board with a balanced, high-pressure profile: 24.2% of the float is short, the borrow fee runs 4.6%, shorts need 15.61 days to cover at recent volume, and the name sits on the FINRA threshold list. The 5-day momentum of -12.8% shows the shorts are currently winning, which also means fresh short entries have been piling in. This is the classic high-SI, threshold-flagged setup — if a positive catalyst forces covering, 15.61 days of trapped volume is the fuel. Traders reviewing how past threshold-list setups played out in their own logs — whether in TradeZella or another journal — will recognize the pattern: the squeeze triggers when the selling stalls, not before.
2. RGC — Squeeze Score 43.9
RGC is a completely different animal: only 1.8% of the float is short, but the borrow fee is a staggering 236.8% annualized. That fee means borrow is effectively unavailable at reasonable cost — existing shorts pay over 0.6% per day just to hold the position. Days to cover is modest at 4.74, and the name is threshold-flagged. This is the high-fee tight-float setup: the squeeze mechanism here is pure economics. If the fee stays anywhere near 236.8%, shorts are forced to close regardless of their thesis, and any buy pressure at all meets a market with almost no borrowable supply.
3. SVRA — Squeeze Score 42.8
SVRA brings the deepest structural short position in today's top five: 29.6% of float short with a punishing 27.12 days to cover — the highest cover ratio on the entire board. The borrow fee is cheap at 2.8%, so shorts aren't being bled out, but the exit door is exceptionally narrow. Momentum of -2.7% over five days keeps pressure on. The catalyst math is simple: with nearly a month of volume needed to cover, any sustained buying forces shorts to chase price upward for weeks.
4. TROW — Squeeze Score 42.3
TROW is the rare large-cap entry, trading at $109.20 with 11.9% of float short and 14.38 days to cover. The borrow fee is negligible at 0.3%, meaning borrow is plentiful — yet the name is on the FINRA threshold list, indicating sustained heavy short-side volume. This is the high-SI mega-cap setup: fees won't force anything, so the squeeze case rests entirely on positioning. If institutional buying absorbs the short flow, 14.38 days of cover demand in a liquid name can still produce a sharp repricing.
5. GRBK — Squeeze Score 42.3
GRBK ties TROW at 42.3 with a quieter profile: 5.9% short interest, a 0.4% borrow fee, 9.01 days to cover, and a threshold flag. Nothing here is extreme in isolation — the score is driven by consistency across every input. The setup is a slow-burn threshold name: if short volume keeps running above 50% of total volume, float utilization grinds higher and the eventual unwind gets more violent with each week of accumulation.
Stocks Flagged on the FINRA Threshold List
The "T" column marks symbols on the FINRA threshold list — names where short volume has exceeded 50% of total volume within the last seven trading days, per the FINRA Consolidated NMS daily short-volume file. Today, 23 of the top 25 carry the flag; only CYDY (2.7% SI, 8.4% fee) escapes it. See the full scoring breakdown at /methodology/short-squeeze-score.
How the Squeeze Score Is Built
The Tapeboard short squeeze score weights five inputs: 35% SI% of float (FINRA), 25% borrow fee (IBKR), 20% float utilization, 15% days to cover, and 5% five-day momentum (Schwab). Null values — like the missing borrow fees on DNA and CORZ — are handled within the methodology rather than estimated. Full details: /methodology/short-squeeze-score.
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