Most Shorted Stocks Today: September 14, 2026 — Top 25 Squeeze Candidates
The most shorted stocks on September 14, 2026 are led by SMR with a squeeze score of 33.7 and 19.1% short interest, on a board dominated by FINRA threshold names and extreme borrow-fee outliers like TC at 305.7%.
SMR tops the Tapeboard squeeze leaderboard on September 14, 2026 with a score of 33.7, a 19.1% short interest-to-float ratio, and a fast 1.7 days to cover. The dominant pattern today is threshold saturation: 24 of the top 25 names carry the FINRA threshold flag, while borrow costs are wildly bifurcated — TC prints a 305.7% fee and RGC a 225.0% fee, even as several high-SI names like SMR and OKLO show no fee quote at all.
September 14, 2026 Top 25 Short Squeeze Candidates
| Rank | Symbol | Squeeze Score | SI % Float | Borrow Fee | Days to Cover | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | SMR | 33.7 | 19.1% | — | 1.7 | T |
| 9 | SVRA | 31.6 | 31.8% | 1.7% | 24.3 | T |
| 12 | HAIN | 30.8 | — | — | 6.9 | |
| 13 | OCGN | 30.7 | 31.0% | 2.2% | 28.2 | T |
| 14 | OPTT | 30.6 | 16.4% | 4.5% | 9.0 | T |
| 15 | TROW | 30.4 | 12.5% | 0.4% | 20.5 | T |
| 16 | PCRX | 30.2 | 21.7% | 3.0% | 17.0 | T |
| 17 | BEKE | 30.0 | 3.5% | — | 4.1 | T |
| 18 | RGC | 29.9 | 1.7% | 225.0% | 8.1 | T |
| 19 | OPAL | 29.1 | 15.1% | 1.5% | 18.4 | T |
| 20 | OKLO | 28.9 | 23.3% | — | 3.5 | T |
| 21 | FINV | 28.9 | 4.4% | — | 4.0 | T |
| 23 | IDYA | 28.6 | 11.6% | 0.3% | 12.2 | T |
| 24 | WKHS | 28.3 | 24.8% | 27.5% | 9.3 | T |
| 25 | DE | 27.8 | 2.0% | 0.3% | 3.6 | T |
| 26 | KBH | 27.2 | 12.9% | 0.3% | 9.0 | T |
| 27 | TC | 27.1 | 0.1% | 305.7% | 1.0 | T |
| 28 | XENE | 27.0 | 7.0% | 0.4% | 9.1 | T |
| 29 | GLBS | 26.9 | 6.4% | — | 5.1 | T |
| 30 | XRX | 26.5 | 34.0% | 1.6% | 19.6 | T |
| 32 | GRBK | 26.3 | 7.2% | 0.3% | 6.2 | T |
| 33 | RF | 26.3 | 6.6% | 0.4% | 7.3 | T |
| 34 | KRYS | 26.3 | 14.3% | 0.3% | 15.3 | T |
| 36 | CARS | 26.3 | 15.2% | 0.5% | 13.5 | T |
| 37 | URBN | 26.2 | 11.4% | 0.3% | 4.4 | T |
Top 5 Names to Watch
5. SMR — Squeeze Score 33.7
SMR leads the board at 33.7 on the strength of 19.1% SI-to-float and the tightest days-to-cover print among the leaders at 1.7. The borrow fee is not quoted in today's data (null), which often means locate availability is thin or unreported rather than cheap. The stock is down 12.3% over five days to $8.51, so shorts are currently winning — this is a crowded, threshold-flagged setup where a short squeeze would be catalyzed by any forced covering: if borrow availability tightens further or a positive catalyst gaps the stock, the low days-to-cover figure means covering pressure would be fast and concentrated rather than drawn out.
9. SVRA — Squeeze Score 31.6
SVRA combines 31.8% SI-to-float with 24.3 days to cover at a $5.36 share price — one of the heaviest structural short positions on the board. The 1.7% borrow fee is modest, so shorts are not under cost pressure yet; the risk to them is purely positional. With float utilization at 31.8% and momentum nearly flat at -0.6% over five days, this is a coiled high-SI name: any sustained volume spike would stretch an already 24-day covering window and force a repricing.
12. HAIN — Squeeze Score 30.8
HAIN is the one name in the top 25 without the threshold flag, and its SI figure is not reported in today's data. What is reported: 6.9 days to cover, 8.6% float utilization, and a brutal -16.9% five-day momentum reading that has taken the stock to $0.61. This is a beaten-down low-float setup rather than a fee-driven one — the squeeze mechanism here would be simple exhaustion: if selling pressure stalls at these levels, even modest buy volume forces shorts to compete for thin liquidity.
13. OCGN — Squeeze Score 30.7
OCGN shows the deepest covering backlog on the board: 28.2 days to cover against 31.0% SI-to-float, with a 2.2% borrow fee. The stock has fallen 22.1% in five days to $1.07, so the short side is heavily in profit — which is exactly what makes the position fragile. A single positive catalyst that forces profit-taking on 31% of the float short would take nearly a month of average volume to unwind cleanly.
14. OPTT — Squeeze Score 30.6
OPTT rounds out the top five with 16.4% SI-to-float, a 4.5% borrow fee — the highest quoted fee among today's top five — and 9.0 days to cover at $2.71. This is the classic high-fee, threshold-flagged small-cap profile: shorts are already paying a meaningful carry cost, so the position has a time decay built in. If the fee rate climbs further or locates dry up, holding the short becomes economically irrational before any price move even occurs.
What the T Flag Means
The T column marks symbols on the FINRA threshold list — names where more than 50% of recent consolidated volume was short-side over the past week, indicating sustained heavy short pressure rather than a one-day anomaly. See the full definition in our methodology documentation.
How the Squeeze Score Is Built
The score weights five inputs: 35% SI % Float (FINRA), 25% Borrow Fee (IBKR), 20% Float Utilization, 15% Days to Cover, and 5% five-day momentum (Schwab), with threshold status from FINRA/SEC data. Full breakdown at /methodology/short-squeeze-score.
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