Most Shorted Stocks Today: September 8, 2026 — Top 25 Squeeze Candidates
On September 8, 2026, SVRA leads Tapeboard's most shorted stocks leaderboard with a squeeze score of 34.1, 29.6% short interest, and 27.1 days to cover, in a tape dominated by threshold-flagged names and one extreme 242.9% borrow fee on RGC.
SVRA tops the most shorted stocks leaderboard for September 8, 2026 with a Tapeboard squeeze score of 34.1, short interest of 29.6% of float, and a 27.1 days to cover reading — the longest cover time on today's board. The broader pattern is threshold saturation: 24 of 25 names carry the T flag, and the day's standout anomaly is RGC, where the borrow fee has reached 242.9% annualized despite only 1.8% of float sold short.
September 8, 2026 Top 25 Short Squeeze Candidates
| Rank | Symbol | Squeeze Score | SI % Float | Borrow Fee | Days to Cover | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | SVRA | 34.1 | 29.6% | 2.8% | 27.1 | T |
| 9 | RGC | 34.1 | 1.8% | 242.9% | 4.7 | T |
| 13 | LEU | 32.1 | 29.4% | 0.6% | 9.4 | T |
| 14 | FCFS | 31.4 | 5.9% | 0.3% | 6.8 | T |
| 15 | FAF | 31.0 | 5.6% | 0.3% | 8.9 | T |
| 16 | WB | 30.3 | 19.2% | 1.1% | 22.0 | T |
| 18 | BILI | 30.0 | 8.1% | 0.8% | 9.9 | T |
| 19 | EH | 29.9 | 15.2% | 1.4% | 16.3 | T |
| 21 | LZ | 29.5 | 10.6% | 0.4% | 2.9 | T |
| 22 | ZH | 29.1 | 3.3% | 0.4% | 6.3 | T |
| 23 | CYDY | 29.1 | 2.6% | 8.3% | 17.1 | |
| 24 | WSM | 29.0 | 4.6% | 0.4% | 5.7 | T |
| 25 | OCGN | 29.0 | 32.1% | 2.1% | 23.9 | T |
| 27 | LXRX | 28.8 | 12.5% | 0.5% | 10.9 | T |
| 28 | GRBK | 28.8 | 5.9% | 0.3% | 9.0 | T |
| 29 | IQ | 28.7 | 13.4% | 0.4% | 13.2 | T |
| 30 | GETY | 28.6 | 5.6% | — | 2.0 | T |
| 31 | TROW | 28.6 | 11.9% | 0.4% | 14.4 | T |
| 32 | GENI | 28.5 | 15.1% | 0.3% | 3.5 | T |
| 33 | GCT | 28.5 | 14.2% | 0.3% | 4.6 | T |
| 35 | SRPT | 28.3 | 28.6% | 0.4% | 9.1 | T |
| 36 | IDYA | 28.2 | 11.9% | 0.3% | 16.5 | T |
| 38 | DAVE | 28.1 | 25.6% | 0.4% | 5.0 | T |
| 39 | FITB | 28.0 | 3.7% | 0.4% | 7.3 | T |
| 40 | ARWR | 28.0 | 7.5% | 0.4% | 7.8 | T |
Top 5 Squeeze Candidates on September 8, 2026
1. SVRA — Squeeze Score 34.1
SVRA pairs the highest score on the board with the most punishing structural setup: 29.6% of the float is short, float utilization sits at the same 29.6%, and days to cover is 27.1 — meaning shorts need nearly a month of average volume to exit. The 2.8% borrow fee is cheap, so this is a high-SI, low-fee crowding trade rather than a loan-scarcity story. With 5-day momentum of +2.6% and the stock at $5.61 on the FINRA threshold list, any sustained buying forces a slow, mechanical unwind given the 27-day cover time.
2. RGC — Squeeze Score 34.1
RGC is the mirror image of SVRA: only 1.8% of float is short, but the borrow fee is 242.9% annualized — by far the highest on today's board. That fee means shorts are paying roughly two-thirds of a percent per day just to hold the position at $6.74. Days to cover is a modest 4.7, so the squeeze mechanism here is pure cost-of-carry: if borrow availability tightens further or the fee stays triple-digit, short positions become uneconomic and get closed regardless of price action.
3. LEU — Squeeze Score 32.1
LEU combines 29.4% short interest with the strongest momentum on the board: +8.2% over five days to $185.01. The borrow fee is negligible at 0.6% and days to cover is 9.4, so shorts aren't under cost pressure yet — but threshold-flagged heavy short volume into a rising price is the classic fuel-and-spark configuration. A continued move higher forces covering into a float where nearly 30% is already committed short.
4. FCFS — Squeeze Score 31.4
FCFS is a moderate-SI large-price name: 5.9% of float short, 6.8 days to cover, and a minimal 0.3% borrow fee at $225.60. The score is carried by consistency across inputs rather than any extreme reading, and the T flag shows short-side volume has dominated recent sessions. This is the kind of slow-burn setup traders log and review over weeks — a journal tool like TradeZella is built for tracking exactly this type of grind.
5. FAF — Squeeze Score 31.0
FAF rounds out the top five with 5.6% of float short, 8.9 days to cover, and a 0.3% borrow fee at $71.38. Like FCFS, nothing here is extreme in isolation; the score reflects balanced pressure across all five inputs plus the threshold flag. A short squeeze here would require a positive catalyst to force covering against the 8.9-day exit queue.
What the T Flag Means
The T column marks symbols on the FINRA threshold list — names where more than 50% of recent volume on the FINRA Consolidated NMS daily short-volume file was short-side. All but one of today's 25 names (CYDY, at 2.6% SI and an 8.3% fee) carry the flag. See /methodology/short-squeeze-score for the full scoring breakdown.
How the Squeeze Score Is Built
The score weights five inputs: 35% SI % of float (FINRA), 25% borrow fee, 20% float utilization, 15% days to cover, and 5% five-day momentum. That's why RGC's 242.9% fee can tie SVRA's 29.6% SI at 34.1 — different paths, same composite. Full methodology: /methodology/short-squeeze-score.
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