Most Shorted Stocks Today: September 9, 2026 — Top 25 Squeeze Candidates

IRD tops the most shorted stocks board on September 9, 2026 with a Tapeboard squeeze score of 44.5, a days to cover reading of 13.4, and 5-day momentum of +19.9% — the only name in today's top 25 not flagged on the FINRA threshold list. The broader pattern: 24 of 25 names carry the threshold flag, and RGC's 241.6% annualized borrow fee stands out as one of the most expensive shorts on the board. High short interest is concentrated in small- and mid-caps, with XRX (32.9% of float), OCGN (32.1%), and SVRA (29.6%) leading that column.

September 9, 2026 Top 25 Short Squeeze Candidates

Rank	Symbol	Squeeze Score	SI % Float	Borrow Fee	Days to Cover	T
6	IRD	44.5	—	—	13.4
9	RGC	41.4	1.8%	241.6%	4.7	T
10	WB	38.6	19.2%	1.3%	22.0	T
11	SVRA	38.6	29.6%	2.4%	27.1	T
12	TROW	38.1	11.9%	0.4%	14.4	T
13	CRMD	37.8	22.3%	0.6%	14.3	T
14	VIR	37.1	15.2%	0.3%	13.6	T
15	FATE	37.0	8.0%	—	4.1	T
16	GRBK	36.7	5.9%	0.3%	9.0	T
17	OCGN	35.7	32.1%	2.2%	23.9	T
18	CCS	35.3	9.0%	—	6.8	T
20	PCRX	35.0	21.6%	0.4%	8.1	T
21	KOD	34.2	26.2%	0.3%	17.5	T
23	NCNO	34.2	18.2%	0.4%	9.9	T
24	WAL	33.9	5.1%	—	6.1	T
25	XRX	33.8	32.9%	1.9%	15.9	T
26	LDI	33.7	16.2%	—	5.7	T
27	ARCT	33.6	28.6%	0.8%	12.1	T
28	BILI	33.5	7.5%	0.7%	9.8	T
29	ILMN	33.5	6.4%	0.4%	4.8	T
30	EH	33.3	15.3%	1.2%	12.2	T
31	LI	33.2	5.5%	0.9%	11.8	T
32	CARG	33.2	13.2%	—	5.5	T
33	EDIT	33.1	16.1%	0.4%	16.4	T
34	SRPT	33.0	28.6%	0.4%	9.1	T

1. IRD — Squeeze Score 44.5

IRD leads the board at 44.5 despite missing two inputs — short interest % of float and borrow fee are both null in today's data. What carries the score is a 13.4-day cover time, 17.2% float utilization, and the strongest momentum print on the board: +19.9% over five days, with the stock at $6.07. This is a momentum-into-crowded-short setup — shorts are already underwater on the week, and every uptick raises the pressure. If the price strength persists, mechanical covering does the rest; if borrow availability data populates and shows tight supply, the score climbs further.

2. RGC — Squeeze Score 41.4

RGC is the fee story of the day: a 241.6% annualized borrow fee at a $5.79 price. Short interest is only 1.8% of float and days to cover is a modest 4.7, so this is not a crowded-position squeeze — it is a carry-cost squeeze. At 241.6% annualized, a short bleeds roughly two-thirds of a percent of position value per day just to stay in the trade. That math forces exits on any adverse move. The threshold flag confirms sustained heavy short-side volume. If the fee stays elevated or ticks higher, holding the short becomes economically irrational regardless of thesis.

3. WB — Squeeze Score 38.6

WB combines 19.2% of float short with a 22.0-day cover time — the second-longest on the board — at a cheap 1.3% borrow fee and $6.63 share price. This is the classic slow-burn setup: shorts are comfortable on cost but badly positioned on liquidity. A 22-day cover means any forced exit takes weeks, not sessions. The catalyst that matters here is volume-driven: if a positive catalyst forces covering into a thin order book, the exit queue itself becomes the move.

4. SVRA — Squeeze Score 38.6

SVRA ties WB at 38.6 with the most extreme cover time on the board: 27.1 days against 29.6% of float short, a 2.4% borrow fee, and a $5.45 price. Nearly a third of the float is sold short and it would take almost six weeks of average volume to unwind. Momentum is mildly positive at +1.2% over five days. The mechanics are straightforward — high SI plus extreme days to cover means the position cannot be exited quickly at any price, so any sustained bid turns into a grind higher as shorts compete for limited supply.

5. TROW — Squeeze Score 38.1

TROW is the outlier profile: a $109.29 large-cap with 11.9% of float short, a trivial 0.4% borrow fee, and 14.4 days to cover. This is not a fee or availability story — borrow is cheap and plentiful. It scores because the position is large relative to daily volume. Squeezes in names like this require a fundamental catalyst to force repricing; the short base provides fuel but no mechanical pressure on its own. Traders reviewing how these setups played out historically can compare journaling tools like TradeZella against Tapeboard's built-in review workflow.

Stocks Flagged on the FINRA Threshold List

The "T" column marks names on the FINRA threshold file — symbols where short-side volume exceeded 50% of total volume within the last seven trading days, per the FINRA Consolidated NMS daily short-volume data. Today that is 24 of 25 names, an unusually concentrated reading. Full scoring detail is in the methodology.

How the Squeeze Score Is Built

The Tapeboard short squeeze score weights five inputs: 35% short interest % of float (FINRA), 25% borrow fee, 20% float utilization, 15% days to cover, and 5% five-day momentum. Corporate action and filing context comes from SEC data. See the full breakdown at /methodology/short-squeeze-score.

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