Most Shorted Stocks Today: September 11, 2026 — Top 25 Squeeze Candidates

On September 11, 2026, SVRA tops the Tapeboard short squeeze leaderboard with a score of 42.3, backed by 29.6% short interest as a percent of float, a 1.7% borrow fee, and a stretched 27.1 days to cover. The dominant pattern today is threshold concentration: 24 of the 25 names on the board are flagged on the FINRA short-volume threshold list, and the fee complex is split between cheap-to-borrow high-SI names and two extreme-fee outliers — TC at 313.8% and RGC at 216.9%.

September 11, 2026 Top 25 Short Squeeze Candidates

Rank	Symbol	Squeeze Score	SI % Float	Borrow Fee	Days to Cover	T
5	SVRA	42.3	29.6%	1.7%	27.12	T
7	OCGN	40.5	32.1%	1.8%	23.89	T
8	TC	39.1	0.4%	313.8%	1.00	T
9	URBN	37.8	11.3%	—	8.03	T
11	RGC	35.7	1.8%	216.9%	4.74	T
12	EVGO	35.6	30.9%	—	11.47	T
13	DE	35.4	1.9%	—	5.08	T
14	WB	35.2	19.2%	1.7%	21.95	T
15	ABUS	34.7	13.9%	0.4%	13.20	T
16	PTON	34.3	15.0%	0.3%	5.53	T
17	PCRX	33.9	21.6%	1.9%	8.08	T
18	IBRX	33.6	32.3%	0.6%	15.44	T
20	KRYS	33.2	13.7%	0.3%	10.32	T
21	GRBK	33.0	5.9%	0.3%	9.01	T
22	TROW	32.4	11.9%	0.4%	14.38	T
23	RNA	32.3	22.1%	1.0%	27.46
24	FIGS	32.2	19.5%	—	5.26	T
25	FCFS	31.9	6.3%	0.3%	5.24	T
26	KBH	31.7	12.8%	0.4%	8.85	T
27	VIR	31.5	15.2%	0.3%	13.62	T
28	SLN	31.5	8.9%	—	1.00	T
29	LXRX	31.5	12.5%	0.5%	10.93	T
30	DAVE	31.3	21.7%	0.4%	5.12	T
31	H	31.0	12.0%	0.5%	5.43	T
32	IDYA	30.9	11.9%	0.3%	16.51	T

5. SVRA — Squeeze Score 42.3

SVRA leads the board at a 42.3 squeeze score on a classic high-SI, long-fuse setup: 29.6% of the float is sold short, the borrow fee is a manageable 1.7%, and days to cover sits at 27.12 — the second-highest on today's list. The stock is down 1.3% over the last five sessions at $5.30, and it carries the threshold flag. This is the "crowded short, slow exit" profile: the fee isn't punishing shorts yet, so the position can persist, but any forced covering would take nearly a month of average volume to unwind. The catalyst mechanic here is simple — if borrow availability tightens and the fee re-rates higher, the carrying cost math flips against shorts quickly.

7. OCGN — Squeeze Score 40.5

OCGN scores 40.5 with the second-highest short interest on the board at 32.1% of float, a 1.8% borrow fee, and 23.89 days to cover. The momentum number is the headline: OCGN is down 24.4% over five days to $1.04, and it remains on the threshold list. This is a threshold-flagged momentum setup where shorts are winning the tape but the exit door is narrow — nearly 24 days of volume stands between current positioning and a flat book. If a positive catalyst forces covering into a thin borrow market, the unwind mechanics get violent precisely because the fee is still cheap and shorts have no cost pressure pushing them out early.

8. TC — Squeeze Score 39.1

TC is the highest-fee name on the board by an order of magnitude: a 313.8% annualized borrow fee against just 0.4% SI of float and 1.0 day to cover at $1.90. This is the pure high-fee tight-float setup — reported short interest is negligible, but the stock-loan market is effectively closed, meaning shorts are paying over 300% a year to maintain positions. A fee at that level is itself the catalyst mechanism: if borrow availability tightens further or lenders recall shares, buy-ins force covering regardless of fundamentals. Traders reviewing how these fee-driven setups behaved historically often journal the outcome; a structured review process — the kind platforms like TradeZella are compared against — is how desks track whether extreme-fee names actually resolved in squeezes or in delistings.

9. URBN — Squeeze Score 37.8

URBN is the large-cap outlier in the top five: 11.3% SI of float, 8.03 days to cover, and a $78.80 price tag, with no borrow fee reading in today's data (—). It scores 37.8 and carries the threshold flag, meaning over half of recent volume has been short-side. This is the high-SI mega-cap profile — the float is deep enough that covering is orderly, but sustained threshold-level short volume on a name this size signals institutional conviction. The squeeze mechanic here would require a fundamental catalyst that forces systematic de-grossing across a crowded short base.

11. RGC — Squeeze Score 35.7

RGC pairs a 216.9% borrow fee with just 1.8% SI of float and 4.74 days to cover at $5.70. Like TC, this is a fee-driven setup: the stock-loan market is pricing scarcity that the reported short interest doesn't show. At a 216.9% annualized carry, shorts lose roughly 0.6% of position value per day to the fee alone. If the fee stays elevated, time itself is the catalyst — positions become uneconomic to hold and covering follows mechanically.

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 on the FINRA Consolidated NMS daily short-volume file. Today, 24 of 25 names carry the flag; RNA is the sole exception despite its 27.46 days to cover. See /methodology/short-squeeze-score for the full breakdown.

How the Squeeze Score Is Built

The score weights five inputs: 35% SI%Float (FINRA), 25% Borrow Fee, 20% float utilization, 15% Days to Cover, and 5% five-day momentum. Data is sourced from FINRA and SEC filings. Full methodology: /methodology/short-squeeze-score.

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