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Short Float 20%+

Overview​

The Short Float 20%+ profile shows only the market's most heavily shorted stocks: names where 20% or more of the tradable float is currently sold short. They are grouped by sector and industry, sized by market capitalization, and colored by the short float percentage itself, so the most crowded shorts glow deepest.

Heavy short interest cuts both ways. It can mean sophisticated investors see real trouble, or it can be dry fuel: every short is a future buyer, and when a catalyst forces covering, these are the stocks that produce the market's most violent rallies. Either way, this is the map of where that tension lives.

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The map applies a Box Color range filter of Short Float greater than or equal to 20%, so anything below that threshold is excluded from the view entirely.

Strategy Focus​

  • Keep the market's most shorted names in a single dedicated view
  • Identify short-squeeze candidates before a catalyst arrives
  • See which industries attract concentrated short positioning
  • Treat extreme short float as a risk flag when researching longs
  • Watch crowded shorts around earnings and news events, when squeezes ignite

Map Configuration​

  • Main Category: Sectors
  • Sub Category: Industries
  • Box Size: Market Capitalization ($)
  • Box Color: Short Float (%), with a range filter of 20% and above

Metrics Behind the Map​

  • Market Capitalization ($): The total dollar value of a company's outstanding shares, keeping the larger squeeze candidates visually prominent.
  • Short Float (%): The percentage of a company's tradable shares (free float) currently sold short. The range filter limits the map to readings of 20% or more, and deeper colors mark the most crowded shorts.

Practical Use Cases​

  • Maintain a standing squeeze watchlist straight from this map
  • Cross-check candidates against Earnings Within 5 Days to find crowded shorts heading into a catalyst
  • Watch for a heavily shorted name breaking out on volume, the classic squeeze ignition pattern
  • Note industry clusters of high short float, where sentiment is most negative as a group
  • Use the map defensively: check any long idea here first to know how crowded the short side already is