Short Data

GET https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/shorts/{ticker}/data

Request

Security: Bearer Auth Authorization: Bearer <token>

Path Parameters

ticker SingleTicker required

A single ticker

Example: AAPL

Query Parameters

newer_than NewerThan optional

The unix time in milliseconds or seconds at which no older results will be returned. Can be used with `older_than` to paginate by time. Also accepts an ISO date or RFC 3339 datetime (example: 2024-01-25).

Example: 1_715_083_417

older_than OlderThan optional

The unix time in milliseconds or seconds at which no newer results will be returned. Can be used with `newer_than` to paginate by time. Also accepts an ISO date or RFC 3339 datetime (example: 2024-01-25).

Example: 1_715_083_417

Responses

200 422 500

Response Body 200 OK

currency string

The currency used for fee and rebate rates.

fee_rate string

The fee rate for shorting the stock, expressed as a percentage.

name string

The company name.

rebate_rate string

The rebate rate for shorting the stock, expressed as a percentage.

short_shares_available integer

The number of shares available to short.

symbol string

The ticker symbol.

timestamp string

The timestamp when the short data was recorded.

Try It GET

API Token

Path Parameters

ticker required

Query Parameters

newer_than NewerThan

older_than OlderThan

Request Sample

curl -X GET "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/shorts/{ticker}/data" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.unusualwhales.com")
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Accept": "application/json"}
conn.request("GET", "/api/shorts/{ticker}/data", headers=headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
print(response.read().decode("utf-8"))

Response Example 200

{
  "data": [
    {
      "currency": "USD",
      "fee_rate": "0.42",
      "name": "EXAMPLE COMPANY INC",
      "rebate_rate": "2.75",
      "short_shares_available": 5000000,
      "symbol": "EXMP",
      "timestamp": "2025-03-15T14:30:00Z"
    },
    {
      "currency": "USD",
      "fee_rate": "0.38",
      "name": "EXAMPLE COMPANY INC",
      "rebate_rate": "2.80",
      "short_shares_available": 5250000,
      "symbol": "EXMP",
      "timestamp": "2025-03-15T11:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "currency": "USD",
      "fee_rate": "0.45",
      "name": "EXAMPLE COMPANY INC",
      "rebate_rate": "2.65",
      "short_shares_available": 4800000,
      "symbol": "EXMP",
      "timestamp": "2025-03-14T16:45:00Z"
    }
  ]
}