🇺🇸 Short selling in United States, Q1 2018

From 12 Jan 2018 to 29 Mar 2018, 2,983 United States companies carried disclosed short positions. The quarter's highest single reading was Helios and Matheson Analytics at 98.96% on 28 Feb 2018. 72 companies appeared in the data for the first time. 48 left it. Figures are disclosed positions from official FINRA data.

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Short position data for Short selling in United States, Q1 2018: FINRA, compiled by howshorted.com, settlement date 29 Mar 2018. https://howshorted.com/us/review/2018-q1/

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@misc{howshorted-short-selling-in-united-states-q1-2018-2018-03-29,
  title        = {Short selling in United States, Q1 2018 short position data},
  author       = {{HowShorted}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://howshorted.com/us/review/2018-q1/}},
  note         = {Data: FINRA, settlement date 29 Mar 2018; accessed 2026-10-13},
  year         = {2018}
}

Biggest rises of the quarter

Helios and Matheson Analytics+46.56pp to 98.96%
InspireMD Inc.+22.04pp to 46.80%
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.+18.54pp to 75.04%
Zosano Pharma Corp+14.57pp to 24.74%
Hyperscale Data, Inc.+12.08pp to 26.42%

Biggest falls of the quarter

One Horizon Group, Inc.−17.18pp to 1.17%
Akorn, Inc.−12.15pp to 8.43%
Oclaro, Inc−11.87pp to 5.45%
Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc.−11.27pp to 24.48%
CareDx, Inc.−10.97pp to 4.01%

Changes compare each company's last figure of the quarter with its first; companies with a single report in the quarter are counted but not ranked. Where disclosure thresholds apply the figures are floors, not a census. Nothing here is investment advice.