Stock Short Selling & Short Interest Data

Measured conclusion: Deep-tested. L2 outcome: tools_ok.

Short selling data: net short positions, short sellers and short interest for EU and US stocks.

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Stock Short Selling & Short Interest Data": {
      "url": "https://shortsell.net/mcp",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}

Measured tools (7)

• search_companies

  Find companies with published short positions by name, ticker symbol or ISIN. Returns up to 5 matches (name, symbol or isin, totalShortPct, website url). Pass the returned symbol or isin to get_company_short_positions.

  Parameters:

  • query (required) — string — Company name (case-insensitive), ticker symbol, or 12-character ISIN

  Hints: read-only not declared · destructive not declared · idempotent not declared · open-world not declared

• get_top_short_positions

  Companies with the currently largest cumulative net short positions (home page top lists): EU = European registers, US = FINRA short interest.

  Parameters:

  • region (required) — string

  Hints: read-only not declared · destructive not declared · idempotent not declared · open-world not declared

• get_trending_short_positions

  Companies whose total net short position moved the most over 7 or 28 days (home page trend lists), direction = increase or decrease.

  Parameters:

  • timeFrame (required) — string
  • direction (required) — string — Direction of the total short position change
  • region (required) — string

  Hints: read-only not declared · destructive not declared · idempotent not declared · open-world not declared

• get_recently_updated_positions

  Most recently published short position changes (feed page): positionPctChange > 0 means the position was increased, < 0 reduced.

  Parameters:

  • limit — integer — Max number of entries (default: all)

  Hints: read-only not declared · destructive not declared · idempotent not declared · open-world not declared

• get_company_short_positions

  All published short positions of one company: current positions per holder, historic positions and the statistics timeseries (totalShortPct + holderCount over time). Pass symbol OR isin.

  Parameters:

  • isin — string — 12-character ISIN (EU companies)
  • symbol — string — US ticker symbol (case-insensitive)

  Hints: read-only not declared · destructive not declared · idempotent not declared · open-world not declared

• get_shortseller_positions

  All current short positions of one short seller (shortseller page), largest position first.

  Parameters:

  • name (required) — string — Short seller / holder name (case-insensitive, e.g. from currentPositions)

  Hints: read-only not declared · destructive not declared · idempotent not declared · open-world not declared

• get_company_price_history

  Daily closing prices (adjusted) of one company, newest first (company page chart). Pass symbol OR isin.

  Parameters:

  • isin — string
  • limit — integer
  • symbol — string

  Hints: read-only not declared · destructive not declared · idempotent not declared · open-world not declared

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