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Where the data comes from

Every position published here comes from the official registers of the market authorities. Nothing is estimated, nothing is filled in. The table below shows, for each market, whether the last collection succeeded and how far the data goes.

State of the last collection, market by market.
MarketAuthorityStateData up toOpen positions
FranceAMFup to dateAugust 11, 2026178
BelgiumFSMAup to dateAugust 12, 202614
NetherlandsAFMup to dateAugust 12, 202677
GermanyBundesanzeigerup to dateAugust 12, 2026455
AustriaFMAup to dateAugust 11, 202614
SpainCNMVup to dateAugust 12, 202654
ItalyConsobup to dateAugust 12, 2026110
PolandKNFup to dateAugust 12, 202621
United KingdomFCAup to dateAugust 12, 2026362
NorwayFinanstilsynetup to dateAugust 12, 202633
IrelandCentral Bank of Irelandup to datenone0
SwedenFinansinspektionenup to dateAugust 13, 2026241
DenmarkFinanstilsynetup to dateMay 29, 202644
FinlandFinanssivalvontaup to dateAugust 12, 202640
JapanJPXup to dateAugust 12, 2026874
AustraliaASICup to dateAugust 7, 2026613
United StatesFINRAup to dateJuly 15, 202622375
GreeceHCMCup to dateAugust 6, 20264
LuxembourgCSSFup to datenone0
CzechiaCNBup to datenone0
HungaryMNBup to dateFebruary 2, 20180
IcelandCentral Bank of Icelandup to dateJuly 24, 20269

Reuse: each register belongs to its authority, named above with a link to its own publication. Where a source publishes its data under a licence, it is cited here along with the date our figures stop at.
France : Licence Ouverte 2.0

The trace of every figure

For each market: the exact file that answered, the time it was read, the number of rows it produced and the number set aside as unreadable. Every figure on the site can be traced back to the file it came from.

Provenance and volume of the last collection.
MarketCollected onRows readSet asideFile downloaded
France2026-08-13 19:10402370export_od_vad_20260813111500_20260813123001.csv
Belgium2026-08-13 19:10140shortselling
Netherlands2026-08-13 19:10224090export.aspx?type=8a46a4ef-f196-4467-a7ab-1ae1cb58f0e7&format=csv,export.aspx?type=3ca31b3d-23d9-4fa2-b846-29c7e3f0e5ff&format=csv
Germany2026-08-13 19:104630nlp?0--top~csv~form~panel-form-csv~resource~link
Austria2026-08-13 19:10180QryNetShortPositions.aspx
Spain2026-08-13 19:10130220NetShortPositions.xls
Italy2026-08-13 19:10249712fbefe0a2-795b-bad3-9369-beccbeb14f27
Poland2026-08-13 19:10210index.html
United Kingdom2026-08-13 19:1032480aggregated-current-net-short-positions.csv,aggregated-historic-net-short-positions.csv
Norway2026-08-13 19:10103210instruments
Ireland2026-08-13 19:105510table-of-significant-net-short-positions-in-shares.xlsx?sfvrsn=49c7d61d_968
Sweden2026-08-13 19:10331575283GetAktuellFile,GetHistFile
Denmark2026-08-13 19:10883702026-05-ss-over-05-pct.xlsx
Finland2026-08-13 19:10108510current
Japan2026-08-13 19:108780index.html
Australia2026-08-13 19:107420RR20260807-001-SSDailyAggShortPos.csv
United States2026-08-13 19:10223750shrt20260715.csv
Greece2026-08-13 19:1040102026_08_07%20HCMC_disclosed_short_positions_en.xls
Luxembourg2026-08-13 19:1000actuals?page=1&start=0&limit=5000
Czechia2026-08-13 19:1000xdo?_xdo=%2FOAM_CNB_CZ%2Fbase1.xdo&fromLoadingPage=true&_sTkn=1504ec919ffc88da68&_id=14f99aab-9f3e-4972-9458-047234d7993a&_dFlag=false
Hungary2026-08-13 19:10200lekerdezo
Iceland2026-08-13 19:10340

The rows set aside are the ones a regulator publishes without a readable position: a below-threshold marker, an empty date cell, a separator line. Their number is shown here: if a source changes format, this column reports it before the totals move.

Nothing is typed in by hand: every total is recomputed from these files at each collection. To redo the count, keep one row per fund, its most recent disclosure, and set aside the ones for which the authority has published an end date. Where the result differs from the figures shown here, the regulator's file prevails.

What to know about these registers

A net short position must be reported from 0.1% of capital but is only made public from 0.5%. The totals shown here therefore never represent all short selling.

A fund rediscloses its position at every move. The current position is its most recent disclosure; the earlier ones are history.

The FSMA no longer publishes a file: the positions are read from its public page.

The FMA no longer publishes a file: the positions are read from its public page.

The KNF no longer publishes a file: the positions are read from its public page.

Since 13 July 2026 the FCA no longer publishes the name of the funds, only the total per company.

The Finanstilsynet updates its file only once a month: this market is behind the others by construction, and the "Data up to" column says by how much.

JPX also publishes the positions of securities firms, far below the threshold other markets use. Its companies compare, its holders do not, so this market is kept out of the ranking of the busiest short sellers.

ASIC has never named the sellers: it publishes one total per company, with a four trading day delay. This market therefore has no page per fund.

FINRA publishes a number of shares, not a share of capital, and only twice a month. This market therefore appears in no ranking shared with the others.

The CNB no longer publishes a file: the positions are read from its public page.

The MNB no longer publishes a file: the positions are read from its public page.

The Central Bank of Iceland no longer publishes a file: the positions are read from its public page.

What the registers changed

A regulator publishes its rules, never the day its file stopped carrying a column. Every line below was measured here, on the date shown, and read only as far as it is known: the year alone when only the year is.

Register journal, newest first
MarketDateWhat changedReference
CzechiaAugust 8, 2026Checked that day: the current register returns no row, while its history answers and reaches back to the last position. Empty is not unreadable, and that second call is the proof.none
GreeceAugust 5, 2026Measured that day: the regulator accepts no secure connection, on either of its two hostnames. This market is read in the clear because it offers nothing else.none
United StatesJuly 15, 2026Measured that day: of the 22 375 securities published, 3 983 carry the same sentinel value in the column that looks like a comparable ratio. It is not one, and it is not read.none
United KingdomJuly 13, 2026From that date the funds are no longer named: the register publishes one total per company. The file that named them has not moved since, and it is kept here as history.PS26/5
Czechia2022No open position since that date. The register answers and holds nothing: that is a state, not a failure.none
HungaryFebruary 2018No open position since that date. The register answers and holds nothing: that is a state, not a failure.none