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# Unusual Whales: Get Short Interest

Get short interest history for a specific ticker. Returns short interest, market date, short shares available, total float, short float percentage, days to cover, borrow fee rate, and rebate rate over time. Ideal for: tracking short squeeze setups, monitoring short interest trends, building alerts on rising short interest.

![Unusual Whales: Get Short Interest logo](https://cdn.b3.fun/unusual_whales.png)
Catalog action Blockchain Data

Get short interest history for a specific ticker. Returns short interest, market date, short shares available, total float, short float percentage, days to cover, borrow fee rate, and rebate rate over time. Ideal for: tracking short squeeze setups, monitoring short interest trends, building alerts on rising short interest.


## At a Glance

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Action ID | `unusualwhales-get-short-interest` |
| Category | Blockchain Data |
| Connector | Not required |
| Requires gas | No |
| Funds movement | None declared |
| Tags | `trading`, `market-data`, `read` |

## Payload Schema

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `ticker` | `string` | Yes | Ticker symbol to get short interest for \(e.g., 'GME', 'AMC'\) |

## Result Schema

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `entries` | `array` | Yes | Short interest history entries |

## Examples

**Workflow node**

```json
{
  "type": "unusualwhales-get-short-interest",
  "payload": {
    "ticker": "example-ticker"
  },
  "children": []
}
```
  **Test with API**

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.b3os.org/v1/actions/unusualwhales-get-short-interest/test" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "inputs": {
    "ticker": "example-ticker"
  }
}'
```

**Use expressions for dynamic values**

Payload fields can use workflow expressions such as `{{$trigger.body.amount}}`, `{{$nodes.fetch.result.price}}`, and `{{$props.asset}}` when the value should come from a trigger, prior node, or reusable workflow prop.