Stocks with zero short shares available

Screening Filters

1. region: US

• Purpose: Limits the screen to U.S.-listed stocks.
• Rationale: This keeps the search focused on U.S. equities, which are the most likely universe for the user’s request and ensures the data is comparable and liquid enough for short-interest screening.

2. list_exchange: XNYS, XNAS, XASE

• Purpose: Restricts results to stocks listed on the NYSE, Nasdaq, and NYSE American.
• Rationale: These are the main U.S. exchanges where short-interest and borrow-availability data are commonly used and most relevant. It helps avoid illiquid or less reliable listings that may not be as useful for this type of screen.

3. short_ratio: LessThan10Pct

• Purpose: Filters for stocks with very low shares available to short, which is the closest available match to “zero short shares available.”
• Rationale: The exact indicator “zero short shares available” is not directly supported by the filter set, so this is a practical proxy. Stocks with less than 10% short availability are typically the closest matches to names that are effectively hard to borrow or nearly fully utilized on the lending side.

Why Results Match:

• The user asked for stocks with zero short shares available, but the available filter does not directly support an exact zero-availability indicator.
• The applied filter short_ratio < 10% is still effective because it captures stocks with very limited shortable supply, which is the most relevant approximation to “zero available.”
• Adding US and the major U.S. exchanges keeps the screen focused on the most relevant and tradable U.S. stocks where short availability data is meaningful.

In short, the filters do not exactly detect “zero short shares available,” but they do target the closest supported universe of stocks with extremely limited short borrow availability.