The Short Selling Dashboard, a tab within the Fundamentals Explorer, shows short data on a specific stock, including availability at IBKR, fee rates charged to borrowers, Intra-day stock availability for shorting, and shorting demand, which is a street-wide measure of loaned shares/available shares. See timely data for today in the top half of the dashboard, and historical short data for the stock in graph form in the bottom half.
For buyers, looking at Shorting Demand, Shortable Shares at IBKR, and the fee rate can answer the following questions:
How popular is the stock with shorts?
If popular, Shorting Demand will be high, the Shortable Shares at IBKR will be low, and the fee rate will be high.
What is the possibility of a short squeeze?
The tighter the stock, the more possibility for buy-ins around the street and a squeeze.
I am worried about buying a stock with lots of short interest because I believe shorts will impact me negatively. How can I avoid buying such stocks?
Buy stocks with low Shorting Demand.
My stock is down, why?
You can see if the stock became more popular with shorts.
I am short but I worry about the fee rate. Where can I see it historically, to see how high it has gone up in the past?
Check the Short History graph at the bottom of the dashboard.
For sellers, looking at Shorting Demand, Shortable Shares at IBKR, and the fee rate can answer the following questions:
How stable is IBKR's shortable inventory?
Check the history of shortable shares.
Is supply dispersed across lenders, or is it concentrated?
See the number of lenders with inventory.
What are the chances that I would be bought in?
Chances increase if demand is high and Shortable Shares is low.
Are there lots of other people shorting?
Yes, if demand is high.
The company just announced significant news. Does IBKR still have shares?
Look at today's Shortable Shares.