Shorted

Shorting the ASX: Australia's Most Shorted Stocks, from Official ASIC Data

Everything you need to track shorting on the ASX — official ASIC short selling data updated daily with T+4 delay. Follow the most shorted ASX stocks, analyze short interest trends, and explore industry heatmaps.

Most Shorted ASX Stocks

ASIC short position data as at (T+4 reporting delay)

Loading market data...

Loading market data...

Latest ReportWeek 38, 2026

EF2 shorts hit zero — while TWE, DMP and 4DX turn into exits nobody wants

The week’s cleanest tell was EF2: reported short interest collapsed from 5.02% to 0.00% (-5.02%). [ref-1] Up top, the leaderboard barely budged — LOT is still #1 at 16.96% (+0.09%) and DRO is #2 at 16.21% (+0.23%) — but the real pressure point is liquidity, with TWE at 29.7 days-to-cover, DMP at 23.6 and 4DX at 21.6. [ref-2] Market-wide shorting stayed flat: average short interest was 1.50% with a WoW average change of -0.01% (154 risers vs 142 fallers). [ref-3]

Market news

Latest ASX short selling news
Kalkine$TXR
Neutral
just now

What could Talonx Resources (ASX:TXR) Reveal Next?

Highlights Talonx Resources has released a fresh September investor presentation covering its current exploration and corporate position. The presentation brings together recent developments across the companys gold and base-metal projects. The latest update gives Australian market readers a clearer view of the companys exploration focus and upcoming workstreams. Fresh company presentations can provide a useful snapshot of where an ASX-listed resources company stands, particularly when s...

Continue reading
Kalkine$NAN
Neutral
just now

What could NAN (ASX:NAN) Reveal After Its Latest Update?

Highlights NAN has released a fresh company disclosure centred on an update to its share repurchase programme. The announcement provides a current corporate event for readers tracking NAN within the broader Technical Analysis category. The latest update remains an event-led development, with further company communication needed for additional context. NAN has entered the latest Australian market-news cycle with a fresh corporate disclosure centred on an update to its share repurchase pro...

Continue reading
Kalkine$IGO
Neutral
just now

What could IGO (ASX:IGO) retraction reveal?

Highlights IGO has issued a fresh update retracting a statement contained in its latest annual report. The disclosure concerns an exploration target at South Iron Cap and compliance with the JORC reporting framework. The retraction does not alter the companys reported mineral resources, ore reserves or financial results, according to the latest update. Australian mining stocks remain closely watched as companies balance exploration activity, project development and the detailed reporting...

Continue reading

Trending This Week

Stocks with the biggest short position changes

Screen all stocks
Rising Short Interest
ZIPZip Co Limited..
11.63%+1.19%
LOTLotus Resources
17.67%+0.80%
AUBAub Group
6.98%+0.72%
TLCThe Lottery
7.01%+0.67%
SDRSiteminder
7.62%+0.64%
Falling Short Interest
PNVPolynovo
7.19%-0.73%
DRODroneshield
15.31%-0.67%
NXTNextdc
8.96%-0.60%
HLSHealius
7.24%-0.53%

Where Short Sellers Are Building and Covering

Over the past week of ASIC short position data to 17 September, short sellers built their largest new positions in Zip Co (ZIP, up 1.19 percentage points to 11.63% of shares on issue), Lotus Resources (LOT, up 0.80pp to 17.67%) and Aub Group (AUB, up 0.72pp to 6.98%). Rising short interest signals growing bearish conviction against a stock among hedge funds and institutional investors.

On the other side of the ledger, shorts covered most heavily in Polynovo (PNV, down 0.73 percentage points to 7.19% of shares on issue), Droneshield (DRO, down 0.67pp to 15.31%) and Nextdc (NXT, down 0.60pp to 8.96%). Falling short interest can mean the bear case has played out — or that short sellers are locking in profits and reducing exposure.

Track every position change in the stock screener or browse the top 100 most shorted ASX stocks.

Browse by Industry

Explore short positions across 25 ASX industry sectors

View all industries
Materials4.3%Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail4.1%Insurance2.3%Banks2.3%Consumer Durables & Apparel2.3%Automobiles & Components2.2%Consumer Services2.1%Real Estate Management & Development2.0%Food, Beverage & Tobacco1.9%Consumer Discretionary Distribution & Retail1.5%Financial Services1.5%Energy1.4%Health Care Equipment & Services1.4%Software & Services1.3%Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)1.2%Telecommunication Services1.1%Capital Goods1.1%Media & Entertainment1.1%Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences1.0%Commercial & Professional Services0.8%Utilities0.7%Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment0.6%Transportation0.6%Technology Hardware & Equipment0.4%Household & Personal Products0.1%

Macro dashboard

Australian economy

Interactive state map — unemployment, trade, state final demand and fuel, with cash rate and CPI. ABS, RBA and DCCEEW open data.

Macro dashboard

House prices tracker

National and suburb-level prices, demographics and drilldown maps from ABS and RBA data.

Featured investigation

The Widow-Maker

Why betting against Australian housing keeps failing — negative gearing, the 1999 CGT switch, the buying power of four banks, and what Japan and China teach about the day it breaks.

4 interactive dashboards · 27 sources · 23 June 2026

Read the investigation

Latest from the blog

View all
Ask Your AI About the ASX: Shorted's MCP Server Is Live

Ask Your AI About the ASX: Shorted's MCP Server Is Live

Paste one URL into Claude or ChatGPT and it can read ASIC short positions, house prices, economic series and politicians' declared interests — no API key, no scraping, no setup. Here's what we built and the decisions behind it.

Activist Short Sellers on the ASX: The Major Campaigns and What Happened Next

Activist Short Sellers on the ASX: The Major Campaigns and What Happened Next

Glaucus, Bonitas, VGI. A short report can take a third off an ASX company in a session, and Australian outcomes have run the full range from vindication to a Supreme Court finding of misleading conduct. Here's what activist shorting is, what ASIC's INFO 255 asks of everyone involved, and how the landmark campaigns actually resolved.

ASX Reporting Season and Short Sellers: What August Does to Crowded Shorts

ASX Reporting Season and Short Sellers: What August Does to Crowded Shorts

Australian reporting season compresses hundreds of results into a few weeks in February and August. For heavily shorted stocks it is the window where a thesis either gets confirmed or gets run over, and ASIC's four-day reporting lag means you watch the covering arrive after the fact. Here is how the season works and how to read short data through it.

About this data

Where the data comes from

Official ASIC reports

All short position data is sourced directly from ASIC (Australian Securities and Investments Commission) daily reports. We track over 4,500 ASX-listed securities with historical data from 2010 to present — the top 100 short positions on the ASX, with interactive historical charts and industry sector breakdowns.

Why the data is 4 trading days old

T+4 reporting delay

ASIC publishes short position data with a 4 trading day delay to balance market transparency with preventing potential manipulation. Data shown reflects positions from 4 trading days ago, not real-time figures.

What you can do here

Charts, screeners and reports

View interactive historical charts, industry heatmaps, and weekly reports. Screen stocks by short interest, days to cover, director trades, and news sentiment. Track short interest trends, identify heavily shorted companies, and monitor bearish sentiment across the Australian market.

Go deeper: ASX short selling statistics — total dollars shorted, daily short interest scans, the top 100 most shorted ASX stocks, or the full list of ASX short positions.

New to this? Learn how short selling works on the ASX, keep the short selling glossary handy, then read the weekly ASX short selling reports.

The 100 most shorted stocks on the Australian Securities Exchange, ranked by short interest, sourced from official ASIC short position data with T+4 trading day delay.
RankCodeCompanyShort Interest %
1LOTLotus Resources17.67%
2DRODroneshield15.31%
3DMPDomino's Pizza Enterprises12.03%
4IPXIperionx12.03%
54DX4Dmedical11.95%
6ZIPZip Co11.63%
7PDNPaladin Energy11.41%
8TWETreasury Wine Estates11.32%
9PLSPLS Group11.28%
10FLTFlight Centre Travel Group10.78%
11TLXTelix Pharmaceuticals10.55%
12LYCLynas Rare Earths10.28%
13BOEBoss Energy10.09%
14WTCWisetech Global9.96%
15RIORio Tinto9.91%
16DYLDeep Yellow9.75%
17ELDElders9.59%
18EDVEndeavour Group9.11%
19NXTNextdc8.96%
20BRGBreville Group8.94%
21EOSElectro Optic Systems Holdings8.80%
22SLXSilex Systems8.80%
23CU6Clarity Pharmaceuticals8.78%
24IPHIPH8.45%
25LLCLendlease Group8.41%
26CUVClinuvel Pharmaceuticals8.34%
27GMDGenesis Minerals8.23%
28VULVulcan Energy Resources7.65%
29SDRSiteminder7.62%
30BPTBeach Energy7.54%
31MSBMesoblast7.40%
32HLSHealius7.24%
33NANNanosonics7.22%
34PNVPolynovo7.19%
35ORAOrora7.15%
36NCKNick Scali7.02%
37TLCThe Lottery7.01%
38PXAPexa Group6.98%
39AUBAub Group6.98%
40A2MThe A2 Milk Company6.98%
41JINJumbo Interactive6.70%
42CATCatapult Sports6.42%
43DVPDevelop Global6.34%
44GDGGeneration Development Group6.31%
45GEMG8 Education6.29%
46TYRTyro Payments6.28%
47CIAChampion Iron6.23%
48LICLifestyle Communities6.21%
49ILUIluka Resources6.14%
50GYGGuzman Y Gomez6.11%
51DGTDigico Infrastructure Reit5.96%
52A4NAlpha Hpa5.95%
53CYLCatalyst Metals5.80%
54MI6Minerals 2605.74%
55XROXero5.56%
56MFGMagellan Financial Group5.50%
57ARBARB5.39%
58LTRLiontown5.38%
59RHCRamsay Health Care5.33%
60ASXASX5.24%
61BENBendigo and Adelaide Bank5.23%
62SIGSigma Healthcare5.21%
63BAPBapcor5.18%
64EVNEvolution Mining5.02%
65ELVElevra Lithium5.01%
66AGLAGL Energy4.98%
67SULSuper Retail Group4.90%
68NHCNew Hope4.90%
69HSNHansen Technologies4.86%
70CARCar Group4.75%
71TPWTemple & Webster Group4.70%
72INAIngenia Communities Group4.64%
73ACLAustralian Clinical Labs4.62%
74KARKaroon Energy4.61%
75PNIPinnacle Investment Management Group4.52%
76GNCGraincorp4.49%
77BMNBannerman Energy4.43%
78PMEPro Medicus4.34%
79NECNine Entertainment Co. Holdings4.28%
80HMCHMC Capital4.24%
81BOQBank of Queensland4.23%
82SBMSt Barbara4.23%
83MINMineral Resources4.15%
84ARFArena Reit4.03%
85REARea Group4.01%
86MTSMetcash3.90%
87CBOCobram Estate Olives3.84%
88PDIPdi Gold3.82%
89MYRMyer Holdings3.81%
90JBHJb Hi-Fi3.80%
91APEEagers Automotive3.78%
92AOVAmotiv3.74%
93ABBAussie Broadband3.72%
94EMLEML Payments3.70%
95DXSDexus3.61%
96HLIHelia Group3.56%
97INGInghams Group3.53%
98ARUArafura Rare Earths3.51%
99FFMFirefly Metals3.40%
100CHNChalice Mining3.39%

View all top 100 most shorted ASX stocks

Short selling on the ASX: common questions

Is short selling legal in Australia?

Yes. Short selling is legal in Australia and regulated by ASIC, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, which requires market participants to report their net short positions. Naked short selling — selling shares without first arranging to borrow them — is prohibited under section 1020B of the Corporations Act 2001.

What is short interest?

Short interest is the total number of shares held short in a stock, usually expressed as a percentage of the company's total shares on issue. On the ASX, below 5% is normal, 10-15% is elevated, and above 20% signals extreme bearish positioning and potential short squeeze pressure.

Why is ASIC short data 4 trading days delayed?

ASIC publishes aggregated short positions with a T+4 trading day delay, so each report reflects positions held four trading days earlier. The delay gives ASIC time to compile accurate figures, protects reporters from being front-run, and limits the scope for market manipulation.

How do you short a stock on the ASX?

You borrow the shares through a broker with a securities lending arrangement in place, sell them at the current price, then buy them back later — profiting if the price has fallen. Covered short selling is the only legal form in Australia, and losses are theoretically unlimited if the price rises instead. Read the full guide to shorting the ASX.

More answers in the short selling FAQ, or work through the short selling guides in Learn.