About
Ben Ebsworth is the founder of Shorted.com.au. A software engineer by background, he built Shorted to make ASIC's daily short-position reports genuinely usable — ingesting, cleaning and charting the raw regulatory data for every ASX stock since 2010. He writes about short-selling dynamics, crowded trades and what bearish positioning reveals about the Australian market.
Areas of focus
- ASX short selling data
- ASIC RG 196 reporting
- Market data engineering
- Australian equity markets
Credentials & background
- •Founder of Shorted.com.au — ASIC short-position data platform
- •Software engineer; builder of the Shorted data pipeline (2.1M+ ASIC records)
- •Independent — no broker relationships or paid coverage