Free programmatic access to ASIC short position data, stock prices, and director trades. Each dataset is published with Dataset schema for Google Dataset Search.
Update cadence
Daily after ASIC publication (T+4 delay).
License
CC-BY 4.0 — attribute Shorted.com.au + ASIC.
Daily-updated rankings of the most shorted stocks on the Australian Securities Exchange, with current short interest percentage and historical time series. Sourced from official ASIC short position reports.
productCodeASX stock codetickerpercentageShortedCurrent short interest %PERCENTlatestShortPositionReported short positionssharesDaily time-series of ASIC-reported short positions for each ASX-listed security from 2010 onwards. Includes percentage of shares on issue held short and absolute reported short positions.
timestampTrading dateISO-8601shortPositionShort interest % on that datePERCENTIndustry-aggregated short positions and short-interest changes across ASX sectors over user-selected periods (3m, 6m, 1y, 2y, 5y). Useful for sector-rotation analysis and macro short-selling research.
industryGICS industry sectornamepercentageChangeShort interest change over periodPERCENTcurrentShortPositionCurrent aggregated short %PERCENTDaily OHLCV (open, high, low, close, volume) historical stock prices for ASX-listed securities, used alongside short position data for correlation and event-study analysis.
dateTrading dateISO-8601openOpening priceAUDcloseClosing priceAUDadjustedCloseDividend & split adjusted closeAUDvolumeTrading volumesharesDirector and substantial-holder trades from ASX Appendix 3Y filings, tagged with stock code, trade type (buy/sell/exercise), share count and disclosed price. Useful for insider-sentiment research.
directorNameTrading directorstringtradeTypebuy / sell / exercise_optionsenumsharesTradedVolume of the tradesharestotalValueDisclosed total valueAUDtradeDateTrade dateISO-8601All datasets are derived from publicly-available sources (ASIC short position reports and ASX Appendix 3Y filings) and republished under CC-BY 4.0. When using this data in research or publications please cite both Shorted.com.au and ASIC.