Stock Short Selling & Short Interest Data
Short selling data: net short positions, short sellers and short interest for EU and US stocks.
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Install
One-Click Install
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"shortselling-vanilla": {
"url": "https://shortsell.net/mcp"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://shortsell.net/mcpstreamable-httphttps://www.leerverkauf.de/mcpstreamable-httpWhat it can do
Tool inventory
Tools (7)
🟢search_companies(query)
Find companies with published short positions by name, ticker symbol or ISIN. Returns up to 5 matches (name, symbol or isin, totalShortPct, website url). Pass the returned symbol or isin to get_company_short_positions.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Company name (case-insensitive), ticker symbol, or 12-character ISIN"
}
},
"required": [
"query"
]
}🟢get_top_short_positions(region)
Companies with the currently largest cumulative net short positions (home page top lists): EU = European registers, US = FINRA short interest.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"region": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"EU",
"US"
]
}
},
"required": [
"region"
]
}🟢get_trending_short_positions(timeFrame, direction, region)
Companies whose total net short position moved the most over 7 or 28 days (home page trend lists), direction = increase or decrease.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"timeFrame": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"7D",
"28D"
]
},
"direction": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"increase",
"decrease"
],
"description": "Direction of the total short position change"
},
"region": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"EU",
"US"
]
}
},
"required": [
"timeFrame",
"direction",
"region"
]
}🟢get_recently_updated_positions(limit)
Most recently published short position changes (feed page): positionPctChange > 0 means the position was increased, < 0 reduced.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 500,
"description": "Max number of entries (default: all)"
}
}
}🟢get_company_short_positions(symbol, isin)
All published short positions of one company: current positions per holder, historic positions and the statistics timeseries (totalShortPct + holderCount over time). Pass symbol OR isin.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"symbol": {
"type": "string",
"description": "US ticker symbol (case-insensitive)"
},
"isin": {
"type": "string",
"description": "12-character ISIN (EU companies)"
}
}
}🟢get_shortseller_positions(name)
All current short positions of one short seller (shortseller page), largest position first.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Short seller / holder name (case-insensitive, e.g. from currentPositions)"
}
},
"required": [
"name"
]
}🟢get_company_price_history(symbol, isin, limit)
Daily closing prices (adjusted) of one company, newest first (company page chart). Pass symbol OR isin.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"symbol": {
"type": "string"
},
"isin": {
"type": "string"
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 400,
"default": 90
}
}
}Community
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