How can an investor check to see the current short sales of a given stock?

Question

How can an investor check to see the current short sales of a given stock?

Answer 1

http://www.shortsqueeze.com/?symbol=slv&...

Be careful buying stocks just because there is a large short position.

This strategy works like a charm in a Bull Market, Like Borat says "Not So Much" in a Bear Market

Answer 2

NASDAQ Short Interest

http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/Trader.aspx?...

http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/MasterDataE...

Happy Trading.

Answer 3

You can find this on Yahoo! as well

Take Merrill Lynch for example:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=MER

1. On the left side in the blue column click on the "Key Statistics" link

2. You should see the shares short on the right hand side under the "Share Statics" Heading.

Answer 4

You can't.

The exchanges only report short interest once a month. That monthly report can be found on several sites, including Yahoo, as noted in other answers. It is not, however, current.