VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
★ FINANCIAL TOOLS & SERVICES DIRECTORY ★
PRICE: 5 CENTS
ORTEX
Analytics platform focused on short interest and securities lending, with additional coverage of options flow, insider trades, analyst views, and index rebalances. Offers a free tier with limited features, plus paid plans (Basic $39/mo, Advanced $129/mo). Options data is sourced from OPRA and requires agreeing to OPRA terms. API access is available with key-based authentication, and an Excel Add-in (beta) supports short interest data.
Key features
- Short interest and lending analytics including utilization, cost to borrow, shares on loan, and percentage of free float on loan, with intraday and real-time estimates from a large pool of lenders and brokers.
- Official U.S. exchange-reported short interest (bi-monthly) and European flagged shorts, alongside lending-based estimates.
- Options coverage with unusual activity and flow detection; OPRA-sourced data gated by user agreement to OPRA terms.
- Alpha trading signals across themes like Short Squeeze, EPS, RSI, MACD, and Company Events, each with back-tested stats and intraday updates.
- Configurable stock screener including short-interest columns; results can be exported.
- Live intraday charts with last price and bid/ask displayed.
- Analyst recommendations and consensus 12-month price targets with update history.
- Public REST API with key-based access to short interest, CTB, free float, fundamentals, earnings events, and more. Enterprise bulk access available. Excel Add-in (beta) supports short interest data.
- Dataset on U.S. government trading activity (Congress trades), filterable in the web app.
- Index Rebalance module tracking significant changes and index-prediction notes.
- Company overview pages combine events, macro releases, and related news streams.
- Pricing tiers: Free, Basic ($39/mo), and Advanced ($129/mo), with discounts for annual billing.
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