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Unknown: 404, not charged."}},"additionalProperties":false},"queryParams":{"type":"object","properties":{"days":{"type":"integer","default":90,"maximum":730,"minimum":7,"description":"Look-back period in days"}},"additionalProperties":false}},"additionalProperties":false},"output":{"type":"object","required":["type"],"properties":{"type":{"type":"string"},"example":{"description":"Example JSON response returned by this endpoint"}},"additionalProperties":true}},"additionalProperties":false},"responseSchema":null,"example":null,"exampleRequest":null,"tags":["x402"],"displayCostAmount":"0.01","displayCostAsset":"USDC","priceDynamic":false,"priceHint":null,"priceStatus":"priced","priceSource":"probe","requiresHandshake":false,"reviewCount":0,"rating":{"score":"0.00","successRate":"0.00","reviews":0,"stars":null,"state":"unrated"},"availabilityStatus":"unknown","priceObserved":null,"sessionDeposit":null,"pricing":{"kind":"static","summary":"$0.01/call","primary":{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.01","per":"call","confidence":"exact"},"accepted":[{"kind":"static","protocol":"x402","network":"base","amountUsd":"0.01","per":"call","confidence":"exact"}]},"paymentMethods":[{"uid":"pm_LWJm9_CC90QeEAXYjoEZ7","protocol":"x402","methodType":"crypto","chain":"base","mode":"charge","costAmount":"0.01","costPer":"request","priority":0,"asset":"0x833589fCD6eDb6E08f4c7C32D4f71b54bdA02913","unit":"request","depositMicros":null,"planRef":null}],"brandName":null,"brandSlug":null,"brandBaseUrl":null,"brandDocsUrl":null,"whatItDoes":"Returns disclosed net short positions, total short interest, weekly history, recent changes, and a short-selling signal for a European stock identified by ISIN or name.","exampleAgentPrompt":"Which hedge funds are currently short Renault, and is short interest building or covering? Show me the weekly history over the last 90 days and give me the signal.","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Pre-trade short interest check","prompt":"Before I buy BNP Paribas, can you check which hedge funds have disclosed short positions on it, what the total short interest is, and whether the signal is HEAVILY_SHORTED or SHORTS_COVERING?"},{"title":"Monitoring squeeze candidates in Europe","prompt":"I want to watch for European stocks where shorts are covering — can you pull the short position disclosures and signal for ISIN FR0000131906 over the last 180 days and flag any recent changes?"},{"title":"Research report on fund short activity","prompt":"For my research note on Telecom Italia, pull all disclosed net short positions from hedge funds, the total shorted percentage, and the weekly history over the past year so I can chart how positioning has evolved."}],"resultDescription":"A JSON object listing each fund's disclosed net short position, the aggregate total short interest, a weekly time series of short positions over the requested look-back window (7–730 days), recent changes in positioning, and a categorical signal: HEAVILY_SHORTED, SHORTS_BUILDING, or SHORTS_COVERING. Unknown issuers return a 404 and are not charged.","failureModes":["404 Not Found – issuer ISIN or name is not present in AMF short-position disclosures; call is not charged","Invalid days parameter – value outside 7–730 range returns a validation error","Malformed ISIN – incorrectly formatted ISIN string may return 404 or validation error","Payment failure – x402 payment of $0.01 USDC not completed results in 402 response","Rate limiting – excessive concurrent calls may result in throttling"],"whenToPreferThis":"Choose this endpoint when you need regulatory-disclosed short positions on a specific European (especially French AMF-covered) stock by ISIN or name. It is the right choice for pre-trade due diligence, short-squeeze monitoring, hedge fund positioning research, or compliance-adjacent analysis of European equities. Prefer this over generic financial data endpoints when you specifically need fund-level short disclosure data and a directional signal (HEAVILY_SHORTED / SHORTS_BUILDING / SHORTS_COVERING) with historical weekly granularity.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-10-18T06:40:34.726Z","isFirstParty":false,"canonicalSlug":"market-intelligence-api-european-short-positions-by-issuer-f94b7433"}