Benzinga and ORTEX collaborate
01 May 2026 UK and US
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Benzinga is collaborating with ORTEX as an official distribution provider.
This joint effort expands access to ORTEX's short interest data and securities lending analytics across Benzinga's growing network of brokerages, institutional platforms, and fintech applications.
ORTEX鈥檚 proprietary models combine securities lending activity with exchange-reported data to generate high-frequency, point-in-time estimates of short positioning across global equities.
Through this collaboration, Benzinga is introducing ORTEX datasets into its financial data marketplace and API ecosystem.
Trading platforms and financial applications can integrate ORTEX-powered short interest data directly into trading interfaces, market dashboards, and risk management workflows.
The ORTEX dataset includes widely-used metrics such as short interest as a percentage of free float, shares sold short, days to cover, cost to borrow, and share availability.
Together, these metrics provide a more timely and actionable view of market positioning compared to traditional disclosures.
Insights to help market participants include: identifying conditions that may signal potential short squeeze activity, monitoring borrow costs and changes in share availability, analysing positioning and trade crowding, and assessing liquidity risk tied to securities lending dynamics.
The dataset spans equities across the US, Europe, and APAC, covering more than 70,000 securities, with historical data available back to 2018 on a point-in-time basis, supporting backtesting and quantitative strategy development.
Clint Rhea, manager, institutional and channel partnerships at Benzinga, states: 鈥淪hort interest and securities lending data provide critical visibility into market positioning that is delayed by weeks in traditional disclosures.
鈥淩elying solely on delayed data can leave investors exposed to rapid shifts in positioning, particularly in crowded trades and short squeeze scenarios.
鈥淏ringing ORTEX into our partner network helps institutional clients and platforms integrate a more immediate, data-driven view of short positioning directly into trading, analytics, and risk workflows.鈥�
Peter Hillerberg, co-founder of ORTEX, says: 鈥淓xpanding our distribution through Benzinga allows us to reach a broader global audience of financial platforms.
鈥淭his relationship helps ensure our short interest data is accessible within the tools investors use to analyse positioning, risk, and market sentiment.鈥�
This joint effort expands access to ORTEX's short interest data and securities lending analytics across Benzinga's growing network of brokerages, institutional platforms, and fintech applications.
ORTEX鈥檚 proprietary models combine securities lending activity with exchange-reported data to generate high-frequency, point-in-time estimates of short positioning across global equities.
Through this collaboration, Benzinga is introducing ORTEX datasets into its financial data marketplace and API ecosystem.
Trading platforms and financial applications can integrate ORTEX-powered short interest data directly into trading interfaces, market dashboards, and risk management workflows.
The ORTEX dataset includes widely-used metrics such as short interest as a percentage of free float, shares sold short, days to cover, cost to borrow, and share availability.
Together, these metrics provide a more timely and actionable view of market positioning compared to traditional disclosures.
Insights to help market participants include: identifying conditions that may signal potential short squeeze activity, monitoring borrow costs and changes in share availability, analysing positioning and trade crowding, and assessing liquidity risk tied to securities lending dynamics.
The dataset spans equities across the US, Europe, and APAC, covering more than 70,000 securities, with historical data available back to 2018 on a point-in-time basis, supporting backtesting and quantitative strategy development.
Clint Rhea, manager, institutional and channel partnerships at Benzinga, states: 鈥淪hort interest and securities lending data provide critical visibility into market positioning that is delayed by weeks in traditional disclosures.
鈥淩elying solely on delayed data can leave investors exposed to rapid shifts in positioning, particularly in crowded trades and short squeeze scenarios.
鈥淏ringing ORTEX into our partner network helps institutional clients and platforms integrate a more immediate, data-driven view of short positioning directly into trading, analytics, and risk workflows.鈥�
Peter Hillerberg, co-founder of ORTEX, says: 鈥淓xpanding our distribution through Benzinga allows us to reach a broader global audience of financial platforms.
鈥淭his relationship helps ensure our short interest data is accessible within the tools investors use to analyse positioning, risk, and market sentiment.鈥�
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