---
title: "Days to Cover / Short Ratio"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/stock/{exchange_symbol}/{ticker}/dtc"
tags: ["Short Interest"]
---

# Days to Cover / Short Ratio

`GET /api/v1/stock/{exchange_symbol}/{ticker}/dtc`

Access a key metric used to evaluate short interest pressure on a security. Days to Cover (DTC) provides an estimate of how many trading days it would take, based on average daily volume, for all short positions to be covered (i.e., bought back).

### Available Data Points:

*   **Date:** Date for the Days to Cover data. (`YYYY-MM-DD` format).
*   **Days To Cover:** An estimate of the number of trading days it would take to buy back all shares currently sold short, based on average daily volume.

**Try it out!** You can test the API with the **trial key** `TEST`. Simply include it in your request headers; either here, or add the header `"Ortex-Api-Key": "TEST"` to your http request.

**Trial key restrictions:** A list of randomly selected rows will be returned

**Get full access!** Get a key at [app.ortex.com/apis](https://app.ortex.com/apis)

## Path parameters

- `exchange_symbol` string, required
- `ticker` string, required

## Query parameters

- `format` 'csv' | 'json'
- `from_date` string, date
- `page` integer
- `page_size` integer
- `period` '1m' | '1w' | '2w' | '3m'
- `ticker_as_of_date` string
- `to_date` string, date

## Response `200`

- PaginatedShortInterestDaysToCoverList
  - `paginationLinks` object
  - `length` integer, required
  - `rows` ShortInterestDaysToCover[], required
    - `date` string, date, required
    - `daysToCover` number, double

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request parameters
- `403` — Not authorized
- `404` — Data not found
- `429` — Rate limit exceeded
- `500` — Internal server error

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