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The numbers you're looking at are aggregate data, so that includes past days I think, not just the given day. I think you have to subtract each number from the

The numbers you're looking at are aggregate data, so that includes past days I think, not just the given day. I think you have to subtract each number from the previous one. > The figure is not a daily amount of fails, but a combined figure that includes both new fails on the reporting day as well as existing fails

aorth 6y ago
Ah yes, they are aggregate indeed. The sentence just before the one you quoted also says: > Fails to deliver on a given day are a cumulative number of all fails outstanding until that day, plus new fails that occur that day, less fails that settle that day. So the last day we have data for is December 31, 2020: SETTLEMENT DATE,CUSIP,SYMBOL,QUANTITY (FAILS),DESCRIPTION,PRICE 20201231,36467W109,GME,228358,GAMESTOP CORP (HLDG CO) CL A,19.26 As I understand it that means there were only 228358 shares failed to deliver at that point in time. This needs more analysis to understand how irregular it is compared to the other 12,000 symbols that had shares fail to deliver in December...