# The Stall — Short Volume Intelligence

> The Stall — Short Volume Intelligence is a paid API for AI agents from the-stall.intuitek.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.012/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns recent short volume data for a US stock ticker over 1–10 trading days, enabling analysis of short selling activity and pressure.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://the-stall.intuitek.ai/cap/short-volume-intel
- Price: $0.012/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/the-stall-short-volume-intelligence-7a9ae642
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2B38QWvuAC8jmLLO77FhA

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability the-stall-short-volume-intelligence-7a9ae642
```

Example prompt: Pull the short volume intel for GME for the last 10 trading days so I can see if there's been any unusual short selling pressure lately.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need recent short volume data for a specific US-listed equity and want to pay per-call in USDC without managing API keys or subscriptions. Ideal for AI agents performing on-demand stock research, detecting short squeeze setups, or monitoring bearish positioning on individual tickers.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unrecognized ticker symbol returns an error
- days parameter out of range (below 1 or above 10) returns validation error
- Payment not completed or insufficient USDC balance causes 402 response
- Data unavailable for a ticker with no recent trading activity
- Network or upstream data provider outage returns 5xx error

## How this service works

Daily FINRA consolidated short-sale volume for any US equity ticker: short volume, total volume, and short ratio (short/total) for the last N trading days. Useful for detecting crowded short positions and short-squeeze setups. Free FINRA CDN upstream, no API key.

## Output

Returns structured short volume data for the requested ticker across the specified number of recent trading days, including per-day short volume figures and related metrics that indicate short selling activity and pressure on the stock.

## Example request

```json
{
 "input": {
  "type": "http",
  "method": "GET",
  "queryParams": {
   "days": 5,
   "ticker": "AAPL"
  }
 }
}
```

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "required": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/the-stall-short-volume-intelligence-7a9ae642/health.json
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