Tapeboard vs Fintel — Short Squeeze Score and Beyond

Fintel's Short Squeeze Score is the brand most retail traders know. Tapeboard ships its own disclosed-methodology squeeze score plus 12 modules beyond short interest — at a free tier that covers more than Fintel's basic plan, and a paid tier well below Fintel Premium.

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• You want a disclosed squeeze methodology you can reason about, not a black-box proprietary score.
• You want short-squeeze data plus charts, scanner, EDGAR filings, economic data, and a paper-trading simulator in one tab.
• You're cost-sensitive — Tapeboard's free tier covers the squeeze board; Fintel paywalls most short-side data.
• You want Reg-SHO threshold context with volume filtering, not a static list.

• You research 13F institutional holdings deeply — Fintel's coverage is more granular fund-by-fund.
• You need multi-year historical short-interest archives for backtesting; Fintel's history goes back further.
• You rely on dark-pool / off-exchange volume analytics at Fintel's depth.
• You're already established in Fintel's institutional-trader workflow and the brand is part of your process.

How is Tapeboard's squeeze score different from Fintel's?

Tapeboard publishes its squeeze score weights at /methodology/short-squeeze-score: 35% short interest as percent of float, 25% borrow fee, 20% float utilization, 15% days to cover, 5% 5-day momentum. Fintel's Short Squeeze Score is proprietary and not fully documented. Both pull from FINRA bi-monthly settlement plus stock-loan inputs; the disclosure difference is the call.

Does Tapeboard cover 13F holdings as deeply as Fintel?

No. Fintel's 13F coverage is one of their stronger modules, with fund-by-fund drilldown and historical position changes at depth Tapeboard doesn't currently match. If 13F research is a primary workflow for you, Fintel is the more complete tool. Tapeboard's edge is breadth across short-side, scanner, charts, filings, and simulation rather than 13F depth.

Is Tapeboard's short-interest data as historical as Fintel's?

Fintel's short-interest archive goes back further than Tapeboard's. For traders running multi-year backtests on SI dynamics, Fintel has the longer history. For traders watching the current cycle and acting on the present squeeze board at /short-squeeze-stocks, the live data, borrow fees, and threshold flag are equivalent or better in Tapeboard.

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