Inside the Financing Markets: The Purple Issue 22
ISSUE 22 | April 2026
Equilend Data & Analytics Q1 2026 in review
In this issue
- Learn More: Epic Fury, Meet Furious Shorts: Bears Waste No Time Piling In
Epic Fury, Meet Furious Shorts: Bears Waste No Time Piling In
When the U.S. and Israel began strikes on Iran on February 28th, 2026, it triggered what the International Energy Agency has since described as the “greatest global energy security challenge in history”.
- Learn More: Bridging the Short Interest Gap: Equilend’s Predicted Short Interest Now Live!
Bridging the Short Interest Gap: Equilend’s Predicted Short Interest Now Live!
Market turbulence has a way of exposing what’s signal and what’s noise. Two months ago, amid heightened market volatility, Equilend’s Predicted Short Interest went live and with multiple reporting cycles now closed, we now have our first real opportunity to…
- Learn More: Securities Finance Market Review: Q1 2026
Securities Finance Market Review: Q1 2026
Q1 did not tiptoe into 2026; it kicked the door in. NGT processed a record 11,335,376 trades against $13.6 trillion in notional, up 25.58% versus Q1 2025 and 8.3% versus Q4. March alone reset the bar at 4.31 million trades and $5.22 trillion in notional.
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