The most recent short interest data has been released for the 04/13/2018 settlement date, which shows a 1,525,688 share increase in total short interest for General Cable Corp (BGC), to 8,791,806.0, an increase of 21.00% since 02/15/2018. Total short interest is just one way to look at short data; another metric that we here at Dividend Channel find particularly useful is the "days to cover" metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded..