First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $65.62 -1.16 (-1.74%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$65.87 +0.25 (+0.38%) As of 07:46 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartDividendHeadlinesHoldingsOptions ChainOwnershipRatingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF Short Interest DataFirst Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF (CIBR) has a short interest of 664,100 shares, representing 0.56% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -54.20% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.8, indicating that it would take 0.8 days of the average trading volume of 613,921 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest664,100 sharesPrevious Short Interest1,450,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-54.20%Dollar Volume Sold Short$43.04 millionShort Interest Ratio0.8 Days to CoverLast Record DateMarch 15, 2025Outstanding Shares118,600,000 sharesShort Percent of Float0.56%Today's Trading Volume753,362 sharesAverage Trading Volume613,921 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average123% Short Selling First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartCIBR Short Interest Over TimeCIBR Days to Cover Over TimeCIBR Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Remove Ads First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 3/15/2025664,100 shares $43.04 million -54.2%0.6%0.8 $64.81 2/28/20251,450,000 shares $95.86 million +47.6%1.2%1.9 $66.11 2/15/2025982,700 shares $70.21 million +91.9%0.8%1.4 $71.45 1/31/2025512,100 shares $34.62 million -32.8%N/A0.8 $67.60 1/15/2025762,400 shares $49.29 million +38.3%N/A1.4 $64.65 12/31/2024551,200 shares $34.97 million -35.2%N/A1 $63.45 12/15/2024850,600 shares $55.75 million +28.8%N/A1.6 $65.54 11/30/2024660,600 shares $41.73 million -35.2%N/A1.2 $63.17 11/15/20241,020,000 shares $62.66 million +51.1%N/A1.8 $61.43 10/31/2024674,900 shares $40.58 million -52.5%N/A1.2 $60.13 Get the Latest News and Ratings for CIBR and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 10/15/20241,420,000 shares $88.08 million +187.8%N/A2.5 $62.03 9/30/2024493,400 shares $29.22 million +162.6%N/A0.9 $59.23 9/15/2024187,900 shares $10.89 million -9.8%N/A0.3 $57.97 8/31/2024208,400 shares $12.36 million -4.8%N/A0.4 $59.33 8/15/2024218,800 shares $12.63 million +4.4%N/A0.4 $57.73 7/31/2024209,600 shares $11.70 million -57.0%N/A0.4 $55.84 7/15/2024487,000 shares $28.33 million +33.9%N/A0.9 $58.17 6/30/2024363,600 shares $20.51 million +26.7%N/A0.6 $56.42 6/15/2024286,900 shares $15.75 million -37.3%N/A0.5 $54.88 5/31/2024457,700 shares $24.41 million +101.2%N/A0.7 $53.34 5/15/2024227,500 shares $12.75 million -11.9%N/A0.3 $56.03 4/30/2024258,100 shares $13.93 million -55.3%N/A0.3 $53.97 4/15/2024576,800 shares $30.87 million +1.9%N/A0.7 $53.52 3/31/2024565,900 shares $31.91 million +63.8%N/A0.7 $56.39 3/15/2024345,400 shares $19.38 million -29.4%N/A0.4 $56.12 2/29/2024489,000 shares $28.21 million +2.0%N/A0.7 $57.68 2/15/2024479,300 shares $28.10 million -27.8%N/A0.7 $58.62 1/31/2024663,600 shares $36.97 million +59.6%N/A1.2 $55.71 1/15/2024415,900 shares $22.92 million +34.5%N/A0.8 $55.10 12/31/2023309,200 shares $16.65 million +11.1%N/A0.7 $53.84 12/15/2023278,300 shares $14.98 million -29.1%N/A0.7 $53.81 11/30/2023392,400 shares $19.51 million +3.1%N/A1 $49.72 11/15/2023380,700 shares $18.30 million +53.5%N/A1 $48.08 10/31/2023248,000 shares $11.06 million -42.2%N/A0.7 $44.60 10/15/2023428,900 shares $19.75 million +97.5%N/A1.2 $46.04 9/30/2023217,200 shares $9.87 million -2.9%N/A0.6 $45.43 9/15/2023223,700 shares $10.36 million -54.7%N/A0.6 $46.29 8/31/2023493,300 shares $23.26 million +124.6%N/A1.3 $47.16 8/15/2023219,600 shares $9.86 million -63.4%N/A0.5 $44.91 7/31/2023599,200 shares $28.19 million -22.7%N/A1.3 $47.05Ex CIA predicts 40% “double crash” – April 11 (Ad)The scientists here don’t study deadly viruses… directed energy weapons… or even weather control technology… They’re studying something far more alien… Something you’ve never seen before…Click here for my latest prediction before it’s taken offline. 7/15/2023774,800 shares $35.35 million -55.2%N/A1.7 $45.63 6/30/20231,730,000 shares $78.56 million -9.9%N/A3.9 $45.41 6/15/20231,920,000 shares $88.30 million +68.4%N/A4.4 $45.99 5/31/20231,140,000 shares $50.32 million +102.1%N/A2.6 $44.14 5/15/2023564,100 shares $23.12 million +21.6%N/A1.4 $40.99 4/30/2023463,800 shares $18.44 million -23.2%N/A1.1 $39.75 4/15/2023603,700 shares $25.43 million +33.7%N/A1.4 $42.13 3/31/2023451,500 shares $19.30 million +0.9%N/A1 $42.75 3/15/2023447,600 shares $18.05 million -31.0%N/A0.8 $40.32 2/28/2023648,700 shares $26.75 million +36.7%N/A1 $41.23 2/15/2023474,500 shares $20.37 million -9.9%N/A0.7 $42.92 1/31/2023526,900 shares $21.29 million -20.7%N/A0.8 $40.40 1/15/2023664,700 shares $25.60 million -1.8%N/A1 $38.52 12/30/2022677,100 shares $26.21 million -1.1%N/A1 $38.71 12/15/2022684,900 shares $27.07 million -22.2%N/A1.1 $39.53 11/30/2022880,200 shares $35.91 million -12.9%N/A1.5 $40.80 11/15/20221,010,000 shares $41.51 million +24.0%N/A1.7 $41.10 10/31/2022814,400 shares $33.97 million -38.8%N/A1.4 $41.71 10/15/20221,330,000 shares $49.05 million No ChangeN/A2.2 $36.88 9/30/2022901,900 shares $34.73 million -17.3%N/A1.4 $38.51 9/15/20221,090,000 shares $45.42 million +6.9%N/A1.6 $41.67 8/31/20221,020,000 shares $43.71 million -17.7%N/A1.4 $42.85 8/15/20221,240,000 shares $57.70 million +42.9%N/A1.6 $46.53 7/31/2022868,000 shares $36.59 million -25.8%N/A1 $42.16 7/15/20221,170,000 shares $47.93 million +35.7%N/A1.2 $40.97 6/30/2022862,400 shares $34.70 million -37.1%N/A0.9 $40.24 6/15/20221,370,000 shares $54.76 million +121.3%N/A1.3 $39.97 5/31/2022619,200 shares $26.25 million -53.4%N/A0.5 $42.39 5/15/20221,330,000 shares $55.73 million +5.6%N/A0.9 $41.90 4/30/20221,260,000 shares $59.16 million -2.3%N/A0.9 $46.95 4/15/20221,290,000 shares $67.23 million -14.6%N/A0.9 $52.12 3/31/20221,510,000 shares $80.20 million +66.9%N/A1.1 $53.11 3/15/2022905,000 shares $43.34 million -47.4%N/A0.7 $47.89 2/28/20221,720,000 shares $86.31 million +27.4%N/A1.4 $50.18 2/15/20221,350,000 shares $65.91 million +50.7%N/A1.2 $48.82 1/31/2022896,000 shares $42.82 million -22.8%N/A0.9 $47.79 1/15/20221,160,000 shares $56.50 million -19.4%N/A1.2 $48.71 12/31/20211,440,000 shares $76.02 million +6.7%N/A1.6 $52.79 12/15/20211,350,000 shares $69.61 million +43.8%N/A1.5 $51.56 11/30/2021939,100 shares $48.68 million +41.9%N/A1 $51.84 11/15/2021661,900 shares $36.56 million -8.2%N/A0.8 $55.24 10/29/2021721,300 shares $38.96 million -21.3%N/A0.9 $54.01 10/15/2021916,500 shares $47.98 million +25.7%N/A1.2 $52.35 9/30/2021729,100 shares $35.52 million -24.5%N/A1 $48.72 9/15/2021966,100 shares $49.41 million +99.5%N/A1.4 $51.14 8/31/2021484,300 shares $24.97 million +2.6%N/A0.7 $51.55 8/13/2021472,100 shares $23.09 million -3.7%N/A0.8 $48.91 7/30/2021490,300 shares $24.04 million +41.5%N/A0.9 $49.04 7/15/2021346,400 shares $16.32 million +82.5%N/A0.7 $47.11 6/30/2021189,800 shares $8.88 million -26.2%N/A0.4 $46.76Ex CIA predicts 40% “double crash” – April 11 (Ad)The scientists here don’t study deadly viruses… directed energy weapons… or even weather control technology… They’re studying something far more alien… Something you’ve never seen before…Click here for my latest prediction before it’s taken offline. 6/15/2021257,100 shares $11.82 million +85.8%N/A0.5 $45.99 5/28/2021138,400 shares $6.16 million -5.3%N/A0.3 $44.49 5/14/2021146,100 shares $6.14 million -59.3%N/A0.3 $42.01 4/30/2021358,600 shares $15.94 million +47.0%N/A0.7 $44.44 4/15/2021244,000 shares $10.73 million +35.9%N/A0.4 $43.97 3/31/2021179,600 shares $7.42 million -46.2%N/A0.2 $41.33 3/15/2021333,900 shares $14.25 million +186.4%N/A0.4 $42.69 2/26/2021116,600 shares $4.93 million -45.6%N/A0.1 $42.27 2/12/2021214,300 shares $9.88 million -43.6%N/A0.3 $46.12 1/29/2021380,200 shares $17.03 million +73.1%N/A0.5 $44.79 1/15/2021219,600 shares $9.87 million -28.5%N/A0.3 $44.93 12/31/2020306,900 shares $13.61 million -9.5%N/A0.5 $44.35 12/15/2020339,100 shares $13.66 million +45.2%N/A0.6 $40.28 11/30/2020233,600 shares $8.99 million +46.2%N/A0.5 $38.48 11/15/2020159,800 shares $5.81 million +23.6%N/A0.3 $36.33 10/30/2020129,300 shares $4.40 million -61.3%N/A0.3 $34.04 10/15/2020333,900 shares $12.50 million +113.2%N/A0 $37.44 9/30/2020156,600 shares $5.45 million -4.0%N/A0.4 $34.80 9/15/2020129,200 shares $4.48 million -20.8%N/A0.3 $34.70 8/31/2020163,100 shares $5.93 million -7.4%N/A0.4 $36.36 8/14/2020176,200 shares $6.10 million +7.8%N/A0.4 $34.64 7/31/2020163,400 shares $5.84 million -8.6%N/A0.3 $35.72 7/15/2020178,700 shares $6.02 million +49.3%N/A0.4 $33.66 6/30/2020119,700 shares $3.89 million -54.0%N/A0.2 $32.50 6/15/2020260,100 shares $8.27 million +277.5%N/A0.5 $31.81 5/29/202068,900 shares $2.16 million +5.7%N/A0.1 $31.39 5/15/202065,200 shares $1.93 million -69.9%N/A0.1 $29.64 4/30/2020216,400 shares $6.22 million +52.6%N/A0.4 $28.76 4/15/2020141,800 shares $3.89 million -45.8%N/A0.3 $27.41 3/31/2020261,400 shares $7.44 million +500.9%N/A0.6 $28.47 CIBR Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 15th, traders have sold 664,100 shares of CIBR short. 0.56% of First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. CIBR shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF: Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Citadel Advisors LLC, PEAK6 LLC, and Belvedere Trading LLC. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 0.56% of First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF's floating shares are currently sold short. Is First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF's short interest increasing or decreasing? First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF saw a drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 664,100 shares, a drop of 54.2% from the previous total of 1,450,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. How does First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF's short interest compare to its competitors? 0.56% of First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF: iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF (0.36%), iShares Global Infrastructure ETF (0.83%), iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF (0.11%), iShares Exponential Technologies ETF (0.15%), Global X Future Analytics Tech ETF (0.09%), Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Thematic ETF (0.36%), iShares Climate Conscious & Transition MSCI USA ETF (0.03%), First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund (0.23%), The Magnificent Seven ETF (2.99%), iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (1.74%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($26.28 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($9.53 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($8.50 billion), Apollo Global Management, Inc. ($4.86 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.85 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.28 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.08 billion), AppLovin Co. ($3.82 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($3.78 billion), and Schlumberger Limited ($2.87 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF stock? Short selling CIBR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF as its price is falling. CIBR shares are trading down $1.16 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF? A short squeeze for First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of CIBR, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is First Trust Nasdaq Cybersecurity ETF's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including CIBR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2025. 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