First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF (FTQI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of November 30th, traders have sold 34,900 shares of FTQI short. Learn More on First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF's current short interest.

First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF saw a drop in short interest during the month of November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totaling 34,900 shares, a drop of 59.9% from the previous total of 87,100 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies compare to First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF: T-Rex 2X Long Tesla Daily Target ETF (1.90%), Direxion Daily NVDA Bull 2X Shares (7.42%), Direxion Daily AMZN Bull 2X Shares (13.65%), GraniteShares 2x Long AMD Daily ETF (7.36%), GraniteShares 2x Long TSLA Daily ETF (19.73%), GraniteShares 2x Long META Daily ETF (2.39%), Direxion Daily GOOGL Bull 2X Shares (7.07%), Direxion Daily MSFT Bull 2X Shares (3.86%), Tradr 2X Short TSLA Daily ETF (18.91%), Direxion Daily AAPL Bull 2X Shares (13.82%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($5.70 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.55 billion), Spotify Technology S.A. ($3.84 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($3.07 billion), International Paper ($3.00 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.93 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.54 billion), Paychex, Inc. ($2.53 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.24 billion), and Reddit, Inc. ($2.00 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling FTQI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF as its price is falling. FTQI shares are trading up $0.03 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.

A short squeeze for First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of FTQI, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further.

Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including FTQI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is November, 30 2024.