First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (FTXG) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $22.42 +0.11 (+0.49%) As of 01/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisChartDividendHoldingsOptions ChainOwnershipRatingsShort InterestTrends First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF Short Interest DataFirst Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (FTXG) has a short interest of 25,900 shares. This marks a 208.33% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.3, indicating that it would take 2.3 days of the average trading volume of 16,306 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest25,900 sharesPrevious Short Interest8,400 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+208.33%Dollar Volume Sold Short$596,736.00Short Interest Ratio2.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateDecember 31, 2024Outstanding Shares1,000,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted2.59%Today's Trading Volume17,570 sharesAverage Trading Volume16,306 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average108% Short Selling First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage 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 ChartFTXG Short Interest Over TimeFTXG Days to Cover Over TimeFTXG Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage 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 12/31/202425,900 shares $596,736.00 +208.3%N/A2.3 $23.04 12/15/20248,400 shares $201,724.32 -83.1%N/A0.7 $24.01 11/30/202449,800 shares $1.23 million +876.5%N/A5.1 $24.70 11/15/20245,100 shares $120,717.00 -72.9%N/A0.4 $23.67 10/31/202418,800 shares $455,336.00 -18.3%N/A1.4 $24.22 10/15/202423,000 shares $581,210.00 +10.1%N/A1.4 $25.27 9/30/202420,900 shares $535,876.00 +16.8%N/A1.3 $25.64 9/15/202417,900 shares $462,178.00 +3.5%N/A1.1 $25.82 8/31/202417,300 shares $441,087.72 +5.5%N/A1.1 $25.50 8/15/202416,400 shares $406,392.00 +720.0%N/A1 $24.78 Get the Latest News and Ratings for FTXG and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 7/31/20242,000 shares $48,840.00 -9.1%N/A0.1 $24.42 7/15/20242,200 shares $51,678.00 No ChangeN/A0.2 $23.49 1/15/20241,400 shares $34,034.00 -72.6%N/A0 $24.31 12/31/20235,100 shares $123,726.00 +325.0%N/A0.1 $24.26 12/15/20231,200 shares $28,896.00 -7.7%N/A0 $24.08 11/30/20231,300 shares $30,771.00 -18.8%N/A0 $23.67 11/15/20231,600 shares $37,408.00 +33.3%N/A0 $23.38 10/31/20231,200 shares $27,000.00 -52.0%N/A0 $22.50 10/15/20232,500 shares $54,750.00 +47.1%N/A0 $21.90 9/30/20231,700 shares $40,256.00 -97.3%N/A0 $23.68 9/15/202363,500 shares $1.60 million +341.0%N/A0.1 $25.16 8/31/202314,400 shares $366,336.00 -48.6%N/A0 $25.44 8/15/202328,000 shares $722,268.40 -53.3%N/A0.2 $25.80 7/31/202359,900 shares $1.60 million -53.8%N/A0.5 $26.67 7/15/2023129,500 shares $3.40 million +159.5%N/A1.2 $26.26 6/30/202349,900 shares $1.31 million +10.6%N/A0.4 $26.22 6/15/202345,100 shares $1.20 million +25.6%N/A0.2 $26.63 5/31/202335,900 shares $940,939.00 +36.0%N/A0.2 $26.21 5/15/202326,400 shares $727,848.00 -24.6%N/A0.2 $27.57 4/30/202335,000 shares $970,200.00 -54.2%N/A0.2 $27.72 4/15/202376,400 shares $2.07 million +30.2%N/A0.3 $27.05 3/31/202358,700 shares $1.58 million -49.4%N/A0.2 $26.88 3/15/2023116,000 shares $3.04 million +73.9%N/A0.4 $26.21 2/28/202366,700 shares $1.76 million -79.2%N/A0.3 $26.41 2/15/2023319,900 shares $8.45 million +791.1%N/A1.6 $26.41 1/31/202335,900 shares $957,094.00 -56.7%N/A0.2 $26.66 1/15/202382,900 shares $2.24 million +0.2%N/A0.6 $27.01 12/30/202282,700 shares $2.24 million +95.1%N/A0.6 $27.05 12/15/202242,400 shares $1.16 million -57.9%N/A0.3 $27.26 11/30/2022100,700 shares $2.84 million -33.3%N/A0.7 $28.24Media Humiliated: Demo of Elon’s Tech Proves They’re Wrong (Ad)Elon Musk believes his new AI product will be worth an incredible $9 trillion. But the mainstream media is not buying it.Click here to watch this demo and decide for yourself. 11/15/2022151,000 shares $4.04 million +58.3%N/A1.1 $26.76 10/31/202295,400 shares $2.61 million +722.4%N/A0.6 $27.40 10/15/202211,600 shares $294,408.00 No ChangeN/A0.1 $25.38 9/30/202226,200 shares $650,808.00 -86.7%N/A0.2 $24.84 9/15/2022197,200 shares $5.10 million +41.6%N/A1.6 $25.86 8/31/2022139,300 shares $3.74 million +44.2%N/A1.1 $26.83 8/15/202296,600 shares $2.68 million +19.3%N/A0.8 $27.74 7/31/202281,000 shares $2.20 million +38.9%N/A0.6 $27.21 7/15/202258,300 shares $1.51 million -61.1%N/A0.1 $25.92 6/30/2022149,900 shares $3.84 million -22.1%N/A0.2 $25.65 6/15/2022192,500 shares $4.85 million +106.3%N/A0.3 $25.18 5/31/202293,300 shares $2.52 million -45.7%N/A0.1 $27.02 5/15/2022171,900 shares $4.73 million -77.4%N/A0.2 $27.54 4/30/2022761,800 shares $21.05 million +1,070.2%N/A1.1 $27.63 4/15/202265,100 shares $1.85 million +71.8%N/A0.1 $28.42 3/31/202237,900 shares $1.03 million -8.5%N/A6.8 $27.08 3/15/202241,400 shares $1.07 million +47.3%N/A7.7 $25.74 2/28/202228,100 shares $742,261.50 +0.7%N/A6.1 $26.42 2/15/202227,900 shares $739,071.00 +11.2%N/A6.6 $26.49 1/31/202225,100 shares $659,377.00 -5.3%N/A7.4 $26.27 1/15/202226,500 shares $715,500.00 -5.0%N/A8 $27.00 12/31/202127,900 shares $722,052.00 +11.6%N/A9.3 $25.88 12/15/202125,000 shares $628,750.00 -3.9%N/A13.2 $25.15 11/30/202126,000 shares $629,980.00 -0.4%N/A13.7 $24.23 11/15/202126,100 shares $674,424.00 +14.0%N/A13.1 $25.84 10/29/202122,900 shares $577,080.00 +1.8%N/A12.1 $25.20 10/15/202122,500 shares $559,800.00 +5.6%N/A11.8 $24.88 9/30/202121,300 shares $518,868.00 +1.0%N/A11.2 $24.36 9/15/202121,100 shares $519,482.00 -0.9%N/A9.6 $24.62 8/31/202121,300 shares $522,489.00 -3.6%N/A9.3 $24.53 8/13/202122,100 shares $558,909.00 +5.2%N/A9.6 $25.29 7/30/202121,000 shares $522,480.00 -8.7%N/A8.1 $24.88 7/15/202123,000 shares $577,990.00 +3.1%N/A8.5 $25.13 6/30/202122,300 shares $572,218.00 -3.5%N/A7.4 $25.66 6/15/202123,100 shares $602,679.00 -2.1%N/A5.4 $26.09 5/28/202123,600 shares $629,176.00 +10.3%N/A5.5 $26.66 5/14/202121,400 shares $563,676.00 -15.4%N/A4.1 $26.34 4/30/202125,300 shares $660,583.00 +13.5%N/A4.6 $26.11 4/15/202122,300 shares $574,448.00 -33.4%N/A4.4 $25.76 3/31/202133,500 shares $879,040.00 +36.7%N/A6.8 $26.24 3/15/202124,500 shares $643,125.00 +37.6%N/A6.8 $26.25 2/26/202117,800 shares $438,592.00 -6.8%N/A5.4 $24.64 2/12/202119,100 shares $482,657.00 +3.2%N/A7.6 $25.27 1/29/202118,500 shares $449,849.70 +5.7%N/A9.7 $24.32 1/15/202117,500 shares $418,717.25 +169.2%N/A9.7 $23.93 12/31/20206,500 shares $150,605.00 -58.3%N/A3.8 $23.17 12/15/202015,600 shares $360,672.00 +246.7%N/A10.4 $23.12 11/30/20204,500 shares $102,465.00 +12.5%N/A4.1 $22.77 11/15/20204,000 shares $89,951.20 -16.7%N/A5 $22.49 10/30/20204,800 shares $101,568.00 -2.0%N/A6 $21.16Media Humiliated: Demo of Elon’s Tech Proves They’re Wrong (Ad)Elon Musk believes his new AI product will be worth an incredible $9 trillion. But the mainstream media is not buying it.Click here to watch this demo and decide for yourself. 10/15/20204,900 shares $106,232.00 -18.3%N/A0 $21.68 9/30/20206,000 shares $124,305.60 +1.7%N/A6 $20.72 9/15/20205,600 shares $118,713.28 -5.1%N/A4.3 $21.20 8/31/20205,900 shares $127,263.00 -7.8%N/A4.5 $21.57 8/14/20206,400 shares $134,272.00 +82.9%N/A3.6 $20.98 7/31/20203,500 shares $71,855.00 +12.9%N/A1.8 $20.53 7/15/20203,100 shares $61,256.00 +55.0%N/A1.5 $19.76 6/30/20202,000 shares $37,940.00 +33.3%N/A1.1 $18.97 6/15/20201,500 shares $28,500.00 -25.0%N/A0.8 $19.00 5/29/20202,000 shares $38,380.00 -75.0%N/A0.9 $19.19 5/15/20208,000 shares $147,920.00 +15.9%N/A3.2 $18.49 4/30/20206,900 shares $132,618.00 +46.8%N/A3.5 $19.22 4/15/20204,700 shares $86,292.00 -57.3%N/A2.5 $18.36 3/31/202011,000 shares $204,380.00 +685.7%N/A5.5 $18.58 3/13/20201,400 shares $26,054.00 -50.0%N/A0.6 $18.61 2/28/20202,800 shares $42,924.00 +2,700.0%N/A0.7 $15.33 2/14/2020100 shares $1,875.00 -99.3%N/A0 $18.75 1/31/202013,900 shares $287,869.00 +6.9%N/A3.9 $20.71 FTXG Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of December 31st, investors have sold 25,900 shares of FTXG short. Learn More on First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage 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. FTXG shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF's short interest ratio. Is First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF's short interest increasing or decreasing? First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 25,900 shares, an increase of 208.3% from the previous total of 8,400 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 Food & Beverage ETF's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies compare to First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF: Invesco S&P SmallCap Consumer Staples ETF (0.15%), and Invesco Dorsey Wright Consumer Staples Momentum ETF (0.05%). Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($5.83 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.77 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.98 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.97 billion), International Paper ($2.64 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.99 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.93 billion), Onsemi ($1.81 billion), SoundHound AI, Inc. ($1.59 billion), and Moderna, Inc. ($1.57 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF stock? Short selling FTXG is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF as its price is falling. FTXG shares are trading up $0.11 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 Food & Beverage ETF? A short squeeze for First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage 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 FTXG, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage 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 FTXG, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2024. 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