First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (FYT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $53.20 -1.11 (-2.04%) Closing price 02/21/2025 03:57 PM EasternExtended Trading$53.24 +0.03 (+0.07%) As of 02/21/2025 04:45 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 InterestTrends First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund Short Interest DataFirst Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (FYT) has a short interest of 4,000 shares. This marks a -58.76% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.4, indicating that it would take 0.4 days of the average trading volume of 12,480 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest4,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest9,700 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-58.76%Dollar Volume Sold Short$222,480.00Short Interest Ratio0.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateJanuary 31, 2025Outstanding Shares3,100,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted0.13%Today's Trading Volume5,315 sharesAverage Trading Volume12,480 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average43% Short Selling First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartFYT Short Interest Over TimeFYT Days to Cover Over TimeFYT Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 1/31/20254,000 shares $222,480.00 -58.8%N/A0.4 $55.62 1/15/20259,700 shares $539,805.00 +19.8%N/A0.7 $55.65 12/31/20248,100 shares $445,581.00 +68.8%N/A0.6 $55.01 12/15/20244,800 shares $279,540.48 -47.3%N/A0.5 $58.24 11/30/20249,100 shares $546,546.00 +21.3%N/A0.9 $60.06 11/15/20247,500 shares $431,925.00 +19.1%N/A0.7 $57.59 10/31/20246,300 shares $338,814.00 +425.0%N/A0.5 $53.78 10/15/20241,200 shares $66,203.88 No ChangeN/A0.1 $55.17 9/30/20241,200 shares $66,660.00 No ChangeN/A0.1 $55.55 9/15/20241,200 shares $65,505.00 -53.9%N/A0.1 $54.59 Get the Latest News and Ratings for FYT and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 8/31/20242,600 shares $145,626.00 -64.9%N/A0.1 $56.01 8/15/20247,400 shares $399,822.00 -81.2%N/A0.4 $54.03 7/31/202439,300 shares $2.30 million +39,200.0%N/A2.2 $58.56 7/15/2024100 shares $5,453.03 No ChangeN/A0 $54.53 3/15/2024200 shares $10,362.00 +100.0%N/A0 $51.81 2/29/2024100 shares $5,270.00 -87.5%N/A0 $52.70 2/15/2024800 shares $42,664.00 -92.6%N/A0 $53.33 1/31/202410,800 shares $560,844.00 No ChangeN/A0.5 $51.93 5/15/2023500 shares $21,410.00 -90.0%N/A0 $42.82 4/30/20235,000 shares $222,350.00 -55.4%N/A0.1 $44.47 4/15/202311,200 shares $501,984.00 -55.4%N/A0.3 $44.82 3/31/202325,100 shares $1.15 million +6.8%N/A0.6 $45.69 3/15/202323,500 shares $1.05 million +70.3%N/A0.5 $44.61 2/28/202313,800 shares $686,688.00 -22.5%N/A0.3 $49.76 2/15/202317,800 shares $920,082.00 -64.2%N/A0.4 $51.69 1/31/202349,700 shares $2.52 million +2,823.5%N/A1.4 $50.76 1/15/20231,700 shares $83,006.41 -10.5%N/A0.1 $48.83 12/30/20221,900 shares $85,534.58 +46.2%N/A0.1 $45.02 12/15/20221,300 shares $58,721.00 +8.3%N/A0 $45.17 11/30/20221,200 shares $57,648.00 -76.5%N/A0 $48.04 11/15/20225,100 shares $242,607.00 +30.8%N/A0.1 $47.57 10/31/20223,900 shares $179,283.00 -88.8%N/A0.1 $45.97 10/15/202234,700 shares $1.45 million No ChangeN/A0.9 $41.90 9/30/2022600 shares $24,306.00 -95.1%N/A0 $40.51 9/15/202212,300 shares $552,270.00 -35.6%N/A0.3 $44.90 8/31/202219,100 shares $881,465.00 -72.0%N/A0.4 $46.15 8/15/202268,300 shares $3.47 million +2,176.7%N/A1.5 $50.78 7/31/20223,000 shares $145,816.20 -67.4%N/A0.1 $48.61 7/15/20229,200 shares $409,676.00 +922.2%N/A0.2 $44.53 6/30/2022900 shares $39,627.99 +200.0%N/A0 $44.03[RFK Jr CONFIRMED] Here’s why Dems are TERRIFIED (Ad)Robert F. Kennedy Jr was just confirmed as Trump’s secretary of Health and Human Services… but it was NOT easy. Democrats smeared RFK Jr as a fraud, liar and even a murderer…. to stop him from revealing Big Pharma’s biggest secrets… Which is exactly why I’ve made the short video that reveals everything. 6/15/2022300 shares $13,603.02 -70.0%N/A0 $45.34 5/31/20221,000 shares $49,220.00 -37.5%N/A0 $49.22 5/15/20221,600 shares $76,272.00 +700.0%N/A0 $47.67 4/30/2022200 shares $9,542.98 -98.7%N/A0 $47.71 4/15/202215,500 shares $775,000.00 +131.3%N/A0.4 $50.00 3/31/20226,700 shares $342,303.00 -75.1%N/A0.2 $51.09 3/15/202226,900 shares $1.37 million -31.7%N/A0.7 $51.10 2/28/202239,400 shares $2.04 million +255.0%N/A0.9 $51.75 2/15/202211,100 shares $577,755.00 -83.4%N/A0.3 $52.05 1/31/202266,800 shares $3.41 million +4,353.3%N/A1.9 $51.05 1/15/20221,500 shares $81,420.00 +200.0%N/A0 $54.28 12/31/2021500 shares $26,545.00 +150.0%N/A0 $53.09 12/15/2021200 shares $10,378.00 -97.7%N/A0 $51.89 11/30/20218,800 shares $442,112.00 +8.6%N/A0.3 $50.24 11/15/20218,100 shares $438,534.00 +200.0%N/A0.3 $54.14 10/29/20212,700 shares $139,320.00 -43.8%N/A0.1 $51.60 10/15/20214,800 shares $248,640.00 -33.3%N/A0.1 $51.80 9/30/20217,200 shares $359,280.00 +453.9%N/A0.1 $49.90 9/15/20211,300 shares $64,623.00 +85.7%N/A0 $49.71 8/31/2021700 shares $35,630.00 +600.0%N/A0 $50.90 8/13/2021100 shares $5,110.00 -94.1%N/A0 $51.10 7/30/20211,700 shares $85,374.00 +1,600.0%N/A0 $50.22 7/15/2021100 shares $4,969.00 -93.3%N/A0 $49.69 6/30/20211,500 shares $76,380.00 -89.8%N/A0 $50.92 6/15/202114,700 shares $774,543.00 -10.4%N/A0.2 $52.69 5/28/202116,400 shares $864,772.00 -78.1%N/A0.2 $52.73 5/14/202174,900 shares $3.91 million +46.6%N/A1 $52.25 4/30/202151,100 shares $2.66 million +20.5%N/A0.7 $51.99 4/15/202142,400 shares $2.16 million -51.9%N/A0.7 $51.04 3/31/202188,200 shares $4.45 million +1,002.5%N/A1.5 $50.42 3/15/20218,000 shares $423,920.00 -81.0%N/A0.2 $52.99 2/26/202142,000 shares $2.01 million +76.5%N/A0.9 $47.84 2/12/202123,800 shares $1.11 million +15.0%N/A0.6 $46.72 1/29/202120,700 shares $903,348.00 +39.9%N/A0.4 $43.64 1/15/202114,800 shares $668,228.88 -50.8%N/A0.3 $45.15 12/31/202030,100 shares $1.25 million +11.9%N/A0.7 $41.41 12/15/202026,900 shares $1.10 million -58.6%N/A0.7 $40.80 11/30/202065,000 shares $2.59 million +71.1%N/A1.8 $39.89 11/15/202038,000 shares $1.42 million +37,900.0%N/A1.3 $37.31 10/30/2020100 shares $3,206.73 -99.6%N/A0 $32.07 10/15/202026,100 shares $864,693.00 -51.2%N/A0 $33.13 9/30/202053,500 shares $1.65 million +31.8%N/A3.2 $30.81 9/15/202035,600 shares $1.14 million -12.3%N/A2.1 $32.04 8/31/202040,600 shares $1.33 million -41.0%N/A2.5 $32.68 8/14/202068,800 shares $2.33 million +224.5%N/A3.7 $33.86 7/31/202021,200 shares $645,964.00 +91.0%N/A1.2 $30.47 7/15/202011,100 shares $331,113.00 +0.9%N/A0.8 $29.83 6/30/202011,000 shares $328,350.00 +139.1%N/A0.6 $29.85 6/15/20204,600 shares $144,532.00 +24.3%N/A0.2 $31.42 5/29/20203,700 shares $110,519.00 -73.9%N/A0.1 $29.87[RFK Jr CONFIRMED] Here’s why Dems are TERRIFIED (Ad)Robert F. Kennedy Jr was just confirmed as Trump’s secretary of Health and Human Services… but it was NOT easy. Democrats smeared RFK Jr as a fraud, liar and even a murderer…. to stop him from revealing Big Pharma’s biggest secrets… Which is exactly why I’ve made the short video that reveals everything. 5/15/202014,200 shares $345,628.00 +1,928.6%N/A0.5 $24.34 4/30/2020700 shares $19,502.00 -92.3%N/A0 $27.86 4/15/20209,100 shares $207,935.00 +9,000.0%N/A0.3 $22.85 3/31/2020100 shares $2,374.00 -97.7%N/A0 $23.74 3/13/20204,300 shares $108,059.00 -32.8%N/A0.1 $25.13 2/28/20206,400 shares $125,184.00 +12.3%N/A0.4 $19.56 FYT Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of January 31st, traders have sold 4,000 shares of FYT short. Learn More on First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund's current short interest. Is First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund's short interest increasing or decreasing? First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund saw a decrease in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,000 shares, a decrease of 58.8% from the previous total of 9,700 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 Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies compare to First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund: iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (1.12%), iShares MSCI Europe Small-Cap ETF (0.53%), First Trust Emerging Markets Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (0.02%), Avantis Emerging Markets ex-China Equity ETF (1.07%), Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF (0.13%), VictoryShares US Discovery Enhanced Volatility Wtd ETF (0.09%), VictoryShares US Small Cap High Div Volatility Wtd ETF (0.11%), VictoryShares US Small Cap Volatility Wtd (0.62%), Small Cap US Equity Select ETF (0.06%), Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows Growth Leaders ETF (0.56%), 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. ($5.21 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.07 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($3.33 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.67 billion), Cencora, Inc. ($2.29 billion), Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($2.17 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.99 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.87 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.76 billion), and Moderna, Inc. ($1.60 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund stock? Short selling FYT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund as its price is falling. FYT shares are trading down $1.11 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 Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund? A short squeeze for First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund 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 FYT, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund'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 FYT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is January, 31 2025. 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