First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF (FPE) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 15th, investors have sold 415,600 shares of FPE short. Learn More on First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF's current short interest.

First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF saw a decline in short interest in August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 415,600 shares, a decline of 0.3% from the previous total of 416,800 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 Preferred Securities and Income ETF: Invesco Preferred ETF (2.38%), Global X U.S. Preferred ETF (0.97%), Invesco Variable Rate Preferred ETF (0.32%), VanEck Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF (0.06%), Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF (0.62%), Principal Spectrum Preferred Securities Active ETF (0.09%), SPDR ICE Preferred Securities ETF (0.34%), Invesco Financial Preferred ETF (0.23%), Global X Variable Rate Preferred ETF (0.40%), Global X SuperIncome Preferred ETF (0.04%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Lucid Group, Inc. ($8.00 billion), Spotify Technology ($5.48 billion), AppLovin Corporation ($5.11 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.02 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.99 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.89 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.18 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.59 billion), ResMed Inc. ($2.55 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling FPE is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF as its price is falling. FPE shares are trading up $0.02 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 Preferred Securities and 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 FPE, 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 FPE, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 15 2025.