First Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Low Volatility ETF - DVOL Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of First Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Low Volatility ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of February 15th, traders have sold 100 shares of DVOL short. Learn More on First Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Low Volatility ETF's current short interest.

Here is how the short interest of companies compare to First Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Low Volatility ETF: First Trust Japan AlphaDEX Fund (4.15%), WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund (3.56%), First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (0.56%), First Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Dividend ETF (0.00%), First Trust BICK Index Fund (6.68%), First Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Value ETF (0.16%), iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Germany ETF (0.01%), First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Europe ETF (10.53%), First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund (0.05%), and iShares MSCI UAE ETF (1.04%).

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Enbridge Inc. ($4.09 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.00 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($2.35 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.30 billion), Paramount Global ($2.04 billion), Etsy, Inc. ($1.90 billion), Voya Financial, Inc. ($1.77 billion), CarMax, Inc. ($1.67 billion), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($1.58 billion), and Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. ($1.47 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling DVOL is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Low Volatility ETF as its price is falling. DVOL shares are trading up $0.15 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 Dorsey Wright Momentum & Low Volatility 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 DVOL, 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 DVOL, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 15 2023.