First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund (FCA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 15th, traders have sold 300 shares of FCA short. Learn More on First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund's current short interest.

First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund saw a decrease in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 300 shares, a decrease of 72.7% from the previous total of 1,100 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 China AlphaDEX Fund: First Trust Brazil AlphaDEX Fund (1.36%), Fidelity NASDAQ Composite Index ETF (0.14%), First Trust Eurozone AlphaDEX ETF (0.03%), First Trust United Kingdom AlphaDEX Fund (0.01%), Principal Value ETF (1.69%), First Trust Latin America AlphaDEX Fund (0.17%), First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund (0.22%), First Trust Multi Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (0.02%), Alpha Architect International Quantitative Value ETF (0.24%), VictoryShares Emerging Markets Value Momentum ETF (29.87%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Enbridge Inc. ($4.29 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($4.17 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.07 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($2.81 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.37 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.27 billion), T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. ($1.98 billion), Verisk Analytics, Inc. ($1.94 billion), Extra Space Storage Inc. ($1.88 billion), and Xylem Inc. ($1.61 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling FCA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund as its price is falling. FCA 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 China 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 FCA, 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 FCA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2023.