First Trust Income Opportunities ETF (FCEF) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $21.45 -0.30 (-1.38%) Closing price 05/21/2025 03:50 PM EasternExtended Trading$21.44 0.00 (-0.02%) As of 05/21/2025 05:19 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 AnalysisChartDividendHeadlinesHoldingsOwnershipRatingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock First Trust Income Opportunities ETF Short Interest DataFirst Trust Income Opportunities ETF (FCEF) has a short interest of 3,800 shares. This marks a 90.00% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.5, indicating that it would take 0.5 days of the average trading volume of 7,941 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest3,800 sharesPrevious Short Interest2,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+90.00%Dollar Volume Sold Short$80,788.00Short Interest Ratio0.5 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2025Outstanding Shares2,010,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted0.19%Today's Trading Volume10,010 sharesAverage Trading Volume7,941 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average126% Short Selling First Trust Income Opportunities ETF? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for First Trust Income Opportunities 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 ChartFCEF Short Interest Over TimeFCEF Days to Cover Over TimeFCEF Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time First Trust Income Opportunities 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 4/30/20253,800 shares $80,788.00 +90.0%N/A0.5 $21.26 4/15/20252,000 shares $40,988.00 -84.3%0.1%0.2 $20.49 3/31/202512,700 shares $275,463.00 +24.5%0.6%1.3 $21.69 3/15/202510,200 shares $219,116.40 -30.1%0.5%1.2 $21.48 2/28/202514,600 shares $322,076.00 +14.1%0.8%1.6 $22.06 2/15/202512,800 shares $284,672.00 -35.0%0.7%1.5 $22.24 1/31/202519,700 shares $436,847.50 -7.9%N/A2.2 $22.18 1/15/202521,400 shares $467,804.00 +94.6%N/A2.5 $21.86 12/31/202411,000 shares $237,710.00 -16.0%N/A1.6 $21.61 12/15/202413,100 shares $289,510.00 +2.3%N/A1.9 $22.10 Get the Latest News and Ratings for FCEF and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for First Trust Income Opportunities ETF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/30/202412,800 shares $287,744.00 +4.1%N/A1.6 $22.48 11/15/202412,300 shares $268,755.00 +28.1%N/A1.5 $21.85 10/31/20249,600 shares $210,048.00 -49.5%N/A1.2 $21.88 10/15/202419,000 shares $422,370.00 +47.3%N/A2.7 $22.23 9/30/202412,900 shares $287,472.63 +143.4%N/A1.7 $22.28 9/15/20245,300 shares $116,150.56 +60.6%N/A0.7 $21.92 8/31/20243,300 shares $72,237.00 -45.9%N/A0.4 $21.89 8/15/20246,100 shares $130,967.00 +29.8%N/A0.9 $21.47 7/31/20244,700 shares $101,896.00 -79.3%N/A0.7 $21.68 7/15/202422,700 shares $487,938.77 +68.2%N/A3.5 $21.50 6/30/202413,500 shares $284,119.65 -21.5%N/A2.3 $21.05 6/15/202417,200 shares $358,018.00 +352.6%N/A3.1 $20.82 5/31/20243,800 shares $79,147.92 -55.8%N/A0.7 $20.83 5/15/20248,600 shares $179,568.00 +6.2%N/A1.5 $20.88 4/30/20248,100 shares $162,931.50 +24.6%N/A1.5 $20.12 4/15/20246,500 shares $127,920.00 +71.1%N/A1.1 $19.68 3/31/20243,800 shares $78,735.62 +216.7%N/A0.6 $20.72 3/15/20241,200 shares $24,288.00 -92.4%N/A0.2 $20.24 2/29/202415,800 shares $319,160.00 +64.6%N/A2.4 $20.20 2/15/20249,600 shares $192,384.00 -5.9%N/A1.6 $20.04 1/31/202410,200 shares $202,878.00 No ChangeN/A1.1 $19.89 9/30/20231,400 shares $26,089.00 -80.8%N/A0.2 $18.64 9/15/20237,300 shares $139,065.00 -31.8%N/A1.1 $19.05 8/31/202310,700 shares $206,724.00 -44.6%N/A1.5 $19.32 8/15/202319,300 shares $373,069.00 +257.4%N/A2.7 $19.33 7/31/20235,400 shares $107,190.00 +54.3%N/A0.8 $19.85 7/15/20233,500 shares $68,145.00 -41.7%N/A0.8 $19.47 6/30/20236,000 shares $116,040.00 -42.3%N/A1.3 $19.34 6/15/202310,400 shares $200,980.00 -53.4%N/A2.4 $19.33 5/31/202322,300 shares $417,790.50 +44.8%N/A5.1 $18.74Collect $7k per month from Tesla’s SECRET dividend (Ad)Tesla doesn't pay a traditional dividend.... But I just discovered a secret backdoor to collect a secret 69% dividend from Tesla… Which could put up to $7,013 in your pocket every month…Click here to discover the new #1 way to invest in Tesla 5/15/202315,400 shares $290,136.00 +63.8%N/A3.6 $18.84 4/30/20239,400 shares $181,796.00 +4.4%N/A2.1 $19.34 4/15/20239,000 shares $173,700.00 -19.6%N/A1.7 $19.30 3/31/202311,200 shares $216,503.84 -15.8%N/A1.8 $19.33 3/15/202313,300 shares $248,311.00 -4.3%N/A2 $18.67 2/28/202313,900 shares $276,888.00 +39.0%N/A1.7 $19.92 2/15/202310,000 shares $203,925.00 +96.1%N/A1.3 $20.39 1/31/20235,100 shares $104,958.00 +112.5%N/A0.7 $20.58 1/15/20232,400 shares $48,576.00 -90.4%N/A0.3 $20.24 12/30/202225,100 shares $484,681.00 -41.6%N/A4 $19.31 12/15/202243,000 shares $848,390.00 +1,553.9%N/A8.1 $19.73 11/30/20222,600 shares $52,650.00 +271.4%N/A0.7 $20.25 11/15/2022700 shares $13,839.00 +75.0%N/A0.2 $19.77 10/31/2022400 shares $7,796.00 -95.3%N/A0.1 $19.49 10/15/20228,500 shares $155,167.50 No ChangeN/A2.1 $18.26 9/30/20226,700 shares $123,816.00 +509.1%N/A1.5 $18.48 9/15/20221,100 shares $22,198.00 -42.1%N/A0.2 $20.18 8/31/20221,900 shares $39,178.00 +11.8%N/A0.4 $20.62 8/15/20221,700 shares $37,417.00 +466.7%N/A0.4 $22.01 7/31/2022300 shares $6,414.00 -85.0%N/A0.1 $21.38 7/15/20222,000 shares $39,860.00 +11.1%N/A0.4 $19.93 6/30/20221,800 shares $35,550.00 -59.1%N/A0.4 $19.75 6/15/20224,400 shares $87,868.00 +214.3%N/A0.9 $19.97 5/31/20221,400 shares $30,254.00 +133.3%N/A0.3 $21.61 5/15/2022600 shares $12,372.00 No ChangeN/A0.1 $20.62 4/30/2022600 shares $13,080.00 -96.5%N/A0.1 $21.80 4/15/202217,000 shares $385,498.80 -1.7%N/A2.4 $22.68 3/31/202217,300 shares $407,242.00 -10.8%N/A2.5 $23.54 3/15/202219,400 shares $424,084.00 +14.1%N/A2.7 $21.86 2/28/202217,000 shares $388,110.00 -20.9%N/A2.4 $22.83 2/15/202221,500 shares $502,455.00 +32.7%N/A3.4 $23.37 1/31/202216,200 shares $387,990.00 -60.1%N/A2.3 $23.95 1/15/202240,600 shares $1.01 million +149.1%N/A6.1 $24.97 12/31/202116,300 shares $417,842.35 +9.4%N/A2.7 $25.63 12/15/202114,900 shares $369,520.00 +17.3%N/A2.7 $24.80 11/30/202112,700 shares $314,960.00 -22.1%N/A2.3 $24.80 11/15/202116,300 shares $419,888.00 +26.4%N/A2.9 $25.76 10/29/202112,900 shares $330,369.00 -9.2%N/A2.3 $25.61 10/15/202114,200 shares $359,047.00 No ChangeN/A2.8 $25.29 9/30/202114,200 shares $351,379.00 -13.9%N/A2.5 $24.75 9/15/202116,500 shares $421,740.00 +9.3%N/A2.9 $25.56 8/31/202115,100 shares $387,013.00 -43.5%N/A2.7 $25.63 8/13/202126,700 shares $684,054.00 +120.7%N/A4.6 $25.62 7/30/202112,100 shares $303,831.00 -69.1%N/A2.2 $25.11 7/15/202139,100 shares $981,410.00 +87.1%N/A7 $25.10 6/30/202120,900 shares $532,417.05 -46.8%N/A4.1 $25.47 6/15/202139,300 shares $1.00 million +97.5%N/A7 $25.50 5/28/202119,900 shares $499,012.40 +101.0%N/A3.8 $25.08 5/14/20219,900 shares $239,283.00 +175.0%N/A1.9 $24.17 4/30/20213,600 shares $89,244.00 -7.7%N/A0.7 $24.79Collect $7k per month from Tesla’s SECRET dividend (Ad)Tesla doesn't pay a traditional dividend.... But I just discovered a secret backdoor to collect a secret 69% dividend from Tesla… Which could put up to $7,013 in your pocket every month…Click here to discover the new #1 way to invest in Tesla 4/15/20213,900 shares $95,411.16 +254.6%N/A0.6 $24.46 3/31/20211,100 shares $25,960.00 -67.7%N/A0.1 $23.60 3/15/20213,400 shares $79,900.00 +325.0%N/A0.3 $23.50 2/26/2021800 shares $18,416.00 +700.0%N/A0.1 $23.02 2/12/2021100 shares $2,360.00 -98.9%N/A0 $23.60 1/29/20219,400 shares $213,961.86 -59.3%N/A0.7 $22.76 1/15/202123,100 shares $529,221.00 +165.5%N/A1.8 $22.91 12/31/20208,700 shares $196,098.00 +2,075.0%N/A0.7 $22.54 12/15/2020400 shares $8,832.00 +300.0%N/A0 $22.08 11/30/2020100 shares $2,168.06 -97.2%N/A0 $21.68 11/15/20203,600 shares $75,024.00 -2.7%N/A0.3 $20.84 10/30/20203,700 shares $71,428.50 -93.1%N/A0.4 $19.31 10/15/202053,600 shares $1.09 million +26,700.0%N/A0 $20.28 9/30/2020200 shares $3,930.52 No ChangeN/A0 $19.65 9/15/20201,200 shares $23,964.00 +500.0%N/A0.2 $19.97 8/31/2020200 shares $4,018.00 -88.2%N/A0 $20.09 8/14/20201,700 shares $33,796.00 -72.6%N/A0.2 $19.88 7/31/20206,200 shares $121,086.00 -43.6%N/A0.6 $19.53 7/15/202011,000 shares $209,000.00 -33.3%N/A1 $19.00 6/30/202016,500 shares $306,735.00 +65.0%N/A0.9 $18.59 6/15/202010,000 shares $188,000.00 -28.6%N/A0.4 $18.80 5/29/202014,000 shares $259,280.00 -68.5%N/A0.5 $18.52 FCEF Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is First Trust Income Opportunities ETF's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of First Trust Income Opportunities ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, investors have sold 3,800 shares of FCEF short. Learn More on First Trust Income Opportunities ETF's current short interest. Is First Trust Income Opportunities ETF's short interest increasing or decreasing? First Trust Income Opportunities ETF saw a increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,800 shares, an increase of 90.0% from the previous total of 2,000 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 Income Opportunities ETF's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies compare to First Trust Income Opportunities ETF: Global X Alternative Income ETF (2.18%), Flexshares Real Assets Allocation Index Fund (0.12%), Cabana Target Leading Sector Moderate ETF (0.15%), and iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF (0.12%). Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Spotify Technology S.A. ($4.67 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.58 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($4.47 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.56 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.23 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($2.16 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($1.90 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.85 billion), Zscaler, Inc. ($1.75 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($1.75 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short First Trust Income Opportunities ETF stock? Short selling FCEF is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Trust Income Opportunities ETF as its price is falling. FCEF shares are trading down $0.30 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 Income Opportunities ETF? A short squeeze for First Trust Income Opportunities 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 FCEF, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is First Trust Income Opportunities 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 FCEF, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025. 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