First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (FEX) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $113.12 +1.63 (+1.46%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$113.12 -0.01 (0.00%) As of 04:04 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 InterestTrendsBuy This Stock First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund Short Interest DataFirst Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (FEX) has a short interest of 33,500 shares. This marks a -2.05% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.1, indicating that it would take 1.1 days of the average trading volume of 31,168 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest33,500 sharesPrevious Short Interest34,200 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-2.05%Dollar Volume Sold Short$3.69 millionShort Interest Ratio1.1 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 15, 2025Outstanding Shares11,850,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted0.28%Today's Trading Volume16,931 sharesAverage Trading Volume31,168 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average54% Short Selling First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for First Trust Large Cap Core 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 ChartFEX Short Interest Over TimeFEX Days to Cover Over TimeFEX Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time First Trust Large Cap Core 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 7/15/202533,500 shares $3.69 million -2.1%N/A1.1 $110.00 6/30/202534,200 shares $3.76 million -37.0%0.3%1 $109.96 6/15/202554,300 shares $5.78 million -9.1%0.4%1.3 $106.36 5/31/202559,700 shares $6.26 million +261.8%0.5%1.4 $104.92 5/15/202516,500 shares $1.75 million +150.0%0.1%0.4 $105.77 4/30/20256,600 shares $661.25 thousand -23.3%N/A0.2 $100.19 4/15/20258,600 shares $832.65 thousand -44.9%0.1%0.2 $96.82 3/31/202515,600 shares $1.60 million +188.9%0.1%0.4 $102.46 3/15/20255,400 shares $548.80 thousand -8.5%0.0%0.2 $101.63 2/28/20255,900 shares $631.65 thousand +1.7%0.0%0.2 $107.06 Get the Latest News and Ratings for FEX and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/15/20255,800 shares $633.82 thousand -14.7%0.0%0.3 $109.28 1/31/20256,800 shares $738.96 thousand -2.9%N/A0.3 $108.67 1/15/20257,000 shares $748.58 thousand -20.5%N/A0.3 $106.94 12/31/20248,800 shares $917.84 thousand -26.7%N/A0.4 $104.30 12/15/202412,000 shares $1.30 million -1.6%N/A0.6 $108.27 11/30/202412,200 shares $1.38 million -46.5%N/A0.6 $112.88 11/15/202422,800 shares $2.48 million -19.4%N/A1.1 $108.66 10/31/202428,300 shares $2.94 million -21.6%N/A1.3 $103.76 10/15/202436,100 shares $3.81 million +568.5%N/A1.5 $105.50 9/30/20245,400 shares $562.51 thousand +800.0%N/A0.3 $104.17 9/15/2024600 shares $60.84 thousand -83.8%N/A0 $101.39 8/31/20243,700 shares $379.19 thousand +164.3%N/A0.2 $102.48 8/15/20241,400 shares $139.04 thousand -90.6%N/A0.1 $99.31 7/31/202414,900 shares $1.49 million -8.6%N/A0.8 $100.06 7/15/202416,300 shares $1.62 million +109.0%N/A0.8 $99.34 6/30/20247,800 shares $756.52 thousand -63.7%N/A0.4 $96.99 6/15/202421,500 shares $2.06 million +481.1%N/A1 $96.01 5/31/20243,700 shares $359.69 thousand -82.4%N/A0.2 $97.21 5/15/202421,000 shares $2.07 million +2,900.0%N/A0.9 $98.70 4/30/2024700 shares $66.14 thousand -41.7%N/A0 $94.49 4/15/20241,200 shares $113.26 thousand -92.4%N/A0 $94.38 3/31/202415,700 shares $1.56 million +406.5%N/A0.5 $99.24 3/15/20243,100 shares $298.03 thousand -11.4%N/A0.1 $96.14 2/29/20243,500 shares $333.62 thousand +1,066.7%N/A0.1 $95.32 2/15/2024300 shares $28.24 thousand -99.3%N/A0 $94.15 1/31/202444,700 shares $4.05 million +1,214.7%N/A1.3 $90.57 1/15/20243,400 shares $304.47 thousand +100.0%N/A0.1 $89.55 12/31/20231,700 shares $153.28 thousand -75.0%N/A0 $90.16 12/15/20236,800 shares $610.84 thousand +11.5%N/A0.1 $89.83 11/30/20236,100 shares $522.40 thousand -28.2%N/A0.1 $85.64Game Over for Tesla? 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Our research shows xAI is growing 7X faster than OpenAI—and could be the source of the next wave of AI millionaires.Click here to see the backdoor way to get exposure to xAI from a regular brokerage account. 11/15/20238,500 shares $714.85 thousand -87.1%N/A0.1 $84.10 10/31/202366,000 shares $5.16 million +134.0%N/A1.1 $78.14 10/15/202328,200 shares $2.27 million -3.8%N/A0.8 $80.65 9/30/202329,300 shares $2.38 million +0.3%N/A0.9 $81.10 9/15/202329,200 shares $2.45 million -6.7%N/A0.9 $83.95 8/31/202331,300 shares $2.65 million -24.2%N/A0.8 $84.77 8/15/202341,300 shares $3.47 million +32.8%N/A1 $83.91 7/31/202331,100 shares $2.72 million -60.5%N/A0.7 $87.50 7/15/202378,800 shares $6.73 million +56.0%N/A1.5 $85.36 6/30/202350,500 shares $4.24 million +23.8%N/A0.9 $84.01 6/15/202340,800 shares $3.40 million -4.0%N/A0.6 $83.40 5/31/202342,500 shares $3.31 million +14.6%N/A0.7 $77.80 5/15/202337,100 shares $2.92 million -27.4%N/A0.6 $78.72 4/30/202351,100 shares $4.11 million +2,738.9%N/A0.8 $80.38 4/15/20231,800 shares $145.38 thousand -97.2%N/A0 $80.76 3/31/202363,800 shares $5.14 million +134.6%N/A1.2 $80.50 3/15/202327,200 shares $2.09 million -28.6%N/A0.6 $76.85 2/28/202338,100 shares $3.13 million -9.9%N/A0.8 $82.13 2/15/202342,300 shares $3.63 million +106.3%N/A1 $85.80 1/31/202320,500 shares $1.74 million +127.8%N/A0.4 $85.10 1/15/20239,000 shares $753.57 thousand +42.9%N/A0.2 $83.73 12/30/20226,300 shares $504.44 thousand -87.3%N/A0.1 $80.07 12/15/202249,500 shares $4.02 million +47.3%N/A1.2 $81.12 11/30/202233,600 shares $2.86 million -42.3%N/A0.9 $84.99 11/15/202258,200 shares $4.85 million +304.2%N/A1.6 $83.38 10/31/202214,400 shares $1.15 million -8.9%N/A0.4 $79.91 10/15/202215,800 shares $1.16 million No ChangeN/A0.5 $73.16 9/30/20226,000 shares $433.32 thousand +53.9%N/A0.2 $72.22 9/15/20223,900 shares $309.58 thousand -45.8%N/A0.2 $79.38 8/31/20227,200 shares $574.78 thousand -10.0%N/A0.3 $79.83 8/15/20228,000 shares $681.28 thousand -55.1%N/A0.3 $85.16 7/31/202217,800 shares $1.46 million +150.7%N/A0.6 $81.82 7/15/20227,100 shares $545.35 thousand +163.0%N/A0.2 $76.81 6/30/20222,700 shares $205.39 thousand -29.0%N/A0.1 $76.07 6/15/20223,800 shares $293.40 thousand +81.0%N/A0.1 $77.21 5/31/20222,100 shares $177.93 thousand -80.9%N/A0 $84.73 5/15/202211,000 shares $900.57 thousand +41.0%N/A0.2 $81.87 4/30/20227,800 shares $645.76 thousand -52.2%N/A0.1 $82.79 4/15/202216,300 shares $1.43 million +19.9%N/A0.3 $87.52 3/31/202213,600 shares $1.20 million +189.4%N/A0.2 $88.27 3/15/20224,700 shares $395.74 thousand -11.3%N/A0.1 $84.20 2/28/20225,300 shares $456.33 thousand +10.4%N/A0.1 $86.10 2/15/20224,800 shares $420.29 thousand +9.1%N/A0.1 $87.56 1/31/20224,400 shares $382.89 thousand -35.3%N/A0.1 $87.02 1/15/20226,800 shares $615.26 thousand +223.8%N/A0.2 $90.48 12/31/20212,100 shares $193.89 thousand +950.0%N/A0.1 $92.33 12/15/2021200 shares $18.15 thousand -91.7%N/A0 $90.76 11/30/20212,400 shares $212.76 thousand -85.1%N/A0.1 $88.65 11/15/202116,100 shares $1.49 million +373.5%N/A0.6 $92.57 10/29/20213,400 shares $308.07 thousand -10.5%N/A0.1 $90.61Game Over for Tesla? (Ad)Tesla is down 50% from its highs, and recent SEC filings reveal major insider selling—tens of millions in stock unloaded by top executives. Meanwhile, Elon Musk appears to be shifting focus away from Tesla and toward his private AI venture, xAI. Musk has already purchased over $1 billion in NVIDIA AI chips and is investing $5 billion into a new data center. Our research shows xAI is growing 7X faster than OpenAI—and could be the source of the next wave of AI millionaires.Click here to see the backdoor way to get exposure to xAI from a regular brokerage account. 10/15/20213,800 shares $336.83 thousand +22.6%N/A0.2 $88.64 9/30/20213,100 shares $264.43 thousand -16.2%N/A0.1 $85.30 9/15/20213,700 shares $327.89 thousand +27.6%N/A0.2 $88.62 8/31/20212,900 shares $259.87 thousand +45.0%N/A0.1 $89.61 8/13/20212,000 shares $177.96 thousand +53.9%N/A0.1 $88.98 7/30/20211,300 shares $112.91 thousand -58.1%N/A0 $86.85 7/15/20213,100 shares $264.31 thousand -27.9%N/A0.1 $85.26 6/30/20214,300 shares $369.24 thousand +16.2%N/A0.1 $85.87 6/15/20213,700 shares $316.83 thousand -92.1%N/A0.1 $85.63 5/28/202147,100 shares $4.01 million +1,947.8%N/A1.2 $85.14 5/14/20212,300 shares $190.03 thousand -72.3%N/A0.1 $82.62 4/30/20218,300 shares $701.93 thousand +22.1%N/A0.2 $84.57 4/15/20216,800 shares $562.47 thousand +7.9%N/A0.1 $82.72 3/31/20216,300 shares $502.05 thousand -81.3%N/A0.1 $79.69 3/15/202133,600 shares $2.69 million +1,020.0%N/A0.8 $80.19 2/26/20213,000 shares $231.69 thousand +50.0%N/A0.1 $77.23 2/12/20212,000 shares $158.18 thousand -46.0%N/A0.1 $79.09 1/29/20213,700 shares $277.42 thousand +12.1%N/A0.1 $74.98 1/15/20213,300 shares $253.31 thousand +3.1%N/A0.1 $76.76 12/31/20203,200 shares $233.76 thousand +3.2%N/A0.1 $73.05 12/15/20203,100 shares $223.29 thousand +6.9%N/A0.1 $72.03 11/30/20202,900 shares $206.44 thousand +3.6%N/A0.1 $71.19 11/15/20202,800 shares $192.54 thousand -6.7%N/A0.1 $68.76 10/30/20203,000 shares $191.21 thousand +25.0%N/A0.1 $63.74 10/15/20202,400 shares $159.48 thousand -88.8%N/A0 $66.45 9/30/202021,500 shares $1.36 million -42.5%N/A0.5 $63.21 9/15/202037,600 shares $2.41 million +0.5%N/A0.8 $64.03 8/31/202037,400 shares $2.44 million +14.0%N/A0.7 $65.27 8/14/202032,800 shares $2.11 million -3.5%N/A0.5 $64.19 FEX Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of July 15th, investors have sold 33,500 shares of FEX short. Learn More on First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. FEX shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund's short interest ratio. Is First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund's short interest increasing or decreasing? First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund saw a drop in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 33,500 shares, a drop of 2.0% from the previous total of 34,200 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 Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies compare to First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund: Pacer Trendpilot 100 ETF (0.01%), First Trust Large Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (0.33%), Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Shares (8.57%), First Trust Large Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund (0.14%), AB Conservative Buffer ETF (0.00%), iShares Asia 50 ETF (0.73%), First Trust NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Fund (0.46%), iShares India 50 ETF (0.13%), Invesco RAFI Strategic US ETF (0.12%), ClearBridge Large Cap Growth ESG ETF (0.04%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Coinbase Global, Inc. ($5.11 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($4.76 billion), Reddit Inc. ($2.84 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($2.79 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.79 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($2.67 billion), Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.49 billion), AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ($2.12 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.09 billion), and Omnicom Group Inc. ($2.04 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund stock? Short selling FEX is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund as its price is falling. FEX shares are trading down $0.40 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 Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund? A short squeeze for First Trust Large Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund 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 FEX, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is First Trust Large Cap Core 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 FEX, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2025. 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