First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (FTXG) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $22.53 +0.05 (+0.22%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$22.53 0.00 (0.00%) As of 05:26 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 AnalysisChartDividendHoldingsOptions ChainOwnershipRatingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF Short Interest DataFirst Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (FTXG) has a short interest of 6,900 shares. This marks a -17.86% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.2, indicating that it would take 0.2 days of the average trading volume of 31,829 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest6,900 sharesPrevious Short Interest8,400 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-17.86%Dollar Volume Sold Short$151.46 thousandShort Interest Ratio0.2 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 15, 2025Outstanding Shares1,000,000 sharesPercentage of Shares Shorted0.69%Today's Trading Volume15,651 sharesAverage Trading Volume31,829 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average49% Short Selling First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage 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 ChartFTXG Short Interest Over TimeFTXG Days to Cover Over TimeFTXG Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage 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 7/15/20256,900 shares $151.46 thousand -17.9%N/A0.2 $21.95 6/30/20258,400 shares $186.31 thousand No Change0.8%0.2 $22.18 6/15/20258,400 shares $188.50 thousand -74.8%0.5%0.2 $22.44 5/31/202533,300 shares $758.24 thousand +14.8%2.5%0.9 $22.77 5/15/202529,000 shares $660.91 thousand +4,042.9%1.9%0.9 $22.79 4/30/2025700 shares $16.21 thousand -96.6%N/A0 $23.15 4/15/202520,500 shares $475.60 thousand +135.6%1.3%0.7 $23.20 3/31/20258,700 shares $205.67 thousand -42.8%0.8%0.4 $23.64 3/15/202515,200 shares $350.36 thousand -72.5%1.5%0.9 $23.05 2/28/202555,300 shares $1.29 million +13.3%5.5%3.4 $23.35 Get the Latest News and Ratings for FTXG and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/15/202548,800 shares $1.09 million +23.5%4.9%3.3 $22.33 1/31/202539,500 shares $890.33 thousand +19.3%N/A2.7 $22.54 1/15/202533,100 shares $731.84 thousand +27.8%N/A2.5 $22.11 12/31/202425,900 shares $596.74 thousand +208.3%N/A2.3 $23.04 12/15/20248,400 shares $201.72 thousand -83.1%N/A0.7 $24.01 11/30/202449,800 shares $1.23 million +876.5%N/A5.1 $24.70 11/15/20245,100 shares $120.72 thousand -72.9%N/A0.4 $23.67 10/31/202418,800 shares $455.34 thousand -18.3%N/A1.4 $24.22 10/15/202423,000 shares $581.21 thousand +10.1%N/A1.4 $25.27 9/30/202420,900 shares $535.88 thousand +16.8%N/A1.3 $25.64 9/15/202417,900 shares $462.18 thousand +3.5%N/A1.1 $25.82 8/31/202417,300 shares $441.09 thousand +5.5%N/A1.1 $25.50 8/15/202416,400 shares $406.39 thousand +720.0%N/A1 $24.78 7/31/20242,000 shares $48.84 thousand -9.1%N/A0.1 $24.42 7/15/20242,200 shares $51.68 thousand No ChangeN/A0.2 $23.49 1/15/20241,400 shares $34.03 thousand -72.6%N/A0 $24.31 12/31/20235,100 shares $123.73 thousand +325.0%N/A0.1 $24.26 12/15/20231,200 shares $28.90 thousand -7.7%N/A0 $24.08 11/30/20231,300 shares $30.77 thousand -18.8%N/A0 $23.67 11/15/20231,600 shares $37.41 thousand +33.3%N/A0 $23.38 10/31/20231,200 shares $27 thousand -52.0%N/A0 $22.50 10/15/20232,500 shares $54.75 thousand +47.1%N/A0 $21.90 9/30/20231,700 shares $40.26 thousand -97.3%N/A0 $23.68 9/15/202363,500 shares $1.60 million +341.0%N/A0.1 $25.16 8/31/202314,400 shares $366.34 thousand -48.6%N/A0 $25.44 8/15/202328,000 shares $722.27 thousand -53.3%N/A0.2 $25.80 7/31/202359,900 shares $1.60 million -53.8%N/A0.5 $26.67 7/15/2023129,500 shares $3.40 million +159.5%N/A1.2 $26.26 6/30/202349,900 shares $1.31 million +10.6%N/A0.4 $26.22 6/15/202345,100 shares $1.20 million +25.6%N/A0.2 $26.63Trump’s national nightmare is here (Ad)Porter Stansberry and Jeff Brown say a new U.S. national emergency is already underway — and it could trigger the biggest forced rotation of capital since World War II. They reveal why Trump is mobilizing America’s tech giants… and name the two stocks most likely to soar as trillions shift behind the scenes.Watch the National Emergency broadcast here 5/31/202335,900 shares $940.94 thousand +36.0%N/A0.2 $26.21 5/15/202326,400 shares $727.85 thousand -24.6%N/A0.2 $27.57 4/30/202335,000 shares $970.20 thousand -54.2%N/A0.2 $27.72 4/15/202376,400 shares $2.07 million +30.2%N/A0.3 $27.05 3/31/202358,700 shares $1.58 million -49.4%N/A0.2 $26.88 3/15/2023116,000 shares $3.04 million +73.9%N/A0.4 $26.21 2/28/202366,700 shares $1.76 million -79.2%N/A0.3 $26.41 2/15/2023319,900 shares $8.45 million +791.1%N/A1.6 $26.41 1/31/202335,900 shares $957.09 thousand -56.7%N/A0.2 $26.66 1/15/202382,900 shares $2.24 million +0.2%N/A0.6 $27.01 12/30/202282,700 shares $2.24 million +95.1%N/A0.6 $27.05 12/15/202242,400 shares $1.16 million -57.9%N/A0.3 $27.26 11/30/2022100,700 shares $2.84 million -33.3%N/A0.7 $28.24 11/15/2022151,000 shares $4.04 million +58.3%N/A1.1 $26.76 10/31/202295,400 shares $2.61 million +722.4%N/A0.6 $27.40 10/15/202211,600 shares $294.41 thousand No ChangeN/A0.1 $25.38 9/30/202226,200 shares $650.81 thousand -86.7%N/A0.2 $24.84 9/15/2022197,200 shares $5.10 million +41.6%N/A1.6 $25.86 8/31/2022139,300 shares $3.74 million +44.2%N/A1.1 $26.83 8/15/202296,600 shares $2.68 million +19.3%N/A0.8 $27.74 7/31/202281,000 shares $2.20 million +38.9%N/A0.6 $27.21 7/15/202258,300 shares $1.51 million -61.1%N/A0.1 $25.92 6/30/2022149,900 shares $3.84 million -22.1%N/A0.2 $25.65 6/15/2022192,500 shares $4.85 million +106.3%N/A0.3 $25.18 5/31/202293,300 shares $2.52 million -45.7%N/A0.1 $27.02 5/15/2022171,900 shares $4.73 million -77.4%N/A0.2 $27.54 4/30/2022761,800 shares $21.05 million +1,070.2%N/A1.1 $27.63 4/15/202265,100 shares $1.85 million +71.8%N/A0.1 $28.42 3/31/202237,900 shares $1.03 million -8.5%N/A6.8 $27.08 3/15/202241,400 shares $1.07 million +47.3%N/A7.7 $25.74 2/28/202228,100 shares $742.26 thousand +0.7%N/A6.1 $26.42 2/15/202227,900 shares $739.07 thousand +11.2%N/A6.6 $26.49 1/31/202225,100 shares $659.38 thousand -5.3%N/A7.4 $26.27 1/15/202226,500 shares $715.50 thousand -5.0%N/A8 $27.00 12/31/202127,900 shares $722.05 thousand +11.6%N/A9.3 $25.88 12/15/202125,000 shares $628.75 thousand -3.9%N/A13.2 $25.15 11/30/202126,000 shares $629.98 thousand -0.4%N/A13.7 $24.23 11/15/202126,100 shares $674.42 thousand +14.0%N/A13.1 $25.84 10/29/202122,900 shares $577.08 thousand +1.8%N/A12.1 $25.20 10/15/202122,500 shares $559.80 thousand +5.6%N/A11.8 $24.88 9/30/202121,300 shares $518.87 thousand +1.0%N/A11.2 $24.36 9/15/202121,100 shares $519.48 thousand -0.9%N/A9.6 $24.62 8/31/202121,300 shares $522.49 thousand -3.6%N/A9.3 $24.53 8/13/202122,100 shares $558.91 thousand +5.2%N/A9.6 $25.29 7/30/202121,000 shares $522.48 thousand -8.7%N/A8.1 $24.88 7/15/202123,000 shares $577.99 thousand +3.1%N/A8.5 $25.13 6/30/202122,300 shares $572.22 thousand -3.5%N/A7.4 $25.66 6/15/202123,100 shares $602.68 thousand -2.1%N/A5.4 $26.09 5/28/202123,600 shares $629.18 thousand +10.3%N/A5.5 $26.66 5/14/202121,400 shares $563.68 thousand -15.4%N/A4.1 $26.34When the levee breaks (Ad)The U.S. Treasury just confirmed it plans to borrow $1.01 trillion this quarter—nearly double what was projected. 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More importantly, he reveals three moves you can make now to protect and potentially grow your wealth before the levee breaks.Click here to watch the urgent broadcast and get ahead of what’s coming. 4/30/202125,300 shares $660.58 thousand +13.5%N/A4.6 $26.11 4/15/202122,300 shares $574.45 thousand -33.4%N/A4.4 $25.76 3/31/202133,500 shares $879.04 thousand +36.7%N/A6.8 $26.24 3/15/202124,500 shares $643.13 thousand +37.6%N/A6.8 $26.25 2/26/202117,800 shares $438.59 thousand -6.8%N/A5.4 $24.64 2/12/202119,100 shares $482.66 thousand +3.2%N/A7.6 $25.27 1/29/202118,500 shares $449.85 thousand +5.7%N/A9.7 $24.32 1/15/202117,500 shares $418.72 thousand +169.2%N/A9.7 $23.93 12/31/20206,500 shares $150.61 thousand -58.3%N/A3.8 $23.17 12/15/202015,600 shares $360.67 thousand +246.7%N/A10.4 $23.12 11/30/20204,500 shares $102.47 thousand +12.5%N/A4.1 $22.77 11/15/20204,000 shares $89.95 thousand -16.7%N/A5 $22.49 10/30/20204,800 shares $101.57 thousand -2.0%N/A6 $21.16 10/15/20204,900 shares $106.23 thousand -18.3%N/A0 $21.68 9/30/20206,000 shares $124.31 thousand +1.7%N/A6 $20.72 9/15/20205,600 shares $118.71 thousand -5.1%N/A4.3 $21.20 8/31/20205,900 shares $127.26 thousand -7.8%N/A4.5 $21.57 8/14/20206,400 shares $134.27 thousand +82.9%N/A3.6 $20.98 FTXG Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of July 15th, traders have sold 6,900 shares of FTXG short. Learn More on First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF's current short interest. Is First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF's short interest increasing or decreasing? First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF saw a drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,900 shares, a drop of 17.9% from the previous total of 8,400 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 Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies compare to First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF: Invesco S&P SmallCap Consumer Staples ETF (0.18%), and Invesco Dorsey Wright Consumer Staples Momentum ETF (0.26%). 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 Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF stock? Short selling FTXG is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF as its price is falling. FTXG shares are trading up $0.05 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 Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF? A short squeeze for First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage 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 FTXG, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage 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 FTXG, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 15 2025. 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