First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Asia Pacific ETF (RFAP) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Asia Pacific ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of March 15th, traders have sold 200 shares of RFAP short. Learn More on First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Asia Pacific ETF's current short interest.

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Aon plc ($5.63 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.41 billion), Analog Devices, Inc. ($5.32 billion), Baidu, Inc. ($4.45 billion), Snap Inc. ($3.86 billion), Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. ($3.30 billion), Airbnb, Inc. ($2.82 billion), Bilibili Inc. ($2.34 billion), GameStop Corp. ($2.24 billion), and Expedia Group, Inc. ($2.21 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling RFAP is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Asia Pacific ETF as its price is falling. 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 RiverFront Dynamic Asia Pacific 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 RFAP, 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 RFAP, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is March, 15 2021.