First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (FCT) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $9.91 +0.05 (+0.51%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$9.90 -0.01 (-0.10%) 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 AnalysisChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II Short Interest DataFirst Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II (FCT) has a short interest of 31,400 shares. This marks a -16.04% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.3, indicating that it would take 0.3 days of the average trading volume of 126,868 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest31,400 sharesPrevious Short Interest37,400 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-16.04%Dollar Volume Sold Short$313,372.00Short Interest Ratio0.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateApril 30, 2025Today's Trading Volume161,822 sharesAverage Trading Volume126,868 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average128% Short Selling First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartFCT Short Interest Over TimeFCT Days to Cover Over TimeFCT Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 4/30/202531,400 shares $313,372.00 -16.0%N/A0.3 $9.98 4/15/202537,400 shares $367,941.20 -46.6%N/A0.4 $9.84 3/31/202570,000 shares $711,200.00 +13.5%N/A0.6 $10.16 3/15/202561,700 shares $628,723.00 -47.0%N/A0.6 $10.19 2/28/2025116,500 shares $1.21 million +7.4%N/A1 $10.37 2/15/2025108,500 shares $1.13 million +48.4%N/A0.9 $10.45 1/31/202573,100 shares $765,357.00 -44.8%N/A0.6 $10.47 1/15/2025132,500 shares $1.37 million +109.0%N/A1 $10.36 12/31/202463,400 shares $656,190.00 +48.5%N/A0.6 $10.35 12/15/202442,700 shares $445,361.00 +24.5%N/A0.4 $10.43 Get the Latest News and Ratings for FCT and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 11/30/202434,300 shares $358,092.00 -25.3%N/A0.3 $10.44 11/15/202445,900 shares $473,229.00 -22.6%N/A0.4 $10.31 10/31/202459,300 shares $614,941.00 +27.0%N/A0.6 $10.37 10/15/202446,700 shares $484,045.50 -33.1%N/A0.4 $10.37 9/30/202469,800 shares $719,638.00 -27.2%N/A0.5 $10.31 9/15/202495,900 shares $991,606.00 -34.0%N/A0.6 $10.34 8/31/2024145,300 shares $1.52 million +6.3%N/A0.9 $10.46 8/15/2024136,700 shares $1.40 million -21.0%N/A0.8 $10.23 7/31/2024173,000 shares $1.79 million +623.9%N/A1 $10.36 7/15/202423,900 shares $244,975.00 -43.4%N/A0.1 $10.25 6/30/202442,200 shares $425,376.00 +135.8%N/A0.3 $10.08 6/15/202417,900 shares $181,864.00 -51.6%N/A0.1 $10.16 5/31/202437,000 shares $387,760.00 +160.6%N/A0.3 $10.48 5/15/202414,200 shares $149,810.00 -63.5%N/A0.1 $10.55 4/30/202438,900 shares $401,837.00 +74.4%N/A0.4 $10.33 4/15/202422,300 shares $224,784.00 -56.0%N/A0.2 $10.08 3/31/202450,700 shares $524,745.00 +302.4%N/A0.5 $10.35 3/15/202412,600 shares $127,638.00 -44.3%N/A0.1 $10.13 2/29/202422,600 shares $231,198.00 +98.3%N/A0.2 $10.23 2/15/202411,400 shares $115,368.00 +1.8%N/A0.1 $10.12 1/31/202411,200 shares $112,336.00 -10.4%N/A0.1 $10.03 1/15/202412,500 shares $122,750.00 -9.4%N/A0.1 $9.82 12/31/202313,800 shares $139,242.00 +32.7%N/A0.2 $10.09 12/15/202310,400 shares $103,792.00 +60.0%N/A0.1 $9.98 11/30/20236,500 shares $63,570.00 -54.9%N/A0.1 $9.78 11/15/202314,400 shares $143,856.00 -16.3%N/A0.2 $9.99 10/31/202317,200 shares $167,012.00 -3.4%N/A0.3 $9.71 10/15/202317,800 shares $176,576.00 -36.0%N/A0.3 $9.92 9/30/202327,800 shares $278,000.00 +135.6%N/A0.5 $10.00 9/15/202311,800 shares $119,652.00 -77.1%N/A0.2 $10.14Trump’s Bitcoin Reserve is No Accident… (Ad)Bryce Paul believes this is the #1 coin to buy right now The catalyst behind this surge is a massive new blockchain development…Just click here to get all the details on this crypto coin now 8/31/202351,600 shares $526,320.00 +189.9%N/A0.9 $10.20 8/15/202317,800 shares $178,178.00 -65.1%N/A0.3 $10.01 7/31/202351,000 shares $514,080.00 +537.5%N/A0.9 $10.08 7/15/20238,000 shares $79,120.00 -82.1%N/A0.1 $9.89 6/30/202344,600 shares $441,540.00 +167.1%N/A0.7 $9.90 6/15/202316,700 shares $161,489.00 -26.1%N/A0.3 $9.67 5/31/202322,600 shares $216,056.00 +47.7%N/A0.3 $9.56 5/15/202315,300 shares $147,186.00 -64.7%N/A0.2 $9.62 4/30/202343,300 shares $427,371.00 +50.4%N/A0.4 $9.87 4/15/202328,800 shares $281,664.00 -78.4%N/A0.2 $9.78 3/31/2023133,600 shares $1.33 million +521.4%N/A1 $9.95 3/15/202321,500 shares $201,455.00 -16.0%N/A0.2 $9.37 2/28/202325,600 shares $257,024.00 +115.1%N/A0.2 $10.04 2/15/202311,900 shares $119,833.00 -39.0%N/A0.1 $10.07 1/31/202319,500 shares $195,585.00 +219.7%N/A0.2 $10.03 1/15/20236,100 shares $60,268.00 -6.2%N/A0.1 $9.88 12/30/20226,500 shares $61,945.00 -13.3%N/A0.1 $9.53 12/15/20227,500 shares $73,200.00 -16.7%N/A0.1 $9.76 11/30/20229,000 shares $91,620.00 -30.2%N/A0.1 $10.18 11/15/202212,900 shares $128,742.00 -25.0%N/A0.1 $9.98 10/31/202217,200 shares $169,076.00 -63.5%N/A0.2 $9.83 10/15/202247,100 shares $448,863.00 No ChangeN/A0.5 $9.53 9/30/2022258,000 shares $2.58 million +1,183.6%N/A2.1 $9.99 9/15/202220,100 shares $202,407.00 -12.6%N/A0.2 $10.07 8/31/202223,000 shares $238,740.00 -87.9%N/A0.2 $10.38 8/15/2022190,100 shares $2.05 million +2,060.2%N/A1.6 $10.81 7/31/20228,800 shares $91,520.00 +15.8%N/A0.1 $10.40 7/15/20227,600 shares $74,936.00 -75.3%N/A0.1 $9.86 6/30/202230,800 shares $307,692.00 -60.3%N/A0.3 $9.99 6/15/202277,600 shares $821,008.00 -23.6%N/A0.6 $10.58 5/31/2022101,600 shares $1.11 million -48.3%N/A0.8 $10.90 5/15/2022196,500 shares $2.18 million -51.6%N/A1.5 $11.10 4/30/2022405,900 shares $5.16 million +6.4%N/A3.2 $12.71 4/15/2022381,400 shares $4.87 million -22.7%N/A2.8 $12.77 3/31/2022493,200 shares $6.20 million +14.6%N/A3.5 $12.57 3/15/2022430,400 shares $5.04 million +17.1%N/A3 $11.70 2/28/2022367,600 shares $4.47 million +92.2%N/A2.7 $12.17 2/15/2022191,300 shares $2.33 million +181.3%N/A1.4 $12.19 1/31/202268,000 shares $822,800.00 -13.5%N/A0.5 $12.10 1/15/202278,600 shares $958,134.00 +745.2%N/A0.7 $12.19 12/31/20219,300 shares $112,158.00 -4.1%N/A0.1 $12.06 12/15/20219,700 shares $114,072.00 -78.1%N/A0.1 $11.76 11/30/202144,200 shares $532,168.00 +32.7%N/A0.4 $12.04 11/15/202133,300 shares $403,263.00 -47.0%N/A0.3 $12.11 10/29/202162,800 shares $765,532.00 +86.4%N/A0.6 $12.19 10/15/202133,700 shares $406,422.00 -34.4%N/A0.3 $12.06 9/30/202151,400 shares $629,136.00 -22.1%N/A0.5 $12.24 9/15/202166,000 shares $836,220.00 -8.7%N/A0.6 $12.67 8/31/202172,300 shares $914,595.00 +200.0%N/A0.6 $12.65 8/13/202124,100 shares $294,743.00 -75.2%N/A0.2 $12.23Trump’s Bitcoin Reserve is No Accident… (Ad)Bryce Paul believes this is the #1 coin to buy right now The catalyst behind this surge is a massive new blockchain development…Just click here to get all the details on this crypto coin now 7/30/202197,100 shares $1.20 million +10.8%N/A0.7 $12.39 7/15/202187,600 shares $1.10 million -51.2%N/A0.6 $12.56 6/30/2021179,400 shares $2.28 million +298.7%N/A1.2 $12.70 6/15/202145,000 shares $562,500.00 -64.3%N/A0.3 $12.50 5/28/2021126,200 shares $1.59 million +129.9%N/A0.8 $12.60 5/14/202154,900 shares $678,015.00 -9.6%N/A0.3 $12.35 4/30/202160,700 shares $747,217.00 -21.5%N/A0.3 $12.31 4/15/202177,300 shares $953,882.00 +46.1%N/A0.4 $12.34 3/31/202152,900 shares $652,786.00 +43.8%N/A0.3 $12.34 3/15/202136,800 shares $443,440.00 -46.6%N/A0.2 $12.05 2/26/202168,900 shares $833,690.00 +222.0%N/A0.5 $12.10 2/12/202121,400 shares $255,088.00 -29.6%N/A0.2 $11.92 1/29/202130,400 shares $357,504.00 -39.2%N/A0.3 $11.76 1/15/202150,000 shares $585,000.00 +13.1%N/A0.4 $11.70 12/31/202044,200 shares $510,510.00 -23.9%N/A0.4 $11.55 12/15/202058,100 shares $672,798.00 -9.6%N/A0.6 $11.58 11/30/202064,300 shares $736,235.00 +174.8%N/A0.7 $11.45 11/15/202023,400 shares $257,868.00 +146.3%N/A0.3 $11.02 10/30/20209,500 shares $100,890.00 -9.5%N/A0.1 $10.62 10/15/202010,500 shares $114,765.00 -70.0%N/A0 $10.93 9/30/202035,000 shares $383,950.00 +76.8%N/A0.4 $10.97 9/15/202025,000 shares $278,750.00 +26.3%N/A0.3 $11.15 8/31/202019,800 shares $221,958.00 +26.9%N/A0.2 $11.21 8/14/202015,600 shares $171,912.00 -81.7%N/A0.1 $11.02 7/31/202085,000 shares $923,950.00 -14.7%N/A0.8 $10.87 7/15/202099,600 shares $1.06 million -20.7%N/A0.9 $10.68 6/30/2020125,600 shares $1.35 million -34.7%N/A0.9 $10.78 6/15/2020192,400 shares $2.12 million -25.5%N/A1.3 $11.04 5/29/2020258,100 shares $2.85 million +64.1%N/A1.5 $11.06 FCT Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of April 30th, investors have sold 31,400 shares of FCT short. Learn More on First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II's current short interest. Is First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II's short interest increasing or decreasing? First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II saw a decrease in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 31,400 shares, a decrease of 16.0% from the previous total of 37,400 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. 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 Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II stock? Short selling FCT is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II as its price is falling. FCT 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 Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II? A short squeeze for First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II 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 FCT, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is First Trust Senior Floating Rate Income Fund II'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 FCT, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is April, 30 2025. 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