First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $21.11 -0.04 (-0.19%) Closing price 03:50 PM EasternExtended Trading$21.11 0.00 (0.00%) As of 04:06 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 Enhanced Equity Income Fund Short Interest DataFirst Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund (FFA) has a short interest of 29,400 shares. This marks a -8.13% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.4, indicating that it would take 1.4 days of the average trading volume of 29,795 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest29,400 sharesPrevious Short Interest32,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-8.13%Dollar Volume Sold Short$613.28 thousandShort Interest Ratio1.4 Days to CoverLast Record DateJuly 31, 2025Today's Trading Volume20,733 sharesAverage Trading Volume29,795 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average70% Short Selling First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for First Trust Enhanced Equity Income 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 ChartFFA Short Interest Over TimeFFA Days to Cover Over TimeFFA Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time First Trust Enhanced Equity Income 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 7/31/202529,400 shares $613.28 thousand -8.1%N/A1.4 $20.86 7/15/202532,000 shares $659.52 thousand -17.1%N/A1.5 $20.61 6/30/202538,600 shares $790.91 thousand +47.9%N/A1.2 $20.49 6/15/202526,100 shares $520.30 thousand +3.6%N/A0.7 $19.94 5/31/202525,200 shares $497.04 thousand +29.2%N/A0.7 $19.72 5/15/202519,500 shares $383.37 thousand +2.1%N/A0.5 $19.66 4/30/202519,100 shares $359.46 thousand -10.8%N/A0.5 $18.82 4/15/202521,400 shares $392.69 thousand -21.6%N/A0.5 $18.35 3/31/202527,300 shares $526.89 thousand +43.7%N/A0.7 $19.30 3/15/202519,000 shares $370.88 thousand -2.1%N/A0.7 $19.52 Get the Latest News and Ratings for FFA and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 2/28/202519,400 shares $397.49 thousand +5.4%N/A0.7 $20.49 2/15/202518,400 shares $385.85 thousand -40.8%N/A0.7 $20.97 1/31/202531,100 shares $643.77 thousand -6.0%N/A1.2 $20.70 1/15/202533,100 shares $681.53 thousand +103.1%N/A1.3 $20.59 12/31/202416,300 shares $337.57 thousand +28.4%N/A0.6 $20.71 12/15/202412,700 shares $266.70 thousand +568.4%N/A0.5 $21.00 11/30/20241,900 shares $39.60 thousand -52.5%N/A0.1 $20.84 11/15/20244,000 shares $81.60 thousand +21.2%N/A0.2 $20.40 10/31/20243,300 shares $66 thousand -86.6%N/A0.1 $20.00 10/15/202424,600 shares $503.56 thousand +18.3%N/A1 $20.47 9/30/202420,800 shares $422.45 thousand -24.1%N/A0.8 $20.31 9/15/202427,400 shares $552.66 thousand +10.9%N/A1.2 $20.17 8/31/202424,700 shares $499.19 thousand +247.9%N/A1 $20.21 8/15/20247,100 shares $139.16 thousand -17.4%N/A0.3 $19.60 7/31/20248,600 shares $170.09 thousand -23.9%N/A0.4 $19.78 7/15/202411,300 shares $227.70 thousand -40.5%N/A0.5 $20.15 6/30/202419,000 shares $378.48 thousand +251.9%N/A0.9 $19.92 6/15/20245,400 shares $105.73 thousand -30.8%N/A0.2 $19.58 5/31/20247,800 shares $148.12 thousand +27.9%N/A0.4 $18.99 5/15/20246,100 shares $116.63 thousand -42.5%N/A0.3 $19.12 4/30/202410,600 shares $192.50 thousand +194.4%N/A0.5 $18.16 4/15/20243,600 shares $64.76 thousand -34.6%N/A0.1 $17.99 3/31/20245,500 shares $103.95 thousand -60.4%N/A0.2 $18.90 3/15/202413,900 shares $260.49 thousand -40.6%N/A0.5 $18.74 2/29/202423,400 shares $438.05 thousand -29.9%N/A0.9 $18.72 2/15/202433,400 shares $622.91 thousand -24.3%N/A1.2 $18.65 1/31/202444,100 shares $800.42 thousand +61.5%N/A1.6 $18.15 1/15/202427,300 shares $490.58 thousand -9.6%N/A1 $17.97 12/31/202330,200 shares $551.75 thousand +104.1%N/A1.1 $18.27 12/15/202314,800 shares $265.51 thousand -32.4%N/A0.5 $17.94Musk’s Project Colossus could mint millionaires (Ad)I predict this single breakthrough could make Elon the world’s first trillionaire — and mint more new millionaires than any tech advance in history. And for a limited time, you have the chance to claim a stake in this project, even though it’s housed inside Elon’s private company, xAI.All the details are waiting for you now — but you need to act before the September 1st funding windo 11/30/202321,900 shares $383.91 thousand -12.4%N/A0.8 $17.53 11/15/202325,000 shares $428.25 thousand -8.1%N/A1 $17.13 10/31/202327,200 shares $443.50 thousand -1.8%N/A1 $16.31 10/15/202327,700 shares $473.67 thousand -23.3%N/A1.1 $17.10 9/30/202336,100 shares $623.45 thousand +31.3%N/A1.4 $17.27 9/15/202327,500 shares $490.88 thousand +25.6%N/A1 $17.85 8/31/202321,900 shares $395.08 thousand -35.4%N/A0.8 $18.04 8/15/202333,900 shares $604.78 thousand +15.7%N/A1.1 $17.84 7/31/202329,300 shares $536.19 thousand +3.9%N/A1 $18.30 7/15/202328,200 shares $496.60 thousand +48.4%N/A1 $17.61 6/30/202319,000 shares $333.07 thousand -16.3%N/A0.6 $17.53 6/15/202322,700 shares $403.38 thousand +336.5%N/A0.7 $17.77 5/31/20235,200 shares $86.74 thousand -72.2%N/A0.2 $16.68 5/15/202318,700 shares $309.86 thousand +65.5%N/A0.5 $16.57 4/30/202311,300 shares $190.97 thousand No ChangeN/A0.3 $16.90 4/15/202311,300 shares $189.84 thousand -57.4%N/A0.3 $16.80 3/31/202326,500 shares $437.78 thousand -20.7%N/A0.6 $16.52 3/15/202333,400 shares $535.74 thousand +156.9%N/A0.8 $16.04 2/28/202313,000 shares $215.80 thousand +19.3%N/A0.3 $16.60 2/15/202310,900 shares $186.50 thousand -51.8%N/A0.3 $17.11 1/31/202322,600 shares $381.04 thousand -0.4%N/A0.6 $16.86 1/15/202322,700 shares $374.32 thousand +41.0%N/A0.6 $16.49 12/30/202216,100 shares $253.74 thousand +257.8%N/A0.4 $15.76 12/15/20224,500 shares $72.45 thousand -21.1%N/A0.1 $16.10 11/30/20225,700 shares $95.02 thousand -47.7%N/A0.1 $16.67 11/15/202210,900 shares $176.14 thousand +55.7%N/A0.3 $16.16 10/31/20227,000 shares $109.69 thousand -18.6%N/A0.2 $15.67 10/15/20228,600 shares $126.33 thousand No ChangeN/A0.2 $14.69 9/30/20222,200 shares $32.32 thousand +69.2%N/A0.1 $14.69 9/15/20221,300 shares $21.50 thousand -73.5%N/A0 $16.54 8/31/20224,900 shares $83.25 thousand -34.7%N/A0.1 $16.99 8/15/20227,500 shares $137.25 thousand -66.5%N/A0.2 $18.30 7/31/202222,400 shares $395.81 thousand +1,020.0%N/A0.5 $17.67 7/15/20222,000 shares $32.94 thousand No ChangeN/A0.1 $16.47 6/30/202211,300 shares $184.64 thousand +91.5%N/A0.3 $16.34 6/15/20225,900 shares $99.59 thousand -25.3%N/A0.2 $16.88 5/31/20227,900 shares $145.44 thousand +31.7%N/A0.3 $18.41 5/15/20226,000 shares $103.56 thousand +200.0%N/A0.2 $17.26 4/30/20222,000 shares $36.72 thousand -63.6%N/A0.1 $18.36 4/15/20225,500 shares $106.70 thousand -43.9%N/A0.2 $19.40 3/31/20229,800 shares $198.45 thousand -48.7%N/A0.3 $20.25 3/15/202219,100 shares $366.53 thousand +60.5%N/A0.6 $19.19 2/28/202211,900 shares $235.98 thousand -16.2%N/A0.4 $19.83 2/15/202214,200 shares $287.55 thousand +23.5%N/A0.5 $20.25 1/31/202211,500 shares $232.99 thousand -24.8%N/A0.4 $20.26 1/15/202215,300 shares $327.11 thousand +264.3%N/A0.5 $21.38 12/31/20214,200 shares $89.42 thousand -51.7%N/A0.2 $21.29 12/15/20218,700 shares $184.88 thousand -57.6%N/A0.4 $21.25 11/30/202120,500 shares $424.15 thousand +336.2%N/A0.9 $20.69 11/15/20214,700 shares $100.11 thousand -63.0%N/A0.2 $21.30Is Elon's empire crumbling? 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Short interest is the volume of First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of July 31st, investors have sold 29,400 shares of FFA short. Learn More on First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for First Trust Enhanced Equity Income 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. FFA shares currently have a short interest ratio of 1.0. Learn More on First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund's short interest ratio. Is First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund's short interest increasing or decreasing? First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund saw a drop in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 29,400 shares, a drop of 8.1% from the previous total of 32,000 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 Enhanced Equity Income Fund's short interest compare to its competitors? Here is how the short interest of companies in the industry of "financial services" compare to First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund: Blackrock Income Trust (0.28%), BlackRock MuniYield Michigan Quality Fund, Inc. (0.32%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($70.87 billion), Invesco QQQ ($30.12 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($19.85 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.34 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($8.98 billion), iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($7.61 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.81 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($6.14 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($5.97 billion), and Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($5.28 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund stock? Short selling FFA is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Trust Enhanced Equity Income Fund as its price is falling. FFA shares are trading up $0.01 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 Enhanced Equity Income Fund? A short squeeze for First Trust Enhanced Equity Income 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 FFA, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is First Trust Enhanced Equity Income 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 FFA, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is July, 31 2025. 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