First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund (FEN) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $16.00 -0.03 (-0.19%) As of 05/3/2024 Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisBuy This Stock First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund Short Interest DataFirst Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund (FEN) has a short interest of 5,900 shares. This marks a -72.17% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 0.1, indicating that it would take 0.1 days of the average trading volume of 62,198 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest5,900 sharesPrevious Short Interest21,200 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-72.17%Dollar Volume Sold Short$0.00Short Interest Ratio0.1 Days to CoverLast Record DateFebruary 15, 2024Today's Trading Volume96,400 sharesAverage Trading Volume62,198 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average155% Short Selling First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund? 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Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartFEN Short Interest Over TimeFEN Days to Cover Over TimeFEN Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time First Trust Energy Income and Growth 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 2/15/20245,900 shares $0.00 -72.2%N/A0.1 $0.00 1/31/202421,200 shares $0.00 +247.5%N/A0.4 $0.00 1/15/20246,100 shares $0.00 -1.6%N/A0.1 $0.00 12/31/20236,200 shares $0.00 -83.6%N/A0.1 $0.00 12/15/202337,900 shares $0.00 +531.7%N/A0.7 $0.00 11/30/20236,000 shares $0.00 +93.6%N/A0.1 $0.00 11/15/20233,100 shares $0.00 No ChangeN/A0.1 $0.00 10/31/20233,100 shares $0.00 -53.7%N/A0.1 $0.00 10/15/20236,700 shares $0.00 -13.0%N/A0.1 $0.00 9/30/20237,700 shares $0.00 -74.4%N/A0.1 $0.00 Get the Latest News and Ratings for FEN and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 9/15/202330,100 shares $0.00 +21.4%N/A0.6 $0.00 8/31/202324,800 shares $0.00 No ChangeN/A0.5 $0.00 8/15/202324,800 shares $0.00 +37.0%N/A0.5 $0.00 7/31/202318,100 shares $0.00 +79.2%N/A0.3 $0.00 7/15/202310,100 shares $0.00 +36.5%N/A0.2 $0.00 6/30/20237,400 shares $0.00 -18.7%N/A0.1 $0.00 6/15/20239,100 shares $0.00 -49.2%N/A0.2 $0.00 5/31/202317,900 shares $0.00 +289.1%N/A0.3 $0.00 5/15/20234,600 shares $0.00 -42.5%N/A0.1 $0.00 4/30/20238,000 shares $0.00 -50.9%N/A0.1 $0.00 4/15/202316,300 shares $0.00 +162.9%N/A0.2 $0.00 3/31/20236,200 shares $0.00 -48.8%N/A0.1 $0.00 3/15/202312,100 shares $0.00 +75.4%N/A0.2 $0.00 2/28/20236,900 shares $0.00 +68.3%N/A0.1 $0.00 2/15/20234,100 shares $0.00 +57.7%N/A0.1 $0.00 1/31/20232,600 shares $0.00 +52.9%N/A0 $0.00 1/15/20231,700 shares $0.00 -63.0%N/A0 $0.00 12/30/20224,600 shares $0.00 -79.0%N/A0.1 $0.00 12/15/202221,900 shares $0.00 -38.8%N/A0.4 $0.00 11/30/202235,800 shares $0.00 -59.4%N/A0.6 $0.00 11/15/202288,200 shares $0.00 -4.6%N/A1.3 $0.00 10/31/202292,400 shares $0.00 -41.4%N/A1.5 $0.00 10/15/2022157,700 shares $0.00 No ChangeN/A2.4 $0.00 9/30/2022159,800 shares $2.37 million +301.5%N/A2.4 $14.85 9/15/202239,800 shares $0.00 -3.4%N/A0.7 $0.00 8/31/202241,200 shares $0.00 -9.3%N/A0.7 $0.00 8/15/202245,400 shares $0.00 -44.0%N/A0.8 $0.00 7/31/202281,000 shares $0.00 -33.0%N/A1.4 $0.00 7/15/2022120,800 shares $0.00 +14.6%N/A2 $0.00 6/30/2022105,400 shares $1.68 million +211.8%N/A1.7 $15.92Watch This Robotics Demo Before July 23rd (Ad)Jeff Brown, the tech legend who picked shares of Nvidia in 2016 before they jumped by more than 22,000%... 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Click here to watch the demo… 6/15/202233,800 shares $0.00 -62.8%N/A0.6 $0.00 5/31/202290,800 shares $1.49 million +1.3%N/A1.5 $16.36 5/15/202289,600 shares $0.00 -2.3%N/A1.4 $0.00 4/30/202291,700 shares $0.00 -24.0%N/A1.4 $0.00 4/15/2022120,700 shares $0.00 -3.5%N/A1.7 $0.00 3/31/2022125,100 shares $2.03 million -35.4%N/A1.5 $16.22 3/15/2022193,500 shares $0.00 -21.2%N/A1.7 $0.00 2/28/2022245,400 shares $3.87 million +4.9%N/A2.1 $15.78 2/15/2022234,000 shares $0.00 -3.0%N/A2 $0.00 1/31/2022241,300 shares $3.73 million -32.5%N/A2.1 $15.47 1/15/2022357,400 shares $0.00 +471.8%N/A3.2 $0.00 12/31/202162,500 shares $863,750.00 +236.0%N/A0.6 $13.82 12/15/202118,600 shares $0.00 -66.6%N/A0.3 $0.00 11/30/202155,600 shares $0.00 -47.8%N/A0.9 $0.00 11/15/2021106,600 shares $0.00 -16.2%N/A1.9 $0.00 10/29/2021127,200 shares $0.00 +44.9%N/A2.3 $0.00 10/15/202187,800 shares $0.00 +48.8%N/A1.5 $0.00 9/30/202159,000 shares $0.00 +742.9%N/A0.9 $0.00 9/15/20217,000 shares $0.00 -47.8%N/A0.1 $0.00 8/31/202113,400 shares $0.00 -74.2%N/A0.2 $0.00 8/13/202152,000 shares $0.00 +20.4%N/A0.7 $0.00 7/30/202143,200 shares $0.00 -70.0%N/A0.6 $0.00 7/15/2021143,900 shares $0.00 +34.2%N/A1.9 $0.00 6/30/2021107,200 shares $0.00 -2.9%N/A1.6 $0.00 6/15/2021110,400 shares $0.00 -25.9%N/A1.5 $0.00 5/28/2021149,000 shares $0.00 -25.5%N/A2 $0.00 5/14/2021200,100 shares $0.00 -13.9%N/A2.3 $0.00 4/30/2021232,400 shares $0.00 -17.6%N/A2.5 $0.00 4/15/2021282,000 shares $3.95 million +19.0%N/A2.7 $14.02 3/31/2021237,000 shares $3.25 million -4.3%N/A1.9 $13.73 3/15/2021247,700 shares $3.40 million +19.0%N/A1.7 $13.74 2/26/2021208,100 shares $2.73 million -1.6%N/A1.4 $13.10 2/12/2021211,400 shares $2.66 million +3.8%N/A1.4 $12.59 1/29/2021203,600 shares $2.55 million +58.4%N/A1.3 $12.52 1/15/2021128,500 shares $1.54 million +243.6%N/A0.8 $12.00 12/31/202037,400 shares $431,596.00 +139.7%N/A0.3 $11.54 12/15/202015,600 shares $173,004.00 +30.0%N/A0.1 $11.09 11/30/202012,000 shares $133,800.00 -53.9%N/A0.1 $11.15 11/15/202026,000 shares $278,980.00 +136.4%N/A0.2 $10.73 10/30/202011,000 shares $113,520.00 +12.2%N/A0.1 $10.32 10/15/20209,800 shares $93,590.00 +197.0%N/A0 $9.55 9/30/20203,300 shares $32,835.00 -59.8%N/A0 $9.95 9/15/20206,500 shares $58,500.00 -20.7%N/A0.1 $9.00 8/31/20208,200 shares $76,916.00 -25.5%N/A0.1 $9.38 8/14/202011,000 shares $107,800.00 -22.5%N/A0.1 $9.80 7/31/202014,200 shares $147,538.00 +255.0%N/A0.1 $10.39 7/15/20204,000 shares $40,200.00 -66.7%N/A0 $10.05 6/30/202012,000 shares $119,160.00 +500.0%N/A0.1 $9.93 6/15/20202,000 shares $22,120.00 -62.3%N/A0 $11.06 5/29/20205,300 shares $57,717.00 -61.6%N/A0 $10.89Watch This Robotics Demo Before July 23rd (Ad)Jeff Brown, the tech legend who picked shares of Nvidia in 2016 before they jumped by more than 22,000%... Just did a demo of what Nvidia’s CEO said will be "the first multitrillion-dollar robotics industry." Click here to watch the demo… 5/15/202013,800 shares $159,804.00 -38.7%N/A0.1 $11.58 FEN Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of February 15th, traders have sold 5,900 shares of FEN short. Learn More on First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund's current short interest. Is First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund's short interest increasing or decreasing? First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund saw a decrease in short interest during the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,900 shares, a decrease of 72.2% from the previous total of 21,200 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. Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($5.32 billion), T-Mobile US, Inc. ($4.38 billion), General Motors ($3.76 billion), Occidental Petroleum Co. ($3.08 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($2.65 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($2.62 billion), Tractor Supply ($2.52 billion), Moderna, Inc. ($2.19 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.84 billion), and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. ($1.78 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund stock? Short selling FEN is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund as its price is falling. FEN shares are trading down $0.03 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 Energy Income and Growth Fund? A short squeeze for First Trust Energy Income and Growth Fund 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 FEN, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is First Trust Energy Income and Growth 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 FEN, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is February, 15 2024. 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