First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF (FPEI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of May 15th, traders have sold 83,200 shares of FPEI short. Learn More on First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF's current short interest.

First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 83,200 shares, an increase of 16.4% from the previous total of 71,500 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.

Here is how the short interest of companies compare to First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF: WisdomTree U.S. Efficient Core Fund (0.04%), Invesco CEF Income Composite ETF (0.34%), iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF (0.09%), Amplify High Income ETF (1.07%), HCM Defender 100 Index ETF (0.23%), AAM Low Duration Preferred & Income Securities ETF (0.24%), HCM Defender 500 Index ETF (0.11%), WisdomTree International Efficient Core Fund (0.44%), Franklin Systematic Style Premia ETF (0.04%), Adaptive Growth Opportunities ETF (0.06%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($29.20 billion), MicroStrategy Incorporated ($10.88 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.04 billion), Capital One Financial Corporation ($5.51 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($5.00 billion), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ($4.43 billion), Apollo Global Management Inc. ($4.02 billion), Hims & Hers Health, Inc. ($3.65 billion), VanEck Semiconductor ETF ($3.27 billion), and Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.10 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling FPEI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income ETF as its price is falling. FPEI shares are trading up $0.02 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.

A short squeeze for First Trust Institutional Preferred Securities and Income 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 FPEI, 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 FPEI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025.