First Trust Balanced Income ETF (FTBI) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of First Trust Balanced Income ETF shares that have been sold short but have not yet been closed out or covered. As of September 15th, investors have sold 2,000 shares of FTBI short. Learn More on First Trust Balanced Income ETF's current short interest.

First Trust Balanced Income ETF saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,000 shares, an increase of 122.2% from the previous total of 900 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 Balanced Income ETF: VictoryShares WestEnd Global Equity ETF (0.32%), FolioBeyond Enhanced Fixed Income Premium ETF (1.98%), GammaRoad Market Navigation ETF (0.39%), Frontier Asset Absolute Return ETF (0.02%), FIRE Funds Wealth Builder ETF (1.05%), Simplify US Equity PLUS QIS ETF (0.80%), Ned Davis Research 360 Dynamic Allocation ETF (0.11%), FIRE Funds Income Target ETF (3.50%), One+One Bitcoin and Ether ETF (0.13%), One+One S&P 500 and Bitcoin ETF (0.20%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Corporation ($8.81 billion), Canadian Natural Resources Limited ($5.82 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.19 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($4.52 billion), Robinhood Markets, Inc. ($4.30 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.75 billion), CoreWeave Inc. ($3.66 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($3.57 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.33 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($3.26 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks.

Short selling FTBI is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Trust Balanced Income 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 Balanced Income ETF 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 FTBI, 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 FTBI, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is September, 15 2025.