First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund (FXH) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 15th, investors have sold 12,700 shares of FXH short. Learn More on First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund's current short interest.

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 12,700 shares, an increase of 21.0% from the previous total of 10,500 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 Health Care AlphaDEX Fund: First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund (0.08%), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF (1.31%), VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF (41.19%), iShares U.S. Pharmaceuticals ETF (4.51%), Direxion Daily S&P Biotech Bull 3x Shares (18.41%), VanEck Biotech ETF (0.29%), Invesco Pharmaceuticals ETF (0.11%), Invesco Biotechnology & Genome ETF (0.04%), SPDR S&P Health Care Equipment ETF (0.55%), SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF (49.86%),

As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Invesco QQQ ($29.20 billion), Strategy Incorporated ($10.88 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.04 billion), Capital One Financial Co. ($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 FXH is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund as its price is falling. FXH shares are trading down $0.08 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 Health Care AlphaDEX 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 FXH, 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 FXH, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025.