First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund (FXR) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume

Short interest is the volume of First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of May 15th, traders have sold 8,500 shares of FXR short. Learn More on First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund's current short interest.

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 8,500 shares, an increase of 254.2% from the previous total of 2,400 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 Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund: First Trust Water ETF (0.40%), Global X Defense Tech ETF (2.26%), Invesco Water Resources ETF (0.14%), Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF (0.31%), iShares Global Industrials ETF (0.12%), FlexShares STOXX Global Broad Infrastructure Index Fund (1.47%), Invesco S&P Global Water Index ETF (0.10%), U.S. Global Jets ETF (26.70%), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Industrials ETF (2.06%), SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF (0.97%),

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 FXR is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund as its price is falling. FXR shares are trading up $0.60 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 Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX 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 FXR, 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 FXR, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is May, 15 2025.