FDEC stock
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - December (FDEC) short interest & short volume · 34K shares short
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - December official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
FDEC short interest rose 86.3% to 34K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (2.6 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 41.6% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 42.7% the 20 sessions before, the 71st percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 34K
- prior 18K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 2.6
- avg vol 13K
- Change vs prior report
- +86.3%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 34K | $1.9M | +86.3% | — | 2.6 | $56.43 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 18K | $1.0M | +20.3% | — | 1.1 | $56.03 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 15K | $841K | -69.2% | — | 1.1 | $55.48 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 49K | $2.7M | +345.2% | — | 1.0 | $55.85 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 11K | $616K | -63.3% | — | 1.0 | $55.77 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 30K | $1.7M | +18.8% | — | 2.4 | $54.84 |
Days to cover is short interest divided by FINRA's average daily volume for the period: how many average days of trading it would take shorts to buy back.
Source: FINRA equity short interest (twice monthly) · Settlement Oct 15, 2026
Daily short volume
Share of each day's volume sold short · FINRA Reg SHO
- Latest (Nov 11)
- 41.7%
- 4K of 9K
- 20-day average
- 41.6%
- prior 42.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 71st
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Model, not a forecast: 40 pts short interest % of float (full at 30%), 25 pts days to cover (full at 10), 15 pts rise in short interest since the prior report (full at +50%), 20 pts price gain since the settlement date (full at +25%). Missing inputs score 0.
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Market-wide: most shorted stocks, biggest changes and unusual short volume · FDEC overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 3,814 | 9,147 | 41.7% |
| 2026-11-10 | 2,763 | 6,640 | 41.6% |
| 2026-11-09 | 6,976 | 11,487 | 60.7% |
| 2026-11-06 | 4,417 | 9,558 | 46.2% |
| 2026-11-05 | 3,900 | 10,460 | 37.3% |
| 2026-11-04 | 1,328 | 7,489 | 17.7% |
| 2026-11-03 | 3,750 | 10,381 | 36.1% |
| 2026-11-02 | 1,831 | 5,993 | 30.6% |
| 2026-10-30 | 3,168 | 14,811 | 21.4% |
| 2026-10-29 | 15,423 | 25,356 | 60.8% |
FDEC short interest FAQ
What is FDEC's short interest?
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - December (FDEC) had 34K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does FDEC have?
2.6 days: 34K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 13K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is FDEC short interest rising or falling?
FDEC short interest rose (+86.3%) from 18K to 34K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is FDEC a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores FDEC 22 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 6.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 15/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of FDEC daily volume is sold short?
41.6% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 71st percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was FDEC's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - December (FDEC) was 3,814 shares, 41.7% of 9,147 total volume.
How many FDEC short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - December (FDEC), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did FDEC short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VIII - FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF - December (FDEC) moved from 41.6% on Nov 10, 2026 to 41.7% on Nov 11, 2026, up 0.1 percentage points.
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