FIXD stock
First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (FIXD) short interest & short volume · 482K shares short
First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
FIXD short interest rose 16.3% to 482K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 19.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, the 35th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 482K
- prior 415K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 744K
- Change vs prior report
- +16.3%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 482K | $20.2M | +16.3% | — | 1.0 | $41.79 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 415K | $17.1M | +7352.3% | — | 1.0 | $41.27 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 6K | $235K | -84.8% | — | 1.0 | $42.20 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 37K | $1.6M | +669.1% | — | 1.0 | $42.82 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 5K | $205K | -94.6% | — | 1.0 | $42.98 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 89K | $3.8M | +306.4% | — | 1.0 | $42.83 |
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)
- 28.7%
- 102K of 355K
- 20-day average
- 19.4%
- prior 19.1%
- Percentile vs own history
- 35th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: -0.3%
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 · FIXD overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 101,806 | 354,587 | 28.7% |
| 2026-11-10 | 1,023,438 | 1,299,695 | 78.7% |
| 2026-11-09 | 21,159 | 395,553 | 5.3% |
| 2026-11-06 | 214,752 | 335,166 | 64.1% |
| 2026-11-05 | 40,887 | 677,516 | 6.0% |
| 2026-11-04 | 23,588 | 161,402 | 14.6% |
| 2026-11-03 | 20,487 | 414,882 | 4.9% |
| 2026-11-02 | 34,802 | 443,242 | 7.8% |
| 2026-10-30 | 14,317 | 199,960 | 7.2% |
| 2026-10-29 | 22,577 | 264,924 | 8.5% |
FIXD short interest FAQ
What is FIXD's short interest?
First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (FIXD) had 482K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does FIXD have?
1.0 days: 482K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 744K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is FIXD short interest rising or falling?
FIXD short interest rose (+16.3%) from 415K to 482K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is FIXD a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores FIXD 7 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 4.9/15, price change since settlement date 0/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of FIXD daily volume is sold short?
19.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 35th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was FIXD's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (FIXD) was 101,806 shares, 28.7% of 354,587 total volume.
How many FIXD short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (FIXD), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did FIXD short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (FIXD) moved from 78.7% on Nov 10, 2026 to 28.7% on Nov 11, 2026, down 50.0 percentage points.
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