FTHI stock
First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF (FTHI) short interest & short volume · 203K shares short
First Trust BuyWrite 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
FTHI short interest rose 94.8% to 203K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 55.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 52.6% the 20 sessions before, the 61st percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 203K
- prior 104K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 614K
- Change vs prior report
- +94.8%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 203K | $4.8M | +94.8% | — | 1.0 | $23.77 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 104K | $2.5M | -39.4% | — | 1.0 | $23.59 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 172K | $4.1M | -13.4% | — | 1.0 | $23.67 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 198K | $4.7M | +35.3% | — | 1.0 | $23.79 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 147K | $3.6M | +52.9% | — | 1.0 | $24.33 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 96K | $2.3M | -68.7% | — | 1.0 | $23.64 |
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)
- 67.8%
- 249K of 367K
- 20-day average
- 55.7%
- prior 52.6%
- Percentile vs own history
- 61st
- 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 · FTHI overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 248,764 | 366,812 | 67.8% |
| 2026-11-10 | 302,447 | 441,740 | 68.5% |
| 2026-11-09 | 328,481 | 503,314 | 65.3% |
| 2026-11-06 | 252,520 | 470,215 | 53.7% |
| 2026-11-05 | 236,316 | 724,578 | 32.6% |
| 2026-11-04 | 840,868 | 1,070,038 | 78.6% |
| 2026-11-03 | 226,707 | 343,095 | 66.1% |
| 2026-11-02 | 242,934 | 502,671 | 48.3% |
| 2026-10-30 | 276,265 | 537,592 | 51.4% |
| 2026-10-29 | 179,716 | 519,324 | 34.6% |
FTHI short interest FAQ
What is FTHI's short interest?
First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF (FTHI) had 203K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does FTHI have?
1.0 days: 203K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 614K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is FTHI short interest rising or falling?
FTHI short interest rose (+94.8%) from 104K to 203K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is FTHI a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores FTHI 18 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, 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 FTHI daily volume is sold short?
55.7% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 61st percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was FTHI's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF (FTHI) was 248,764 shares, 67.8% of 366,812 total volume.
How many FTHI short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF (FTHI), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did FTHI short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for First Trust BuyWrite Income ETF (FTHI) moved from 68.5% on Nov 10, 2026 to 67.8% on Nov 11, 2026, down 0.7 percentage points.
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