FVD stock
First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index Fund (FVD) short interest & short volume · 123K shares short
First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index Fund official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
FVD short interest fell 34.8% to 123K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 30.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 28.9% the 20 sessions before, the 93rd percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 123K
- prior 188K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 609K
- Change vs prior report
- -34.8%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 123K | $6.0M | -34.8% | — | 1.0 | $48.87 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 188K | $8.8M | +41.2% | — | 1.0 | $46.91 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 133K | $6.5M | +105.6% | — | 1.0 | $49.01 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 65K | $3.3M | +8.8% | — | 1.0 | $50.19 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 60K | $3.0M | +24.4% | — | 1.0 | $50.92 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 48K | $2.4M | +10.5% | — | 1.0 | $50.14 |
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)
- 21.7%
- 39K of 178K
- 20-day average
- 30.7%
- prior 28.9%
- Percentile vs own history
- 93rd
- 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 · FVD overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 38,577 | 177,860 | 21.7% |
| 2026-11-10 | 81,532 | 291,865 | 27.9% |
| 2026-11-09 | 115,130 | 213,016 | 54.0% |
| 2026-11-06 | 117,933 | 370,157 | 31.9% |
| 2026-11-05 | 149,924 | 934,277 | 16.1% |
| 2026-11-04 | 53,519 | 182,932 | 29.3% |
| 2026-11-03 | 89,205 | 353,724 | 25.2% |
| 2026-11-02 | 96,508 | 237,910 | 40.6% |
| 2026-10-30 | 104,928 | 566,484 | 18.5% |
| 2026-10-29 | 83,687 | 209,080 | 40.0% |
FVD short interest FAQ
What is FVD's short interest?
First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index Fund (FVD) had 123K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does FVD have?
1.0 days: 123K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 609K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is FVD short interest rising or falling?
FVD short interest fell (-34.8%) from 188K to 123K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is FVD a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores FVD 3 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of FVD daily volume is sold short?
30.7% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 93rd percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was FVD's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index Fund (FVD) was 38,577 shares, 21.7% of 177,860 total volume.
How many FVD short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index Fund (FVD), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did FVD short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index Fund (FVD) moved from 27.9% on Nov 10, 2026 to 21.7% on Nov 11, 2026, down 6.2 percentage points.
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