QDEC stock
First Trust Exchange - Traded Fund VIII - FT Cboe Vest Growth-100 Buffer ETF - December (QDEC) short interest & short volume · 60K shares short
First Trust Exchange - Traded Fund VIII - FT Cboe Vest Growth-100 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
QDEC short interest rose 123.9% to 60K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (2.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 16.9% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 38.5% the 20 sessions before, the 5th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 2, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 60K
- prior 27K
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 2.0
- avg vol 31K
- Change vs prior report
- +123.9%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 60K | $2.2M | +123.9% | — | 2.0 | $36.82 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 27K | $992K | -39.8% | — | 1.0 | $36.90 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 45K | $1.6M | +19.8% | — | 4.4 | $36.03 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 37K | $1.3M | -42.3% | — | 1.6 | $36.22 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 65K | $2.3M | +27.8% | — | 2.1 | $36.21 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 51K | $1.8M | +5.5% | — | 1.4 | $35.16 |
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)
- 1.0%
- 95 of 10K
- 20-day average
- 16.9%
- prior 38.5%
- Percentile vs own history
- 5th
- 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 · QDEC overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 95 | 9,947 | 1.0% |
| 2026-11-10 | 596 | 5,135 | 11.6% |
| 2026-11-09 | 10,953 | 77,438 | 14.1% |
| 2026-11-06 | 413 | 96,590 | 0.4% |
| 2026-11-05 | 618 | 5,646 | 10.9% |
| 2026-11-04 | 1,241 | 110,462 | 1.1% |
| 2026-11-03 | 110 | 7,615 | 1.4% |
| 2026-11-02 | 48,108 | 56,007 | 85.9% |
| 2026-10-29 | 158 | 4,555 | 3.5% |
| 2026-10-28 | 4,939 | 13,524 | 36.5% |
QDEC short interest FAQ
What is QDEC's short interest?
First Trust Exchange - Traded Fund VIII - FT Cboe Vest Growth-100 Buffer ETF - December (QDEC) had 60K shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does QDEC have?
2.0 days: 60K shares short divided by an average daily volume of 31K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is QDEC short interest rising or falling?
QDEC short interest rose (+123.9%) from 27K to 60K shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is QDEC a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores QDEC 20 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 4.9/25, 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 QDEC daily volume is sold short?
16.9% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 5th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was QDEC's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for First Trust Exchange - Traded Fund VIII - FT Cboe Vest Growth-100 Buffer ETF - December (QDEC) was 95 shares, 1.0% of 9,947 total volume.
How many QDEC 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 Growth-100 Buffer ETF - December (QDEC), from Oct 28, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did QDEC short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for First Trust Exchange - Traded Fund VIII - FT Cboe Vest Growth-100 Buffer ETF - December (QDEC) moved from 11.6% on Nov 10, 2026 to 1.0% on Nov 11, 2026, down 10.6 percentage points.
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