FTCS Short Volume

First Trust Capital Strength ETF (FTCS) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $7.65B, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 0.56 to the broader market. FTCS seeks to outperform the broader large-cap space by selecting companies based on their strength of their balance sheets, looking at cash balances, long-term debt ratios, and ROE. public since 2006-07-15.

Short volume measures the number of shares sold short on a given day as reported by FINRA. Tracking short volume relative to total volume helps identify unusual bearish sentiment or short-squeeze potential.

Latest Date
2026-06-30
Short Volume
82.7K
Total Volume
257.9K
Short %
32.08%
30-Day Avg Short %
32.41%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for First Trust Capital Strength ETF.

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Frequently asked FTCS short volume questions

What is the daily FTCS short volume?
As of Jun 30, 2026, First Trust Capital Strength ETF (FTCS) short volume is 82.7K shares against 257.9K total reported volume, or 32.08% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is FTCS short volume reported?
FINRA publishes the Daily Short Sale Volume File for trades reported to FINRA TRFs and the FINRA/Nasdaq ADF on a T+1 basis. The headline figure is the count of shares that printed at the short-sale or short-exempt tick across all reporting venues for the symbol; each exchange separately publishes its own daily short-sale data file.
What does FTCS short volume tell options traders?
Daily short-sale flow is one input that helps disambiguate dealer-hedging activity from directional bear flow when the chain shows fresh customer call inventory. It is not a clean MM-only proxy: the headline number mixes directional shorting, options-MM delta-hedging, ETF-creation arbitrage, and convertible-arb hedging. Cross-check against gamma-exposure and OI changes for a cleaner read.