FTKI Short Volume
First Trust Small Cap BuyWrite Income ETF (FTKI) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Income industry, with a market capitalization near $933,904, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.27 to the broader market. The First Trust Small Cap BuyWrite Income ETF, referred to as the "Fund," has a primary objective of generating consistent income. public since 2025-02-27.
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
- 2026-10-15
- Short Volume
- 7
- Total Volume
- 7
- Short %
- 100.00%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 51.95%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for First Trust Small Cap BuyWrite Income ETF.
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Frequently asked FTKI short volume questions
- What is the daily FTKI short volume?
- As of Oct 15, 2026, First Trust Small Cap BuyWrite Income ETF (FTKI) short volume is 7 shares against 7 total reported volume, or 100.00% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is FTKI 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 FTKI 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.