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BUFQ short interest Cboe BZX

FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer. FINRA's reported shares short for this symbol, twice a month by settlement date, shown as the regulator publishes them. No percentage is shown: exchange-traded product: its share count floats with creation and redemption.

Shares short
145,021
vs previous settlement
+6,271 (+4.5%)
days to cover
1.00
Settlement date
15 Sep 2026

Shares short over time

Aggregate net short position time series for BUFQ shares short

Days to cover

FINRA's own figure: reported shares short divided by the security's average daily trading volume, published alongside each settlement.

Aggregate net short position time series for BUFQ days to cover

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for BUFQ: the aggregate net balance of shares that failed to be delivered at each settlement date, published by the SEC twice a month and shown here verbatim for the trailing window. A balance is not a daily flow, and a fail has many ordinary causes; the SEC says it cannot guarantee the accuracy of the data. See what fails to deliver are and the largest balances today.

Latest balance
10,965
14 Sep 2026
Highest in window
136,672
23 Dec 2025
Days with a balance
208
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for FT Vest Laddered Nasdaq Buffer fails to deliver

Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, fails-to-deliver data (public domain). Only settlement days with a positive balance appear; the largest balance in the window was 137K shares.

History

Every FINRA settlement we hold for BUFQ, newest first.

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShares shortChangeDays to cover
15 Sep 2026145,021+6,2711.00
31 Aug 2026138,750+26,5761.11
14 Aug 2026112,174−27,3881.00
31 Jul 2026139,562−7,1981.08
15 Jul 2026146,760−17,1151.00
30 Jun 2026163,875+23,1371.22
15 Jun 2026140,738+43,9811.00
29 May 202696,757−17,6371.00
15 May 2026114,394+4201.00
30 Apr 2026113,974+56,5971.00
15 Apr 202657,377−16,5871.00
31 Mar 202673,964−14,6621.00
13 Mar 202688,626+43,6231.00
27 Feb 202645,003−70,2671.00
13 Feb 2026115,270+33,2271.00
30 Jan 202682,043+42,2851.00
15 Jan 202639,758−33,3291.00
31 Dec 202573,087−44,4161.00
15 Dec 2025117,503+36,3411.02
28 Nov 202581,162−8,7711.00
14 Nov 202589,933+72,9331.00
31 Oct 202517,000−35,8051.00
15 Oct 202552,805+10,8031.00
30 Sep 202542,002+22,2031.00
15 Sep 202519,799−48,7851.00
29 Aug 202568,584+12,7051.00
15 Aug 202555,879+18,3961.00
31 Jul 202537,483−8,5331.00
15 Jul 202546,016−16,7701.00
30 Jun 202562,786+31,0131.00
13 Jun 202531,773+19,4511.00
30 May 202512,322−95,7581.00
15 May 2025108,080+63,0091.00
30 Apr 202545,071+30,2841.00
15 Apr 202514,787−19,3141.00
31 Mar 202534,101−22,0561.00
14 Mar 202556,157+46,5641.00
28 Feb 20259,593−10,4541.00
14 Feb 202520,047+1,1031.00
31 Jan 202518,944−2,8501.00
15 Jan 202521,794−12,5931.00
31 Dec 202434,387−14,7991.00
13 Dec 202449,186+28,5121.00
29 Nov 202420,674−2,6161.00
15 Nov 202423,290−14,8971.00
31 Oct 202438,187−10,7091.00
15 Oct 202448,896+37,3651.00
30 Sep 202411,531−2,1791.00
13 Sep 202413,710−41,8481.00
30 Aug 202455,558+27,2871.00
15 Aug 202428,271+12,2101.00
31 Jul 202416,061−20,8591.00
15 Jul 202436,920+8,7031.00
28 Jun 202428,217+4,6251.00
14 Jun 202423,592−6,7901.00
31 May 202430,382+4,8861.00
15 May 202425,496−22,2671.00
30 Apr 202447,763+1,0941.00
15 Apr 202446,669+28,8191.00
28 Mar 202417,850−29,6711.00
15 Mar 202447,521−6,8341.00
29 Feb 202454,355+16,1551.00
15 Feb 202438,200+2131.00
31 Jan 202437,987−25,7261.00
12 Jan 202463,713+18,2051.00
29 Dec 202345,508−23,8001.00
15 Dec 202369,308+27,5791.00
30 Nov 202341,729−5,7741.00
15 Nov 202347,503−2,2321.00
31 Oct 202349,735+5,2371.00
13 Oct 202344,498+7,3201.00
29 Sep 202337,178−15,4941.00
15 Sep 202352,672+45,3841.00
31 Aug 20237,288−62,0701.00
15 Aug 202369,358+55,2121.00
31 Jul 202314,146−35,2231.00
14 Jul 202349,369+26,6781.00
30 Jun 202322,691+2,6851.00
15 Jun 202320,006−32,8191.00
31 May 202352,825+45,4801.00
15 May 20237,345+5,3081.00
28 Apr 20232,037−4,5081.00
14 Apr 20236,545−5,9161.00
31 Mar 202312,461+4,8861.00
15 Mar 20237,575+8694.61
28 Feb 20236,706−19,1071.00
15 Feb 202325,813+1,6983.40
31 Jan 202324,115+12,3128.24
13 Jan 202311,803+1,8482.08
30 Dec 20229,955+3,5452.59
15 Dec 20226,410+4,9061.04
30 Nov 20221,504−8,7291.00
15 Nov 202210,233−8,4001.82
31 Oct 202218,633+11,8411.23
14 Oct 20226,792−3,3161.68
30 Sep 202210,108−11,0341.00
15 Sep 202221,142+3,8205.60
31 Aug 202217,322−1,6741.60
15 Aug 202218,996+14,9551.00
29 Jul 20224,041−4599.86
15 Jul 20224,500+3,9612.36
30 Jun 2022539–1.28

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

What is BUFQ's short interest?
145,021 shares short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report, up 6,271 from the previous settlement.
Why is there no percentage for BUFQ?
Because no defensible share count exists to divide by: exchange-traded product: its share count floats with creation and redemption. An exchange-traded product's share count changes every day as units are created and redeemed, so no filing gives a stable count to divide by. FINRA's shares-short figure is exact; a percentage of it would not be.
What is BUFQ's days to cover?
1.00 days for settlement date 15 Sep 2026: FINRA's own short interest ratio, the reported shares short divided by average daily trading volume, published in the same file and shown verbatim. We hold no volume data ourselves.
Is this the short float?
No. This page shows FINRA's share count only. Short float divides that count by the public float, and short interest as we publish it elsewhere divides it by shares outstanding from SEC filings. Neither denominator is available for this line, so neither ratio is shown.
How often does this update?
FINRA member firms report short positions as of the 15th and the last business day of each month, and FINRA publishes the consolidated figures about nine business days later. We ingest each file the day it appears and re-read recent settlements for revisions.

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