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FCEF short interest Nasdaq Global Market

First Trust Exchange-Traded Fu. FINRA's reported shares short for this symbol, twice a month by settlement date, shown as the regulator publishes them. No percentage is shown: no SEC filer maps to the symbol (funds, notes, preferreds, warrants and foreign listings).

Shares short
14,270
vs previous settlement
โˆ’13,980 (-49.5%)
days to cover
1.00
Settlement date
15 Sep 2026

Shares short over time

Aggregate net short position time series for FCEF 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 FCEF days to cover

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for FCEF: 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.

Last balance on file
1,234
10 Sep 2026
Highest in window
40,698
9 Jul 2026
Days with a balance
188
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for First Trust Exchange-Traded Fu 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 41K shares.

History

Every FINRA settlement we hold for FCEF, newest first. สณ marks a figure FINRA itself flagged as revised.

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShares shortChangeDays to cover
15 Sep 202614,270โˆ’13,9801.00
31 Aug 202628,250+8,1642.54
14 Aug 202620,086+7,4161.00
31 Jul 202612,670+1,8551.00
15 Jul 202610,815โˆ’15,8751.00
30 Jun 202626,690โˆ’15,1202.74
15 Jun 202641,810+20,3981.78
29 May 202621,412โˆ’6391.88
15 May 202622,051โˆ’18,4761.22
30 Apr 202640,527+28,5262.78
15 Apr 202612,001+4,5181.32
31 Mar 20267,483โˆ’6,2181.00
13 Mar 202613,701โˆ’8,5301.00
27 Feb 202622,231โˆ’17,0101.08
13 Feb 202639,241+18,1221.50
30 Jan 202621,119โˆ’10,5761.12
15 Jan 202631,695+6,8421.31
31 Dec 202524,853+6,2572.03
15 Dec 202518,596โˆ’5,3571.39
28 Nov 202523,953+8,9903.29
14 Nov 202514,963โˆ’4,8711.02
31 Oct 202519,834โˆ’6,2231.72
15 Oct 202526,057+7,6252.12
30 Sep 202518,432โˆ’1,4451.22
15 Sep 202519,877+8,9611.00
29 Aug 202510,916โˆ’6,6451.00
15 Aug 202517,561โˆ’3,6901.66
31 Jul 202521,251โˆ’8,6011.85
15 Jul 202529,852+14,6923.13
30 Jun 202515,160+5,9741.30
13 Jun 20259,186+5,8871.13
30 May 20253,299โˆ’11,9851.00
15 May 202515,284+11,4601.82
30 Apr 20253,824+1,8441.00
15 Apr 20251,980โˆ’10,7121.00
31 Mar 202512,692+2,5002.03
14 Mar 202510,192โˆ’4,4141.37
28 Feb 202514,606+1,8251.91
14 Feb 202512,781โˆ’6,8811.20
31 Jan 202519,662โˆ’1,7341.23
15 Jan 202521,396+10,4043.21
31 Dec 202410,992โˆ’2,0972.25
13 Dec 202413,089+2991.76
29 Nov 202412,790+5202.43
15 Nov 202412,270+2,7001.26
31 Oct 20249,570โˆ’9,3991.46
15 Oct 202418,969+6,0933.70
30 Sep 202412,876+7,5291.23
13 Sep 20245,347+2,0351.00
30 Aug 20243,312โˆ’2,8091.00
15 Aug 20246,121+1,4571.40
31 Jul 20244,664โˆ’18,0311.00
15 Jul 202422,695+9,1472.03
28 Jun 202413,548โˆ’3,6601.76
14 Jun 202417,208+13,3742.09
31 May 20243,834โˆ’4,7771.00
15 May 20248,611+5582.49
30 Apr 20248,053+1,5642.74
15 Apr 20246,489+2,6781.13
28 Mar 20243,811+2,5741.00
15 Mar 20241,237โˆ’14,5521.00
29 Feb 202415,789+6,1795.09
15 Feb 20249,610โˆ’5461.84
31 Jan 202410,156+6,8111.74
12 Jan 20243,345+2,4291.00
29 Dec 2023916โˆ’6281.00
15 Dec 20231,544โˆ’2,5481.00
30 Nov 20234,092+1,4261.13
15 Nov 20232,666+2,2171.00
31 Oct 2023449โˆ’9781.00
29 Sep 20231,427โˆ’5,8861.00
15 Sep 20237,313โˆ’3,3581.48
31 Aug 202310,671โˆ’8,6722.60
15 Aug 202319,343+13,9911.01
31 Jul 20235,352+1,8301.34
14 Jul 20233,522โˆ’2,4691.00
30 Jun 20235,991โˆ’4,4191.56
15 Jun 202310,410โˆ’11,9082.22
31 May 202322,318+6,9485.85
15 May 202315,370+6,0023.01
28 Apr 20239,368+3343.39
14 Apr 20239,034โˆ’2,2131.70
31 Mar 202311,247โˆ’2,0792.30
15 Mar 202313,326โˆ’6112.86
28 Feb 202313,937+3,9803.56
15 Feb 20239,957+4,8151.63
31 Jan 20235,142+2,7551.00
13 Jan 20232,387โˆ’22,6831.00
30 Dec 202225,070โˆ’17,8853.95
15 Dec 202242,955+40,3813.79
30 Nov 20222,574+1,8831.00
15 Nov 2022691+2591.00
31 Oct 2022432โˆ’8,0491.00
14 Oct 20228,481+1,8124.02
30 Sep 20226,669+5,5521.00
15 Sep 20221,117โˆ’8321.00
31 Aug 20221,949+2461.00
15 Aug 20221,703+1,4211.00
29 Jul 2022282โˆ’1,6771.00
15 Jul 20221,959+1681.00
30 Jun 20221,791โˆ’2,6471.00
15 Jun 20224,438+3,0531.84
31 May 20221,385+7961.00
13 May 2022589+41.00
29 Apr 2022585โˆ’16,4311.00
14 Apr 202217,016โˆ’2532.82
31 Mar 202217,269โˆ’2,1473.89
15 Mar 202219,416+2,4351.87
28 Feb 202216,981โˆ’4,5053.29
15 Feb 202221,486+5,3142.84
31 Jan 202216,172โˆ’24,4591.78
14 Jan 202240,631+24,3206.71
31 Dec 202116,311+1,4213.29
15 Dec 202114,890+2,1862.88
30 Nov 202112,704โˆ’3,5802.15
15 Nov 202116,284+3,3751.74
29 Oct 202112,909โˆ’1,2922.79
15 Oct 202114,201+244.26
30 Sep 202114,177โˆ’2,3333.58
15 Sep 202116,510+1,4542.19
31 Aug 202115,056โˆ’11,6512.09
13 Aug 202126,707+14,5798.24
30 Jul 202112,128โˆ’27,0041.84
15 Jul 202139,132+18,1847.66
30 Jun 202120,948โˆ’18,3934.53
15 Jun 202139,341สณ+19,4845.18
28 May 202119,857+9,9984.67
14 May 20219,859+6,2161.77
30 Apr 20213,643โˆ’2721.26
15 Apr 20213,915+2,7961.00
31 Mar 20211,119โˆ’2,3211.00
15 Mar 20213,440+2,6391.00
26 Feb 2021801+7931.00
12 Feb 20218โˆ’9,4091.00
29 Jan 20219,417โˆ’13,7201.00
15 Jan 202123,137+14,4492.65
31 Dec 20208,688+8,2701.00
15 Dec 2020418+3941.00
30 Nov 202024โˆ’3,5431.00
13 Nov 20203,567โˆ’1731.00
30 Oct 20203,740โˆ’49,8261.00
15 Oct 202053,566+53,3693.28
30 Sep 2020197โˆ’1,0441.00
15 Sep 20201,241+9941.00
31 Aug 2020247โˆ’1,4631.00
14 Aug 20201,710โˆ’4,5301.00
31 Jul 20206,240โˆ’4,7651.23
15 Jul 202011,005โˆ’5,4661.82
30 Jun 202016,471+6,5004.59
15 Jun 20209,971โˆ’4,0031.00
29 May 202013,974โˆ’30,4952.73
15 May 202044,469+4,4373.10
30 Apr 202040,032+19,9383.58
15 Apr 202020,094+8,6621.00
31 Mar 202011,432โˆ’6,2431.00
13 Mar 202017,675โˆ’7,4561.60
28 Feb 202025,131+1,0851.42
14 Feb 202024,046+16,0431.00
31 Jan 20208,003โˆ’60,2051.00
15 Jan 202068,208+40,0563.91
31 Dec 201928,152+4,5984.90
13 Dec 201923,554+3,1564.78
29 Nov 201920,398+6,5712.80
15 Nov 201913,827+4,7391.19
31 Oct 20199,088โˆ’17,4422.22
15 Oct 201926,530+6,5505.54
30 Sep 201919,980+7,8794.89
13 Sep 201912,101+3,1102.76
30 Aug 20198,991โˆ’9752.12
15 Aug 20199,966โˆ’9,1131.72
31 Jul 201919,079+4963.02
15 Jul 201918,583+14,7413.87
28 Jun 20193,842โˆ’3,9411.00
14 Jun 20197,783โˆ’1,1873.76
31 May 20198,970+3,1102.30
15 May 20195,860+8201.29
30 Apr 20195,040โˆ’18,0741.00
15 Apr 201923,114+7,4984.15
29 Mar 201915,616+5,3261.96
15 Mar 201910,290+5,2021.60
28 Feb 20195,088โˆ’32,5001.00
15 Feb 201937,588+24,4025.97
31 Jan 201913,186+9,0961.00
15 Jan 20194,090โˆ’159,5541.00
31 Dec 2018163,644+119,0982.05
14 Dec 201844,546+33,5361.00
15 Nov 201811,010โˆ’13,5901.10
31 Oct 201824,600โˆ’13,6792.05
15 Oct 201838,279+5,7065.59
28 Sep 201832,573+11,13010.26
14 Sep 201821,443+18,6422.57
31 Aug 20182,801โˆ’24,8161.00
15 Aug 201827,617+1,65911.19
31 Jul 201825,958+3,3735.32
13 Jul 201822,585+5,4398.57
29 Jun 201817,146+6,2554.61
15 Jun 201810,891+5,7501.00
31 May 20185,141โˆ’1,3791.00
15 May 20186,520โˆ’4191.90
30 Apr 20186,939+1,4921.24
13 Apr 20185,447+4152.16
29 Mar 20185,032โˆ’4,2401.00
15 Mar 20189,272โˆ’1,6043.01
28 Feb 201810,876+6,8682.09
15 Feb 20184,008โˆ’15,0371.00
31 Jan 201819,045โˆ’4,5961.68
12 Jan 201823,641+1,1522.28
29 Dec 201722,489โ€“3.66

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

What is FCEF's short interest?
14,270 shares short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report, down 13,980 from the previous settlement.
Why is there no percentage for FCEF?
Because no defensible share count exists to divide by: no SEC filer maps to the symbol (funds, notes, preferreds, warrants and foreign listings). No SEC filer maps to this symbol in EDGAR's ticker file. That is the normal case for funds, exchange-traded notes, preferred shares, warrants, units and foreign listings, none of which file a share count we could divide by.
What is FCEF'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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