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FOCT short interest Cboe BZX

FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF. 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
29,613
vs previous settlement
+13,797 (+87.2%)
days to cover
2.02
Settlement date
15 Sep 2026

Shares short over time

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

Fails to deliver

The SEC's fails-to-deliver figure for FOCT: 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
42,480
9 Sep 2026
Highest in window
196,980
24 Dec 2025
Days with a balance
101
Window
16 Sep 2025 to 14 Sep 2026
Aggregate net short position time series for FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF 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 197K shares.

History

Every FINRA settlement we hold for FOCT, newest first.

Full reported short interest history
Settlement dateShares shortChangeDays to cover
15 Sep 202629,613+13,7972.02
31 Aug 202615,816−9,5091.38
14 Aug 202625,325−1,7471.00
31 Jul 202627,072−7,7022.02
15 Jul 202634,774+33,2572.30
30 Jun 20261,517−50,1701.00
15 Jun 202651,687+33,6233.41
29 May 202618,064−9671.00
15 May 202619,031−46,3801.40
30 Apr 202665,411+22,5184.94
15 Apr 202642,893+20,3322.82
31 Mar 202622,561−35,4191.00
13 Mar 202657,980+48,0602.05
27 Feb 20269,920−15,6371.00
13 Feb 202625,557+5,3411.30
30 Jan 202620,216+8821.00
15 Jan 202619,334−2301.00
31 Dec 202519,564−9,5271.00
15 Dec 202529,091−15,3611.53
28 Nov 202544,452−8,1741.00
14 Nov 202552,626−5,5031.00
31 Oct 202558,129+44,0091.00
15 Oct 202514,120+2,4251.00
30 Sep 202511,695−40,2461.00
15 Sep 202551,941+33,9343.55
29 Aug 202518,007+2,4081.00
15 Aug 202515,599−3,1321.00
31 Jul 202518,731−3,7011.11
15 Jul 202522,432−2,0161.00
30 Jun 202524,448+8,3341.00
13 Jun 202516,114−14,4211.29
30 May 202530,535−21,9241.40
15 May 202552,459+35,1972.75
30 Apr 202517,262−35,0161.00
15 Apr 202552,278+41,5681.33
31 Mar 202510,710−35,3471.00
14 Mar 202546,057+23,2461.00
28 Feb 202522,811+9,3761.00
14 Feb 202513,435−3,3321.00
31 Jan 202516,767+9,4701.00
15 Jan 20257,297−9,5061.00
31 Dec 202416,803−18,7171.00
13 Dec 202435,520−5,4101.00
29 Nov 202440,930−86,3701.00
15 Nov 2024127,300+83,9231.10
31 Oct 202443,377+5,5241.00
15 Oct 202437,853+33,5502.28
30 Sep 20244,303−8,4721.00
13 Sep 202412,775−1,0251.51
30 Aug 202413,800−51,8821.00
15 Aug 202465,682+45,6442.97
31 Jul 202420,038−27,9401.00
15 Jul 202447,978+26,2554.27
28 Jun 202421,723+13,7051.00
14 Jun 20248,018+9831.00
31 May 20247,035−18,9041.00
15 May 202425,939−4,8692.84
30 Apr 202430,808+19,5532.55
15 Apr 202411,255−1731.00
28 Mar 202411,428−40,9001.00
15 Mar 202452,328+34,1563.97
29 Feb 202418,172+16,7481.00
15 Feb 20241,424−91,0791.00
31 Jan 202492,503+49,5385.32
12 Jan 202442,965+30,0471.48
29 Dec 202312,918−2,2221.00
15 Dec 202315,140+14,4991.00
30 Nov 2023641−39,3421.00
15 Nov 202339,983−38,5341.00
31 Oct 202378,517+11,2311.00
13 Oct 202367,286+33,6304.07
29 Sep 202333,656+6,7096.82
15 Sep 202326,947+11,6064.68
31 Aug 202315,341−29,7531.58
15 Aug 202345,094+38,1221.48
31 Jul 20236,972+2,1981.00
14 Jul 20234,774−19,4301.00
30 Jun 202324,204−7,9561.00
15 Jun 202332,160+14,3061.00
31 May 202317,854+671.00
15 May 202317,787+12,9711.17
28 Apr 20234,816−5361.00
14 Apr 20235,352−3,0431.00
31 Mar 20238,395−2,0981.00
15 Mar 202310,493+4,8671.00
28 Feb 20235,626−15,1451.00
15 Feb 202320,771+13,4351.09
31 Jan 20237,336−19,8821.00
13 Jan 202327,218+18,0991.46
30 Dec 20229,119−9,8201.00
15 Dec 202218,939−20,8791.00
30 Nov 202239,818−67,2411.54
15 Nov 2022107,059+44,0321.00
31 Oct 202263,027+40,8741.00
14 Oct 202222,153+21,9661.11
30 Sep 2022187−47,4681.00
15 Sep 202247,655+32,2895.23
31 Aug 202215,366−5971.44
15 Aug 202215,963+7,9741.00
29 Jul 20227,989−5,3301.00
15 Jul 202213,319+2,5351.35
30 Jun 202210,784+1,9221.55
15 Jun 20228,862−5,2121.00
31 May 202214,074−1,8901.00
13 May 202215,964−28,5941.00
29 Apr 202244,558+34,5421.00
14 Apr 202210,016−157,8121.00
31 Mar 2022167,828+119,7631.66
15 Mar 202248,065+3,2744.07
28 Feb 202244,791+8,5451.63
15 Feb 202236,246+7,4542.04
31 Jan 202228,792+7,0861.00
14 Jan 202221,706+10,6781.70
31 Dec 202111,028+5,7541.26
15 Dec 20215,274−7,5841.00
30 Nov 202112,858−41,0691.00
15 Nov 202153,927−7331.00
29 Oct 202154,660+17,0621.00
15 Oct 202137,598+34,0471.69
30 Sep 20213,551−12,3791.00
15 Sep 202115,930+15,1784.19
31 Aug 2021752−12,9631.00
30 Jul 202113,715+12,8574.94
15 Jul 2021858+8131.00
30 Jun 202145−21,2151.00
15 Jun 202121,260+20,3601.00
14 May 2021900+1551.00
15 Apr 2021745−1231.00
31 Mar 202186801.00
15 Mar 2021868+6881.00
26 Feb 2021180−2331.00
12 Feb 2021413−1641.00
29 Jan 2021577−701.00
15 Jan 2021647−4331.00
31 Dec 20201,080−54,2541.00
15 Dec 202055,334+39,8812.75
30 Nov 202015,453−55,8941.00
13 Nov 202071,347+54,2501.81
30 Oct 202017,097–1.00

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

What is FOCT's short interest?
29,613 shares short for settlement date 15 Sep 2026, per FINRA's consolidated short interest report, up 13,797 from the previous settlement.
Why is there no percentage for FOCT?
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 FOCT's days to cover?
2.02 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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