FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December (BATS:FDEC) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest

FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December (BATS:FDEC – Get Free Report) was the target of a significant increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 33,997 shares, an increase of 86.3% from the September 30th total of 18,244 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 13,191 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December Price Performance

FDEC stock opened at $55.63 on Tuesday. FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December has a one year low of $48.63 and a one year high of $56.67. The stock has a market cap of $1.22 billion, a PE ratio of 25.01 and a beta of 0.65. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $56.04 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $53.68.

Institutional Trading of FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC purchased a new position in FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December in the third quarter worth $14,463,000. Assetmark Inc. raised its position in FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December by 10.7% during the first quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 281,963 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,019,000 after purchasing an additional 27,216 shares in the last quarter. Schulz Wealth LTD. purchased a new stake in FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December during the second quarter valued at about $8,078,000. Kestra Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December by 4.5% during the first quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 135,271 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,726,000 after purchasing an additional 5,857 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Arkadios Wealth Advisors lifted its stake in FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December by 2.9% during the first quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 79,367 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,946,000 after purchasing an additional 2,222 shares during the last quarter.

About FT Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December

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The FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF – December (FDEC) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund aims for specific buffered losses and capped gains on SPY ETF over a specific holdings period. The actively-managed fund holds options and collateral. FDEC was launched on Dec 18, 2020 and is managed by First Trust.

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