FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF – December (BATS:QDEC) Short Interest Up 153.6% in May

FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF – December (BATS:QDEC) was the target of a significant growth in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 39,611 shares, a growth of 153.6% from the April 30th total of 15,620 shares. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 48,280 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.8 days.

FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF – December Stock Performance

Shares of QDEC opened at $35.64 on Monday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $33.61 and a 200-day simple moving average of $32.77. The firm has a market capitalization of $662.90 million, a P/E ratio of 30.41 and a beta of 0.72. FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF – December has a 52 week low of $27.48 and a 52 week high of $35.68.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in QDEC. Arkadios Wealth Advisors raised its position in FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF – December by 66.2% in the fourth quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 25,167 shares of the company’s stock worth $819,000 after purchasing an additional 10,023 shares in the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its position in FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF – December by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 76,440 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,487,000 after purchasing an additional 500 shares in the last quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. raised its position in FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF – December by 132.6% in the third quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 15,965 shares of the company’s stock worth $497,000 after purchasing an additional 9,100 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. acquired a new position in FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF – December in the third quarter worth about $78,000. Finally, Equitable Trust Co. acquired a new position in FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF – December in the first quarter worth about $310,000.

FT Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF – December Company Profile

The FT Cboe Vest Nasdaq-100 Buffer ETF – December (QDEC) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ 100 – USD index. The fund aims for specific buffered losses and capped gains on QQQ ETF over a specific holdings period. The actively-managed fund holds options and collateral. QDEC was launched on Dec 18, 2020 and is managed by First Trust.