First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II - First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF
NASDAQCIBR, the First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF, enters September with the most notable short-side activity it has seen all year — yet the borrow market tells a more nuanced story than the headline numbers suggest. The positioning shift is the week's real story. Short interest more than doubled over the past week, climbing 126% to 1.06% of the free float. Zoom out a month and the…
CIBR short interest surges 126% over one week to 1.06% of float, with availability plummeting 96% to 140% as shares to borrow tighten sharply.
CIBR, the First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF, enters September with the most notable short-side activity it has seen all year — yet the borrow market tells a more nuanced story than the headline numbers suggest. The…
CIBR has had one of its stronger weeks in months — up nearly 10% to $97.94 — and the story behind that move is written clearly in the lending market. The borrow picture has flipped dramatically from where it was six…
Snapshot as of 11 Sept 2026
CIBR heads into the week carrying its best monthly price gain of the year, yet a sharp shift in the lending market is adding a new layer of tension to the rally. The most notable move this week is not in price — it's…
Options traders are the most bullish they've been all year on CIBR. The put/call ratio hit 0.22 on June 23 — the lowest in 52 weeks. The 20-day average sits at 0.31. That's a z-score of -2.76, a statistically extreme…
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