First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund VI - First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund
NASDAQTDIV — the First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund — enters the last week of August with one signal cutting clearly against the grain of an otherwise calm picture: options traders are hedging at a rate well above normal. The put/call ratio jumped to 0.21 this week, nearly 2.5 standard deviations above its 20-day average of 0.11. For context, TDIV's PCR has hugged the low…
TDIV short interest surges 52% in one week to 0.38% of float, cost to borrow climbs to 4.47%.
TDIV — the First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund — enters the last week of August with one signal cutting clearly against the grain of an otherwise calm picture: options traders are hedging at a rate well…
Three distinct signals converged on TDIV this week. Cost to borrow spiked, short positions built, and options positioning shifted sharply toward calls — all at once. Cost to borrow on TDIV hit 4.47% on June 29. That is…
Snapshot as of 28 Sept 2026
TDIV has recovered most of last week's dramatic selloff, but a quiet tightening in the borrow market deserves attention from anyone tracking this income-oriented tech ETF. The price story has reversed sharply from the…
TDIV, the First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund, posted its sharpest weekly decline in months — falling nearly 9.4% over the past five sessions to close at $116.28 — even as the short-selling and lending…
TDIV — the First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund — closed the week at $105.96, up 1.1% on Wednesday but still down 0.8% on the week. That surface-level calm masks a striking build in short positions that…
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