Short interest in FT Vest U.S. Equity Max Buffer ETF - August (BATS:AUGM) increased during the last reporting period, rising from 14.12K to 22.45K. This put -% of the company's publicly available shares short.

Based on the recent average volume of 11.35K shares traded per day, it would take 1.98 day(s) for holders of this short interest to close out their positions without sending the stock sharply higher.