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Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund

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No open-market purchases or sales by Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Buy-Write Opportunities Fund insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 194 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $332.7M in total; no superinvestor holds it.

Four kinds of short-selling data, each measuring something different:

  • Short interest: shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of a settlement date. FINRA publishes it twice a month, about eight business days after the settlement date.
  • Daily short volume: shares sold short each day in off-exchange trades reported to FINRA. It counts trades, not open positions, and is published the next day.
  • Fails-to-deliver: shares not delivered by the settlement date. The SEC publishes them twice a month, about two weeks late.
  • ATS (dark pool) volume: weekly volume on alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues. FINRA publishes it two to four weeks after the week.

More in the glossary.

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet bought back, from FINRA, on every settlement date in the last two years.

Short interest
8.93K
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
−25.1K
−73.8% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
1.00
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
138.0K
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 45,777 sharesNov 15, 2024: 53,060 sharesNov 29, 2024: 72,514 sharesDec 13, 2024: 84,933 sharesDec 31, 2024: 57,157 sharesJan 15, 2025: 130,245 sharesJan 31, 2025: 63,224 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 176,689 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 223,350 sharesMar 14, 2025: 178,255 sharesMar 31, 2025: 140,910 sharesApr 15, 2025: 69,723 sharesApr 30, 2025: 86,563 sharesMay 15, 2025: 99,839 sharesMay 30, 2025: 111,623 sharesJun 13, 2025: 28,725 sharesJun 30, 2025: 34,394 sharesJul 15, 2025: 50,297 sharesJul 31, 2025: 44,246 sharesAug 15, 2025: 62,093 sharesAug 29, 2025: 65,359 sharesSep 15, 2025: 19,055 sharesSep 30, 2025: 28,296 sharesOct 15, 2025: 37,728 sharesOct 31, 2025: 67,971 sharesNov 14, 2025: 131,757 sharesNov 28, 2025: 60,308 sharesDec 15, 2025: 41,189 sharesDec 31, 2025: 32,118 sharesJan 15, 2026: 21,286 sharesJan 30, 2026: 54,721 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 48,992 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 28,278 sharesMar 13, 2026: 67,150 sharesMar 31, 2026: 24,958 sharesApr 15, 2026: 46,045 sharesApr 30, 2026: 89,321 sharesMay 15, 2026: 144,512 sharesMay 29, 2026: 114,214 sharesJun 15, 2026: 282,975 sharesJun 30, 2026: 193,709 sharesJul 15, 2026: 216,434 sharesJul 31, 2026: 160,383 sharesAug 14, 2026: 143,217 sharesAug 31, 2026: 179,809 sharesSep 15, 2026: 187,158 sharesSep 30, 2026: 144,281 sharesOct 15, 2026: 34,046 sharesOct 30, 2026: 8,933 shares
Short interest in ETV by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 20268.93K−25.1K−73.8%138.0K1.00
Oct 15, 202634.0K−110.2K−76.4%193.0K1.00
Sep 30, 2026144.3K−42.9K−22.9%205.0K1.00
Sep 15, 2026187.2K+7.35K+4.1%128.3K1.46
Aug 31, 2026179.8K+36.6K+25.6%162.5K1.11
Aug 14, 2026143.2K−17.2K−10.7%151.6K1.00
Jul 31, 2026160.4K−56.1K−25.9%139.2K1.15
Jul 15, 2026216.4K+22.7K+11.7%158.6K1.36
Jun 30, 2026193.7K−89.3K−31.6%160.9K1.20
Jun 15, 2026283.0K+168.8K+147.8%162.6K1.74
May 29, 2026114.2K−30.3K−21.0%191.3K1.00
May 15, 2026144.5K+55.2K+61.8%173.0K1.00
Apr 30, 202689.3K+43.3K+94.0%163.8K1.00
Apr 15, 202646.0K+21.1K+84.5%190.3K1.00
Mar 31, 202625.0K−42.2K−62.8%170.5K1.00
Mar 13, 202667.2K+38.9K+137.5%183.3K1.00
Feb 27, 202628.3K−20.7K−42.3%215.2K1.00
Feb 13, 202649.0K−5.73K−10.5%190.8K1.00
Jan 30, 202654.7K+33.4K+157.1%272.5K1.00
Jan 15, 202621.3K−10.8K−33.7%284.9K1.00
Dec 31, 202532.1K−9.07K−22.0%235.8K1.00
Dec 15, 202541.2K−19.1K−31.7%186.8K1.00
Nov 28, 202560.3K−71.4K−54.2%223.7K1.00
Nov 14, 2025131.8K+63.8K+93.8%207.6K1.00
Oct 31, 202568.0K+30.2K+80.2%161.3K1.00
Oct 15, 202537.7K+9.43K+33.3%216.4K1.00
Sep 30, 202528.3K+9.24K+48.5%193.0K1.00
Sep 15, 202519.1K−46.3K−70.9%164.9K1.00
Aug 29, 202565.4K+3.27K+5.3%155.2K1.00
Aug 15, 202562.1K+17.8K+40.3%180.7K1.00
Jul 31, 202544.2K−6.05K−12.0%170.8K1.00
Jul 15, 202550.3K+15.9K+46.2%168.3K1.00
Jun 30, 202534.4K+5.67K+19.7%175.6K1.00
Jun 13, 202528.7K−82.9K−74.3%207.8K1.00
May 30, 2025111.6K+11.8K+11.8%200.2K1.00
May 15, 202599.8K+13.3K+15.3%193.2K1.00
Apr 30, 202586.6K+16.8K+24.2%213.5K1.00
Apr 15, 202569.7K−71.2K−50.5%424.0K1.00
Mar 31, 2025140.9K−37.3K−21.0%202.9K1.00
Mar 14, 2025178.3K−45.1K−20.2%254.7K1.00
Feb 28, 2025223.3K+46.7K+26.4%213.8K1.04
Feb 14, 2025176.7K+113.5K+179.5%171.2K1.03
Jan 31, 202563.2K−67.0K−51.5%255.1K1.00
Jan 15, 2025130.2K+73.1K+127.9%268.8K1.00
Dec 31, 202457.2K−27.8K−32.7%175.8K1.00
Dec 13, 202484.9K+12.4K+17.1%203.9K1.00
Nov 29, 202472.5K+19.5K+36.7%145.6K1.00
Nov 15, 202453.1K+7.28K+15.9%144.5K1.00
Oct 31, 202445.8K+18.3K+66.5%126.9K1.00

Fails-to-deliver

Shares that weren't delivered by the settlement date, from the SEC, for the last 30 dates with fails. The price is the previous day's closing price published by the SEC.

Fails-to-deliver in ETV by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 9, 2026391$14.99$5.86K
Oct 1, 20261$14.92$14.92
Sep 14, 2026251$15.19$3.81K
Sep 11, 2026871$15.17$13.2K
Sep 1, 20261$15.37$15.37
Aug 19, 2026377$15.08$5.69K
Aug 3, 20261$14.66$14.66
Jul 6, 2026271$15.02$4.07K
Jul 1, 2026871$14.88$13.0K
Jun 1, 20261$14.90$14.9
May 20, 2026294$14.30$4.20K
May 14, 2026570$14.75$8.41K
May 1, 20261$14.61$14.61
Apr 1, 20261$13.67$13.67
Mar 2, 20261$14.63$14.63
Feb 17, 20262,758$14.65$40.4K
Feb 3, 20267$14.76$103.32
Feb 2, 20262$14.65$29.3
Jan 14, 2026800$14.59$11.7K
Jan 8, 20262$14.45$28.9
Jan 2, 20261$14.36$14.36
Dec 30, 202563$14.45$910.35
Dec 1, 20251$14.51$14.51
Oct 15, 20251,094$14.19$15.5K
Oct 1, 20251$14.25$14.25
Jun 2, 20251$13.61$13.61
May 9, 20252$13.19$26.38
May 1, 20251$12.99$12.99
Apr 25, 2025211$12.66$2.67K
Apr 21, 202569$12.28$847.32

Daily short volume

Off-exchange short-sale volume, not short interest: shares sold short each day in trades reported to FINRA, for the last 30 trading days.

The short volume ratio isn't a sentiment gauge: market makers sell short to fill buy orders and to hedge, so short sales are usually about half of off-exchange volume.

Off-exchange short volume in ETV by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 13, 202644,1100100,61143.8%
Nov 12, 202638,2130126,90530.1%
Nov 11, 202625,282081,19931.1%
Nov 10, 202625,149076,38532.9%
Nov 9, 202643,4000162,13526.8%
Nov 6, 2026180,9750308,22458.7%
Nov 5, 2026113,6173,062241,16547.1%
Nov 4, 202638,995300107,75636.2%
Nov 3, 202648,0391,500135,31335.5%
Nov 2, 202632,395090,04236.0%
Oct 30, 202683,5733,200166,96850.1%
Oct 29, 202614,589097,57515.0%
Oct 28, 202620,9030118,52317.6%
Oct 27, 202617,363086,45220.1%
Oct 26, 202621,1417281,90325.8%
Oct 23, 202613,77918851,79826.6%
Oct 22, 202619,051063,68629.9%
Oct 21, 202617,938071,80725.0%
Oct 20, 202629,031085,48434.0%
Oct 19, 202636,3060111,16632.7%
Oct 16, 202640,605082,29949.3%
Oct 15, 202649,4191,290103,13847.9%
Oct 14, 202631,029067,12246.2%
Oct 13, 202649,5170117,18242.3%
Oct 12, 202639,7932290,65543.9%
Oct 9, 202651,4030116,89644.0%
Oct 8, 202668,0440168,57640.4%
Oct 7, 202651,4511107,42747.9%
Oct 6, 202645,764292137,26333.3%
Oct 5, 202633,2460121,62527.3%

ATS (dark pool) volume

Weekly volume on alternative trading systems (ATS) and other off-exchange (OTC) venues, from FINRA, for the last 12 weeks. ATS share is ATS volume ÷ (ATS + OTC volume), not a share of all trading.

Weekly ATS and OTC volume in ETV
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 5, 2026T2153,0761,104499,7671,58023.4%
Sep 28, 2026T2178,2751,584549,1901,68624.5%
Sep 21, 2026T279,721591366,5801,46117.9%
Sep 14, 2026T271,661590374,6801,30116.1%
Sep 7, 2026T274,319532294,0701,10720.2%
Aug 31, 2026T284,554712370,9281,53718.6%
Aug 24, 2026T284,664790403,7941,33217.3%
Aug 17, 2026T251,5401,056556,1041,4208.5%
Aug 10, 2026T265,096462474,6281,40512.1%
Aug 3, 2026T256,866549467,0241,55810.9%
Jul 27, 2026T2105,007881325,4541,44524.4%
Jul 20, 2026T263,160534479,0191,25911.6%