BILS Short Volume

State Street SPDR Bloomberg 3-12 Month T-Bill ETF (BILS) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $3.99B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.02 to the broader market. The State Street SPDR Bloomberg 3-12 Month T-Bill ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Bloomberg 3-12 Month U. public since 2020-10-07.

Short volume measures the number of shares sold short on a given day as reported by FINRA. Tracking short volume relative to total volume helps identify unusual bearish sentiment or short-squeeze potential.

Latest Date
2026-05-15
Short Volume
151.9K
Total Volume
440.6K
Short %
34.47%
30-Day Avg Short %
40.12%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for State Street SPDR Bloomberg 3-12 Month T-Bill ETF.

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Frequently asked BILS short volume questions

What is the daily BILS short volume?
As of May 15, 2026, State Street SPDR Bloomberg 3-12 Month T-Bill ETF (BILS) short volume is 151.9K shares against 440.6K total reported volume, or 34.47% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is BILS short volume reported?
FINRA publishes the Daily Short Sale Volume File for trades reported to FINRA TRFs and the FINRA/Nasdaq ADF on a T+1 basis. The headline figure is the count of shares that printed at the short-sale or short-exempt tick across all reporting venues for the symbol; each exchange separately publishes its own daily short-sale data file.
What does BILS short volume tell options traders?
Daily short-sale flow is one input that helps disambiguate dealer-hedging activity from directional bear flow when the chain shows fresh customer call inventory. It is not a clean MM-only proxy: the headline number mixes directional shorting, options-MM delta-hedging, ETF-creation arbitrage, and convertible-arb hedging. Cross-check against gamma-exposure and OI changes for a cleaner read.