EFIV Short Volume

State Street SPDR S&P 500 ESG ETF (EFIV) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Global industry, with a market capitalization near $1.13B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.01 to the broader market. EFIV is an exchange-traded fund engineered to closely mirror the investment performance of the S&P 500 Scored & Screened Index, excluding fees and operating costs. public since 2020-07-29.

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

2026-08-28

Short Volume

2.1K

Total Volume

6.6K

Short %

31.87%

30-Day Avg Short %

49.79%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for State Street SPDR S&P 500 ESG ETF.

Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →

Frequently asked EFIV short volume questions

What is the daily EFIV short volume?

As of Aug 28, 2026, State Street SPDR S&P 500 ESG ETF (EFIV) short volume is 2.1K shares against 6.6K total reported volume, or 31.87% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.

How is EFIV 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 EFIV 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.