GLD Short Interest
SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $155.84B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.16 to the broader market. The investment objective of SPDR Gold Trust (the "Trust") is for the shares to reflect the performance of the price of gold bullion, less the Trust's expensesThe first US traded gold ETF and the first US-listed ETF backed by a physical assetFor many investors, the costs associated with buying GLD shares in the secondary market and the payment of the Trust's ongoing expenses may be lower than the costs associated with buying, storing and insuring physical gold in a traditional allocated gold bullion account public since 2004-11-18.
Short interest is the total number of shares currently sold short and not yet covered, reported bi-monthly by FINRA. Days to cover (short interest divided by average daily volume) indicates how long it would take short sellers to close positions, with higher values signaling greater squeeze potential.
- Settlement Date
- 2026-04-30
- Short Interest
- 9.8M
- Previous Short Interest
- 9.9M
- Change
- -1.62%
- Days to Cover
- 1.41
- Avg Daily Volume
- 6.9M
- Avg Days to Cover (24 reports)
- 1.10
Showing 24 bi-monthly FINRA short interest reports for SPDR Gold Shares.
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GLD most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $418.00 | May 22, 2026 | 31.3K | 1.1K | 22.9% | $5.40 | $5.65 |
Top 1 contracts from the ORATS-sourced nightly scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked GLD short interest questions
- What is the current GLD short interest?
- As of the Apr 30, 2026 settlement, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) short interest is 9.8M shares, a -1.62% change from the prior period. FINRA publishes short interest twice monthly on the 15th and last business day of each month under Rule 4560.
- What is the GLD days-to-cover ratio?
- Days-to-cover is 1.41, calculated as short interest divided by average daily volume. It estimates how many trading days closing all short positions would consume given typical liquidity. Values above 5 days are commonly cited as elevated; values above 10 days are squeeze-relevant.
- How does GLD short interest affect options pricing?
- High short interest changes options pricing through three mechanics: borrow-rebate effects (synthetic long stock trades below frictionless put-call parity by approximately the borrow rebate when shares are hard-to-borrow), gamma-squeeze setup risk (if dealers are short gamma against retail call buying, dealer hedge flow can amplify upward moves), and elevated event-vol pricing on names with squeeze potential. See the canonical short-interest documentation for the full mechanism.