KBE Short Volume
State Street SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $1.29B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.26 to the broader market. The State Street SPDR S&P Bank ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of the S&P Banks Select Industry Index (the "Index")Seeks to provide exposure to the bank segment of the S&P TMI, which comprises the following sub-industries: Asset Management & Custody Banks, Diversified Banks, Regional Banks, Diversified Financial Services, and Commercial & Residential Mortgage Finance. public since 2005-11-15.
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
- 747.6K
- Total Volume
- 1.0M
- Short %
- 72.98%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 66.40%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for State Street SPDR S&P Bank ETF.
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Frequently asked KBE short volume questions
- What is the daily KBE short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, State Street SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE) short volume is 747.6K shares against 1.0M total reported volume, or 72.98% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is KBE 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 KBE 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.