KRE Short Volume
State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $3.95B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.01 to the broader market. SPDR Series Trust - State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF is an exchange traded fund launched by State Street Global Advisors, Inc. public since 2006-06-19.
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
- 2026-08-14
- Short Volume
- 1.5M
- Total Volume
- 1.9M
- Short %
- 79.43%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 70.10%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
KRE most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALL | $80.00 | Sep 30, 2026 | 3.0K | 147 | 20.8% | $1.28 | $1.66 |
Top 1 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked KRE short volume questions
- What is the daily KRE short volume?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) short volume is 1.5M shares against 1.9M total reported volume, or 79.43% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is KRE 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 KRE 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.