SLYV Short Volume
State Street SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Value ETF (SLYV) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $4.47B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.16 to the broader market. The State Street SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Value ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of the S&P SmallCap 600 Value Index (the "Index")The Index includes stocks that exhibit the strongest value characteristics based on: book value to price ratio; earnings to price ratio; and sales to price ratio public since 2000-10-02.
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
- 27.8K
- Total Volume
- 79.2K
- Short %
- 35.06%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 50.35%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for State Street SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Value ETF.
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Frequently asked SLYV short volume questions
- What is the daily SLYV short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, State Street SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Value ETF (SLYV) short volume is 27.8K shares against 79.2K total reported volume, or 35.06% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is SLYV 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 SLYV 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.