SPIB Short Volume

State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF (SPIB) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Bonds industry, with a market capitalization near $10.97B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.69 to the broader market. The State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Bloomberg Intermediate US Corporate Index (the "Index")One of the low cost core State Street SPDR Portfolio ETFs, a suite of portfolio building block designed to provide broad, diversified exposure to core asset classesA low cost ETF that seeks to offer precise, comprehensive exposure to US corporate bonds that have a maturity greater than or equal to 1 year and less than 10 yearsThe Index includes investment grade, fixed rate, taxable, US dollar denominated debt with $300 million of par outstanding, and is market cap weighted and reconstituted on the last business day of the month public since 2009-02-20.

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
2.5M
Total Volume
2.8M
Short %
88.03%
30-Day Avg Short %
77.10%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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Frequently asked SPIB short volume questions

What is the daily SPIB short volume?
As of May 15, 2026, State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF (SPIB) short volume is 2.5M shares against 2.8M total reported volume, or 88.03% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is SPIB 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 SPIB 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.