SPTM Short Volume
State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF (SPTM) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $13.61B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.01 to the broader market. This State Street SPDR Portfolio ETF (SPTM) is crafted to mirror the total return performance of the S&P Composite 1500 Index, prior to accounting for its operational costs and expenses. public since 2000-10-10.
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
- 2026-06-30
- Short Volume
- 115.4K
- Total Volume
- 229.1K
- Short %
- 50.36%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 53.40%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
Frequently asked SPTM short volume questions
- What is the daily SPTM short volume?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF (SPTM) short volume is 115.4K shares against 229.1K total reported volume, or 50.36% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is SPTM 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 SPTM 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.