WDIV Short Volume
State Street SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF (WDIV) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Global industry, with a market capitalization near $265.2M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.75 to the broader market. The State Street SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return of the S&P Global Dividend Aristocrats Index (the "Index")Seeks to offer exposure to high dividend yielding global firms that follow a managed-dividends policy of having increasing or stable dividends for at least ten consecutive yearsThe Index includes the top 100 qualified stocks with highest indicated dividend yield, with no more than 20 stocks selected from each country and 35 stocks from each GICS sectorThe weight of each Index constituent is capped at 3%, and no single country or GICS sector can be more than 25% of the Index public since 2013-05-30.
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
- 374
- Total Volume
- 1.7K
- Short %
- 22.60%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 44.07%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for State Street SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF.
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Frequently asked WDIV short volume questions
- What is the daily WDIV short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, State Street SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF (WDIV) short volume is 374 shares against 1.7K total reported volume, or 22.60% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is WDIV 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 WDIV 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.