XBIL Short Volume

US Treasury 6 Month Bill ETF (XBIL) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $749.2M, listed on NASDAQ, carrying a beta of 0.02 to the broader market. Under normal market conditions, The adviser seeks to achieve the fund’s investment objective by investing at least 80% of the fund’s net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in the component securities of the underlying index. public since 2023-03-07.

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
22.1K
Total Volume
56.1K
Short %
39.42%
30-Day Avg Short %
45.69%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for US Treasury 6 Month Bill ETF.

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Frequently asked XBIL short volume questions

What is the daily XBIL short volume?
As of May 15, 2026, US Treasury 6 Month Bill ETF (XBIL) short volume is 22.1K shares against 56.1K total reported volume, or 39.42% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
How is XBIL 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 XBIL 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.