XITK Short Volume
State Street SPDR FactSet Innovative Technology ETF (XITK) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $59.1M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.51 to the broader market. The State Street SPDR FactSet Innovative Technology ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of the FactSet Innovative Technology Index (the "Index")Seeks to obtain exposure to companies within sub-sectors with robust revenue growth that may provide leading-edge products and servicesMay offer a way to capture innovation throughout the tech sector and electronic media sub-sector, and not just within one particular trendAs a result of equal weighted index methodology, may reduce stock-specific risk when attempting to overweight the more innovative areas of technology public since 2016-01-14.
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
- 135
- Total Volume
- 458
- Short %
- 29.48%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 33.80%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for State Street SPDR FactSet Innovative Technology ETF.
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Frequently asked XITK short volume questions
- What is the daily XITK short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, State Street SPDR FactSet Innovative Technology ETF (XITK) short volume is 135 shares against 458 total reported volume, or 29.48% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is XITK 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 XITK 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.