XLBI Short Volume
State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF (XLBI) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Income industry, with a market capitalization near $6.8M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.34 to the broader market. The Select Sector SPDR Trust - State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF, identified by its symbol XLBI, is an investment vehicle traded on public exchanges. public since 2025-07-30.
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
- 2026-08-28
- Short Volume
- 7.0K
- Total Volume
- 7.5K
- Short %
- 93.05%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 58.85%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF.
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Frequently asked XLBI short volume questions
- What is the daily XLBI short volume?
- As of Aug 28, 2026, State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR Premium Income ETF (XLBI) short volume is 7.0K shares against 7.5K total reported volume, or 93.05% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is XLBI 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 XLBI 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.