XLI Short Volume
State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLI) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management industry, with a market capitalization near $30.54B, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.00 to the broader market. The Select Sector SPDR Trust - State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF is an exchange traded fund launched by State Street Global Advisors, Inc. public since 1998-12-22.
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
- 2026-09-30
- Short Volume
- 1.4M
- Total Volume
- 2.1M
- Short %
- 68.78%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 62.06%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF.
Learn how short volume is reported and how to read the data →
XLI most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $160.00 | Jan 15, 2027 | 31.1K | 28.7K | 20.9% | $3.40 | $3.60 |
| PUT | $168.00 | Nov 20, 2026 | 27.5K | 28.4K | 19.6% | $4.40 | $4.75 |
Top 2 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked XLI short volume questions
- What is the daily XLI short volume?
- As of Sep 30, 2026, State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLI) short volume is 1.4M shares against 2.1M total reported volume, or 68.78% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is XLI 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 XLI 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.