XRT Short Volume

State Street SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Global industry, with a market capitalization near $387.2M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 1.19 to the broader market. The State Street SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) is designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the overall investment performance of the S&P Retail Select Industry Index. public since 2006-06-22.

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

2026-07-16

Short Volume

1.4M

Total Volume

1.6M

Short %

89.40%

30-Day Avg Short %

72.26%

Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for State Street SPDR S&P Retail ETF.

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Frequently asked XRT short volume questions

What is the daily XRT short volume?

As of Jul 16, 2026, State Street SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) short volume is 1.4M shares against 1.6M total reported volume, or 89.40% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.

How is XRT 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 XRT 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.