XYLG Short Volume
Global X - S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF (XYLG) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Asset Management - Global industry, with a market capitalization near $64.3M, listed on AMEX, carrying a beta of 0.71 to the broader market. The Global X S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF (XYLG) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Cboe S&P 500 Half BuyWrite Index. public since 2020-10-05.
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
- 9.8K
- Total Volume
- 11.4K
- Short %
- 86.53%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 37.51%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Global X - S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF.
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Frequently asked XYLG short volume questions
- What is the daily XYLG short volume?
- As of May 15, 2026, Global X - S&P 500 Covered Call & Growth ETF (XYLG) short volume is 9.8K shares against 11.4K total reported volume, or 86.53% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is XYLG 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 XYLG 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.