SPDR® S&P Bank ETF (KBE) short interest & short volume · 12.2M shares short
SPDR® S&P Bank ETF official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
KBE short interest fell 25.6% to 12.2M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (5.8 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 67.7% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 61.4% the 20 sessions before, the 96th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 12.2M
- prior 16.3M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 5.8
- avg vol 2.1M
- Change vs prior report
- -25.6%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 12.2M | $773.3M | -25.6% | — | 5.8 | $63.55 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 16.3M | $1.03B | -13.2% | — | 9.4 | $63.22 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 18.8M | $1.28B | +3.1% | — | 15.6 | $67.95 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 18.3M | $1.24B | +12.9% | — | 14.4 | $67.81 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 16.2M | $1.16B | +6.9% | — | 12.1 | $71.67 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 15.1M | $1.05B | -7.0% | — | 11.2 | $69.65 |
Days to cover is short interest divided by FINRA's average daily volume for the period: how many average days of trading it would take shorts to buy back.
Source: FINRA equity short interest (twice monthly) · Settlement Oct 15, 2026
Daily short volume
Share of each day's volume sold short · FINRA Reg SHO
- Latest (Nov 11)
- 79.0%
- 442K of 560K
- 20-day average
- 67.7%
- prior 61.4%
- Percentile vs own history
- 96th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
Price since settlement: +4.2%
Model, not a forecast: 40 pts short interest % of float (full at 30%), 25 pts days to cover (full at 10), 15 pts rise in short interest since the prior report (full at +50%), 20 pts price gain since the settlement date (full at +25%). Missing inputs score 0.
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Market-wide: most shorted stocks, biggest changes and unusual short volume · KBE overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 442,430 | 560,405 | 79.0% |
| 2026-11-10 | 314,387 | 409,669 | 76.7% |
| 2026-11-09 | 628,408 | 733,005 | 85.7% |
| 2026-11-06 | 188,557 | 391,404 | 48.2% |
| 2026-11-05 | 652,401 | 1,276,448 | 51.1% |
| 2026-11-04 | 370,554 | 495,357 | 74.8% |
| 2026-11-03 | 448,848 | 537,194 | 83.5% |
| 2026-11-02 | 1,160,446 | 1,374,210 | 84.4% |
| 2026-10-30 | 996,664 | 1,130,351 | 88.2% |
| 2026-10-29 | 103,001 | 219,456 | 46.9% |
KBE short interest FAQ
What is KBE's short interest?
SPDR® S&P Bank ETF (KBE) had 12.2M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does KBE have?
5.8 days: 12.2M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 2.1M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is KBE short interest rising or falling?
KBE short interest fell (-25.6%) from 16.3M to 12.2M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is KBE a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores KBE 18 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 14.6/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 3.4/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of KBE daily volume is sold short?
67.7% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 96th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was KBE's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for SPDR® S&P Bank ETF (KBE) was 442,430 shares, 79.0% of 560,405 total volume.
How many KBE short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for SPDR® S&P Bank ETF (KBE), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did KBE short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for SPDR® S&P Bank ETF (KBE) moved from 76.7% on Nov 10, 2026 to 79.0% on Nov 11, 2026, up 2.3 percentage points.
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