KIE stock
SPDR® S&P Insurance ETF (KIE) short interest & short volume · 2.7M shares short
SPDR® S&P Insurance ETF official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
KIE short interest fell 9.9% to 2.7M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (3.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 58.4% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 61.7% the 20 sessions before, the 13th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 2.7M
- prior 3.0M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 3.0
- avg vol 915K
- Change vs prior report
- -9.9%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 2.7M | $168.7M | -9.9% | — | 3.0 | $61.86 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 3.0M | $177.0M | +29.9% | — | 2.4 | $58.50 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 2.3M | $146.9M | -7.4% | — | 2.0 | $63.12 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 2.5M | $158.7M | +13.3% | — | 2.6 | $63.15 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 2.2M | $142.5M | -2.1% | — | 2.1 | $64.25 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 2.3M | $145.6M | -0.6% | — | 2.1 | $64.24 |
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)
- 40.7%
- 146K of 358K
- 20-day average
- 58.4%
- prior 61.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 13th
- 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: +5.5%
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 · KIE overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 145,776 | 357,786 | 40.7% |
| 2026-11-10 | 102,391 | 214,303 | 47.8% |
| 2026-11-09 | 148,570 | 305,850 | 48.6% |
| 2026-11-06 | 106,351 | 355,460 | 29.9% |
| 2026-11-05 | 294,747 | 448,554 | 65.7% |
| 2026-11-04 | 269,936 | 410,643 | 65.7% |
| 2026-11-03 | 285,717 | 383,112 | 74.6% |
| 2026-11-02 | 133,366 | 269,583 | 49.5% |
| 2026-10-30 | 368,165 | 495,968 | 74.2% |
| 2026-10-29 | 171,034 | 252,954 | 67.6% |
KIE short interest FAQ
What is KIE's short interest?
SPDR® S&P Insurance ETF (KIE) had 2.7M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does KIE have?
3.0 days: 2.7M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 915K for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is KIE short interest rising or falling?
KIE short interest fell (-9.9%) from 3.0M to 2.7M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is KIE a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores KIE 12 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 7.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 0/15, price change since settlement date 4.4/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of KIE daily volume is sold short?
58.4% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 13th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was KIE's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for SPDR® S&P Insurance ETF (KIE) was 145,776 shares, 40.7% of 357,786 total volume.
How many KIE short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for SPDR® S&P Insurance ETF (KIE), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did KIE short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for SPDR® S&P Insurance ETF (KIE) moved from 47.8% on Nov 10, 2026 to 40.7% on Nov 11, 2026, down 7.1 percentage points.
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