KRE stock
SPDR® S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) short interest & short volume · 78.0M shares short
SPDR® S&P Regional Banking ETF official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
KRE short interest rose 16.4% to 78.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (4.9 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 71.3% of volume over the last 20 sessions, up from 67.9% the 20 sessions before, the 94th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 78.0M
- prior 67.0M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 4.9
- avg vol 15.8M
- Change vs prior report
- +16.4%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 78.0M | $5.44B | +16.4% | — | 4.9 | $69.75 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 67.0M | $4.65B | +14.2% | — | 4.0 | $69.44 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 58.6M | $4.34B | +5.8% | — | 4.7 | $74.05 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 55.5M | $4.08B | +7.6% | — | 4.4 | $73.56 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 51.5M | $4.02B | +1.5% | — | 5.2 | $77.93 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 50.7M | $3.86B | -2.5% | — | 3.7 | $76.06 |
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)
- 81.8%
- 2.0M of 2.5M
- 20-day average
- 71.3%
- prior 67.9%
- Percentile vs own history
- 94th
- 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: +4.0%
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 · KRE overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 2,019,461 | 2,468,347 | 81.8% |
| 2026-11-10 | 1,451,015 | 2,442,878 | 59.4% |
| 2026-11-09 | 2,465,119 | 3,683,167 | 66.9% |
| 2026-11-06 | 1,458,608 | 2,160,639 | 67.5% |
| 2026-11-05 | 4,668,157 | 6,845,392 | 68.2% |
| 2026-11-04 | 3,702,725 | 4,953,751 | 74.8% |
| 2026-11-03 | 3,417,807 | 4,213,850 | 81.1% |
| 2026-11-02 | 5,678,942 | 7,736,880 | 73.4% |
| 2026-10-30 | 4,599,096 | 5,480,313 | 83.9% |
| 2026-10-29 | 1,752,601 | 2,426,671 | 72.2% |
KRE short interest FAQ
What is KRE's short interest?
SPDR® S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) had 78.0M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does KRE have?
4.9 days: 78.0M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 15.8M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is KRE short interest rising or falling?
KRE short interest rose (+16.4%) from 67.0M to 78.0M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is KRE a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores KRE 20 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 12.3/25, change in short interest vs prior report 4.9/15, price change since settlement date 3.2/20. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of KRE daily volume is sold short?
71.3% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 94th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was KRE's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for SPDR® S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) was 2,019,461 shares, 81.8% of 2,468,347 total volume.
How many KRE short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for SPDR® S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did KRE short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for SPDR® S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) moved from 59.4% on Nov 10, 2026 to 81.8% on Nov 11, 2026, up 22.4 percentage points.
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