SPDR® Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF (SPYG) short interest & short volume · 1.1M shares short
SPDR® Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF official short interest (FINRA, twice monthly) and daily short volume (FINRA Reg SHO), with history, % of float and days to cover.
What changed
SPYG short interest rose 8.2% to 1.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report (1.0 days to cover). Daily short volume averaged 50.1% of volume over the last 20 sessions, down from 65.7% the 20 sessions before, the 28th percentile of its own 20-day averages since Oct 6, 2025.
Short interest
Official, twice monthly · settled Oct 15, 2026
- Shares short
- 1.1M
- prior 1.0M
- % of float
- —
- no float on file
- Days to cover
- 1.0
- avg vol 2.0M
- Change vs prior report
- +8.2%
| Report date | Shares short | $ value short | Change | % float | Days to cover | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | 1.1M | $138.9M | +8.2% | — | 1.0 | $122.67 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.0M | $128.8M | -16.3% | — | 1.0 | $123.08 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 1.3M | $148.9M | +4.4% | — | 1.0 | $119.12 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 1.2M | $144.8M | +12.8% | — | 1.0 | $120.89 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 1.1M | $130.6M | -9.8% | — | 1.0 | $122.92 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 1.2M | $137.9M | +52.1% | — | 1.0 | $117.14 |
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)
- 62.8%
- 908K of 1.4M
- 20-day average
- 50.1%
- prior 65.7%
- Percentile vs own history
- 28th
- 233 periods since 2025
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Source: FINRA Reg SHO daily short sale volume · Latest Nov 11, 2026
Short squeeze score (model)
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 · SPYG overview
| Date | Short | Total | Short % of volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-11 | 907,753 | 1,445,569 | 62.8% |
| 2026-11-10 | 978,169 | 3,498,436 | 28.0% |
| 2026-11-09 | 630,766 | 2,356,218 | 26.8% |
| 2026-11-06 | 1,273,228 | 2,371,322 | 53.7% |
| 2026-11-05 | 1,377,045 | 8,154,136 | 16.9% |
| 2026-11-04 | 716,462 | 1,495,443 | 47.9% |
| 2026-11-03 | 354,349 | 1,850,092 | 19.1% |
| 2026-11-02 | 1,200,659 | 2,790,511 | 43.0% |
| 2026-10-30 | 809,204 | 3,418,104 | 23.7% |
| 2026-10-29 | 615,307 | 848,991 | 72.5% |
SPYG short interest FAQ
What is SPYG's short interest?
SPDR® Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF (SPYG) had 1.1M shares sold short and not yet covered in FINRA's Oct 15, 2026 settlement report.
How many days to cover does SPYG have?
1.0 days: 1.1M shares short divided by an average daily volume of 2.0M for the Oct 15, 2026 period.
Is SPYG short interest rising or falling?
SPYG short interest rose (+8.2%) from 1.0M to 1.1M shares in the Oct 15, 2026 report.
Is SPYG a short squeeze candidate?
Lician's squeeze watch scores SPYG 5 out of 100 (low) from the Oct 15, 2026 report: days to cover 2.5/25, change in short interest vs prior report 2.5/15. It is a transparent model of how crowded the short side is, not a forecast that a squeeze will happen.
What share of SPYG daily volume is sold short?
50.1% on average over the last 20 sessions to Nov 11, 2026 (FINRA Reg SHO daily short volume; the 28th percentile of its own 20-day averages). Short volume counts market makers' same-day short sales, so it is not short interest.
What was SPYG's latest FINRA short volume?
On Nov 11, 2026, cached FINRA short volume for SPDR® Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF (SPYG) was 907,753 shares, 62.8% of 1,445,569 total volume.
How many SPYG short-volume sessions are listed on this page?
This page lists 10 cached FINRA short-volume sessions for SPDR® Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF (SPYG), from Oct 29, 2026 through Nov 11, 2026.
How did SPYG short volume percent change from the prior cached session?
Cached FINRA short volume for SPDR® Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF (SPYG) moved from 28.0% on Nov 10, 2026 to 62.8% on Nov 11, 2026, up 34.8 percentage points.
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