The Select Sector SPDR Trust - State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF
ARCAXLI enters August with an interesting split: short sellers are pulling back while the ETF grinds quietly higher, yet the options market remains structurally defensive relative to most equity instruments. The short-side retreat is the clearest trend of the past month. Short interest has fallen steadily from around 21 million shares in early July to just over 18.3 million now — a drop…
XLI utilization hits 98.64%, highest since April peak, as borrow market tightens sharply.
XLI enters August with an interesting split: short sellers are pulling back while the ETF grinds quietly higher, yet the options market remains structurally defensive relative to most equity instruments. The short-side…
XLI, the Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF, enters late July with its bear camp still shrinking — yet the options market is sending a notably more cautious signal than it was a week ago. The short unwind remains the…
Snapshot as of 6 Aug 2026
XLI, the Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF, heads into mid-July with its month-long short unwind still grinding forward — but options traders remain the most defensive they've been in weeks, leaving the overall picture…
XLI, the Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF, enters the second week of July with a familiar tension: short sellers have stopped retreating, the fund has given back last week's gains, and options positioning remains…
XLI, the Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF, heads into July with the borrow market telling a completely different story from the tightening episode flagged just a week ago — availability has swung from constrained to…
XLI, the Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF, has reversed the loosening trend flagged last week — availability has tightened sharply, borrowing costs have nearly doubled, and the fund dropped 2% on Tuesday alone. The…
XLI, the Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF, has reversed course from the tightening trend flagged here last week — the lending market has loosened dramatically, short interest has edged back, and the fund is trading…
XLI, the Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF, is showing early signs of renewed short-side pressure — a week after the lending market looked fully relaxed, availability has tightened sharply and borrowing costs are…
The past six weeks have been a story of rapid repositioning in XLI, the Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF — shorts built aggressively into late April, then spent most of May unwinding, leaving the lending market in a…
XLI, the industrial sector SPDR, has reversed course — the short-covering story that defined mid-May has stalled, and fresh bearish positioning is building into a weaker tape. The most significant shift this week is…
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