ASTN -2x Defiance Daily Target 2X Short ASTS ETF

BEAR ETF standard · Issuer Defiance · Tracks ASTS · Listed 2026-02-05

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Implied AUM

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shares out × price

Last close

$18.42

20260929

30-day avg volume

276,238

no listed options

ASTN realized

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what holders actually earned

Theoretical -2x

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-2x × ASTS's return

Decay gap

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realized minus theoretical

Realized vs theoretical -2x ASTS

Cumulative return of ASTN against a clean -2x of ASTS's return over the same window; the red line (right axis) is the gap between them.

Pair counterpart: ASTX (+2x bull, Tradr 2X Long ASTS Daily ETF)

Shorting both legs of a daily-reset bull/bear pair captures their combined decay over time. It isn't free money — the edge depends on borrow rates (often punitive on the bear leg) and assignment risk on hard-to-borrow shares.

Other leveraged products on ASTS

Symbol	Factor	Direction	Issuer	Name	Implied AUM	30d volume	Options
ASTX	+2x	BULL	Tradr	Tradr 2X Long ASTS Daily ETF	—	3,418,560	✓
ASTY	+2x	BULL	Defiance	Defiance Daily Target 2X Long ASTS ETF	—	128,939
ASUP	+2x	BULL	T-Rex	T-REX 2X Long ASTS Daily Target ETF	—	16,531
ASTG	+2x	BULL	Leverage Shares	Leverage Shares 2X Long ASTS Daily ETF	—	26,399

How ASTN works

ASTN targets -2x the daily return of ASTS — not the return over longer windows. It rebalances every day, so over weeks and months its result drifts away from -2x × the index, usually downward when the market chops around.

The maths: the drag is roughly −½ × N × (N−1) × σ² per period (N = leverage, σ = the index's volatility). For a -2x fund on an index with 25% annual volatility that is several percent a year before fees — the red line above is that drag measured.

Short-term trades (a day or a few) are what these funds are built for. Premium sellers like their rich option IV — see the quote page. Multi-day directional bets work in strong trends and get eaten in chop.

Not investment advice.