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AAPU Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily AAPL Bull 2X ETF
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AAPU
$47.64
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Key stats
$47.64
- 52-Week Range
- $26.20 – $48.89
- YTD
- +42.85%
- IV Rank (30D)
- 60.65
- Straddle Price
- $5.75
- P/C Vol Ratio
- 0.46
- Open
- $47.00
- Day Range
- $46.44 – $47.73
- Volume
- 343,832
- Prev Close
- $46.88
About
Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily AAPL Bull 2X ETF (AAPU) ETF
No description available.
- Exchange
- XNAS
- Inception
- 2022-08-08
- Has Options
- Yes
Fund profile
holdings as of Oct 21, 2026issuer datathrough Jul 2026flows, SEC filings
Resets to 2x its benchmark's return each day. Over longer periods the result compounds and can differ sharply from 2x the benchmark, especially when it is volatile. Decay analysis
- Expense ratio
- —
- Assets
- $205M SEC filing, Apr 30, 2026
- Trailing yield
- 6.27% paid quarterly
- Average daily volume
- $48M 30 sessions
- Holdings
- 11 top 10 are 200.0%
- Listed
- Aug 8, 2022 Nasdaq
- Tracking difference
- -1.92 pts vs index, after fees, FY 2025
Costn/a
Liquidity89
Scale49
Diversificationn/a
Moves with. US large-cap stocks (21% of its variance, beta 2.56). These factors explain 22% of its daily moves over the last year, so most of what drives this fund is something else.
All 11 holdingsFlow historyOverlap toolAll Single-Stock Leveraged ETFs
Fund flows
through Jul 2026SEC filings- Jul 2026
- −$17M latest reported month
- Latest 3 months
- −$85M −51.7% of assets
- Latest 12 months
- −$273M −166.6% of assets
View as a table
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | −$17M |
| Jun 2026 | −$33M |
| May 2026 | −$34M |
| Apr 2026 | +$38M |
| Mar 2026 | +$5.2M |
| Feb 2026 | −$111M |
| Jan 2026 | +$111M |
| Dec 2025 | −$14M |
| Nov 2025 | −$41M |
| Oct 2025 | −$48M |
| Sep 2025 | −$16M |
| Aug 2025 | −$112M |
Net creations and redemptions from the fund's SEC filings, which become public about 60 days after each quarter. Every month since 48 months ago
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The largest other funds in the Single-Stock Leveraged category.
Look-through: what the holdings say
weights as of Oct 21, 2026issuer data- Holdings vs fair value
- −10.4% 0% under, 100% over · 100% covered
- Price / earnings
- 38.5 0% loss-making · 100% covered
- Price / book · sales
- 46.1 · 10.6 revenue growth +18.2%
- Above 200-day average
- 100% 100% above 50-day · by weight
- Short interest
- 0.9% of float, weighted · 3.0 days to cover
- Insider buying
- 0% of weight had net insider buying, 90 days; 100% net selling
- 13F holders
- +3.7% change in shares held by institutions, latest quarter
- Reporting earnings
- 0.0% of weight in 7 days; 100.0% in 14
Largest contributors below fair value
Largest contributors above fair value
Holdings reporting in the next 14 days
Each figure is the fund's holdings weighted by position size, using our data on those stocks, and covers only the share of the stock holdings stated. Positive fair value means the holdings trade below our estimate.
Under the hood
fiscal year to Oct 31, 2025SEC census- Authorized participants
- 7 active of 7 with agreements; top 3 did 81%
- Created · redeemed
- $592M · $613M over the fiscal year
- Redemptions in kind
- 64% creations 64% in kind
- Creation unit
- 25,000 shares
- Securities lending
- authorized, none lent
- Return vs index
- -1.92 pts after fees; -0.93 before
- Diversification status
- Non-diversified may concentrate in fewer issuers
From the fund's annual census filing with the SEC. In-kind redemptions are what let an ETF shed appreciated securities without realising gains.
ETF Profile
holdings as of 2026-10-21
Holdings
11
AUM
$410.3M
Provider
Direxion
Inception
2022-08-08
Exchange
XNAS
Data As Of
2026-10-21
Expense Ratio
—
Dividend Yield
6.27%
Distribution
Quarterly
Recent distributions
| Ex-Date | Pay Date | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | 2026-09-29 | $0.1887 | CD |
| 2026-06-23 | 2026-06-30 | $0.2180 | CD |
| 2026-03-24 | 2026-03-31 | $0.1727 | CD |
| 2025-12-23 | 2025-12-31 | $0.1858 | CD |
| 2025-12-10 | 2025-12-17 | $2.1724 | CD |
| 2025-09-23 | 2025-09-30 | $0.2211 | CD |
Asset Allocation
Top Holdings
top 11 of 11 holdings
| Symbol | Name | Weight % | Asset Class | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | AAPL SWAP ASSET LEG | 90.14% | Derivative | — |
| — | AAPL SWAP ASSET LEG | 43.77% | Derivative | — |
| — | AAPL SWAP ASSET LEG | 29.43% | Derivative | — |
| — | DREYFUS TRSRY SECURITIES CASH MGMT | 27.36% | Cash/Money Market | — |
| — | DREYFUS GOVT CASH MAN INS | 25.62% | Cash/Money Market | — |
| AAPL | APPLE INC | 23.19% | Equity (US) | US |
| — | GOLDMAN SACHS FIN GOV 465 INSTITUT | 13.20% | Cash/Money Market | — |
| — | GOLDMAN FINL SQ TRSRY INST 506 | 12.40% | Cash/Money Market | — |
| — | AAPL SWAP ASSET LEG | 6.36% | Derivative | — |
| — | AAPL SWAP ASSET LEG | 5.27% | Derivative | — |
| — | AAPL SWAP ASSET LEG | 1.84% | Derivative | — |
Non-Equity Breakdown
Direxion Daily AAPL Bull 2X Shares ·
NPORT-P period 2026-04-30
(filed 2026-06-29)
Net assets:
$205M
· 11 total positions
· equity 13.11%
· non-equity 82.70%
Non-equity holdings
— 10 positions,
82.70% of NAV
| Category | Weight | Value | Positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short-term investment | 82.82% | $170.0M | 4 |
| Derivative (equity) | -0.12% | $-243809 | 6 |
Chart
Seasonality
| Month | '22 | '23 | '24 | '25 | '26 | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -- | 23.14% | -1.59% | -7.88% | -9.60% | 1.02% |
| Feb | -- | 1.79% | -5.05% | 11.35% | -5.32% | 0.69% |
| Mar | -- | 19.72% | -7.75% | -15.23% | -9.54% | -3.20% |
| Apr | -- | 2.71% | -0.99% | -14.26% | 11.45% | -0.27% |
| May | -- | 6.57% | 27.56% | -12.63% | 23.24% | 11.18% |
| Jun | -- | 10.51% | 15.30% | 1.90% | -12.98% | 3.68% |
| Jul | -- | 2.64% | 3.51% | -0.85% | 8.03% | 3.33% |
| Aug | -7.21% | -6.51% | 8.68% | 30.25% | 8.43% | 6.73% |
| Sep | -18.75% | -15.15% | 7.55% | 20.33% | 3.32% | -0.54% |
| Oct | 10.72% | -3.15% | -1.37% | 10.63% | 9.52%* | 5.27% |
| Nov | -3.33% | 13.70% | 12.62% | 6.79% | -- | 7.44% |
| Dec | -19.33% | -0.44% | -4.54% | -14.49% | -- | -9.70% |
| Total | -34.90% | 62.03% | 61.03% | 4.20% | 22.66% | 23.00% |
Technical Indicators
Quick-reference for reading the values below. Indicators combine to confirm a view — no single one is a trade signal on its own.
Trend Indicators
- SMA 20 / 50 / 200 — price above = uptrend, below = downtrend. SMA 50 crossing SMA 200 is the golden/death cross.
- EMA 12 / 26 — faster-reacting averages; 12 above 26 is short-term bullish.
- MACD — bullish when MACD > signal (green badge), bearish when below. Divergence from price often precedes reversals.
- ADX (14) — trend strength regardless of direction. <20 range, 20–25 weak trend, 25–50 trend, >50 strong trend.
- +DI / −DI — +DI > −DI favors bulls; the reverse favors bears. Read alongside ADX.
Momentum Oscillators
- RSI (14) — <30 oversold, >70 overbought. 40–60 is neutral; trending names can stay extreme.
- Stochastic %K / %D — <20 oversold, >80 overbought. %K crossing %D is an early momentum signal.
- Williams %R — inverted scale: <−80 oversold, >−20 overbought.
Oscillators work best in range-bound markets; in strong trends they give premature reversal signals.
Volume & Volatility
- Bollinger Bands — price at upper band = overbought, lower = oversold. Narrow bands (squeeze) often precede expansion.
- OBV — cumulative volume; rising OBV confirms uptrend, falling OBV confirms downtrend. Divergence from price is a warning.
- Vol SMA 20 / Vol ROC — today's volume vs. 20-day average. Positive ROC with price move = conviction.
- ATR / True Range — average daily $ move; sizing and stop-loss reference.
- HV 20 / 30 / 60 — realized (historical) volatility. Compare to IV on the options cards: IV > HV = rich premium.
Confluence matters: trend + momentum + volume agreeing carries far more weight than any single indicator. For how these feed the spread scanner score, see the algorithm docs →
Trend Indicators
SMA 20: $45.56
SMA 50: $43.38
SMA 200: $36.76
Current: $47.62
EMA 12: $46.26
EMA 26: $45.35
MACD: 0.9076 | Signal: 0.0525
BULLISH
ADX (14): 16.86
RANGE
+DI: 25.42
−DI: 15.81
Momentum Oscillators
RSI (14): 62.01
NEUTRAL
Stoch %K: 74.28
Stoch %D: 71.09
Williams %R: -10.02
Volume & Volatility
BB Upper: $47.97
BB Lower: $43.14
NEUTRAL
OBV: 105,917,990
Vol SMA 20: 835,112
Vol ROC: -59.60%
ATR: $1.69
True Range: $1.29
HV 20: 33.7%
HV 30: 31.2%
HV 60: 50.6%
Data Summary
Data Points: 500
Last Updated:
Date Range: 2024-10-23T00:00:00 – 2026-10-21T00:00:00
AI Analysis
AAPU Stock Analysis Report
Executive Summary
Overall Assessment: BEARISH | Confidence Level: 7/10
AAPU (Direxion Daily AAPL Bull 2X Shares) is a 2x daily leveraged ETF tracking Apple (AAPL), not an operating company. This is a specialized instrument designed for tactical traders betting on Apple appreciation with amplified daily returns. The fund is experiencing significant structural headwinds that warrant caution:
- Fund Status: Direxion announced closure of three ETFs (10/04/2025), raising uncertainty about AAPU's future
- Severe Fund Outflows: -$273M over 12 months (-166.6% of current $174M AUM), indicating investor capitulation and deteriorating confidence
- Leveraged Structure Risk: 2x daily reset mechanism means the fund decays over time in sideways/choppy markets and amplifies losses during downturns
- Holding Structure Concerns: Top holdings show 200% exposure through AAPL swaps (designed to achieve 2x leverage), creating counterparty risk
Investment Thesis: AAPU is appropriate only for experienced traders seeking 2x leveraged Apple exposure over very short timeframes (days, not weeks). The fund's deteriorating flows, the parent company's ETF closures, and high decay risk make it unsuitable for buy-and-hold strategies. Current technical strength in the underlying Apple stock does not offset the structural and liquidity risks inherent to this vehicle.
Technical Analysis
Trend Direction
| Timeframe | Assessment | Notes | |-----------|-----------|-------| | Short-term (1-4 weeks) | BULLISH | Price $46.75 trading 2.5% above 20-SMA ($45.25) and above all major moving averages. Steep uptrend structure with EMA 12 ($45.43) > EMA 26 ($44.57) | | Medium-term (1-3 months) | BULLISH | Price firmly above 50-SMA ($42.45, +10.1% distance) and 200-SMA ($36.35, +28.6% distance). All moving averages in bullish alignment | | Long-term (3-12 months) | BULLISH | Price trading 28.6% above 200-SMA indicates strong multi-month uptrend; 200-day MA slope positive |
Important Context: This technical strength reflects the underlying AAPL stock performance, not AAPU-specific factors. The leverage amplifies these moves.
Support/Resistance Levels
| Level | Type | Distance | Significance | |-------|------|----------|---------------| | $47.21 | Resistance (Upper Bollinger Band) | +0.96 (+2.1%) | Immediate technical ceiling; band squeeze in effect (width 8.65, suggesting low volatility regime) | | $45.25 | Support (20-SMA & BB Middle) | -1.50 (-3.2%) | Primary support; moving average cluster | | $43.29 | Support (Lower Bollinger Band) | -3.46 (-7.4%) | Secondary support; band floor | | $42.45 | Support (50-SMA) | -4.30 (-9.2%) | Intermediate-term moving average support | | $36.35 | Support (200-SMA) | -10.40 (-22.2%) | Major long-term support; significant distance suggests bullish intermediate regime |
Band Analysis: Bollinger Bands signal NEUTRAL with width of 8.65 representing mild squeeze (low volatility). Price is comfortably positioned between bands, indicating no immediate overbought/oversold extreme. However, the 2x leverage magnifies normal band dynamics.
Momentum Signals
RSI (14): 60.81 — NEUTRAL
- Reading between 50-70 indicates strong upward momentum without overbought conditions
- Plenty of room to move higher before triggering >70 overbought signal
- For a 2x leveraged fund, this suggests trend strength can continue
MACD: 0.86 (Line) vs 0.06 (Signal) — STRONG BULLISH
- MACD line significantly above signal line (histogram +0.80)
- Positive histogram expanding, not contracting, indicates accelerating bullish momentum
- This is one of the strongest technical signals in the data
Stochastic Oscillators: %K 75.98, %D 70.56 — OVERBOUGHT TERRITORY
- Both K and D lines above 70 indicate overbought momentum in a traditional sense
- However, K > D suggests momentum still climbing rather than rolling over
- For leveraged funds, this overbought reading is less reliable than for unlevered stocks (daily reset effects)
Williams %R: -23.18 — NEUTRAL TO BULLISH
- Reading above -30 (less negative) indicates price near recent highs with continued upside room
- Consistent with technical strength
Summary: Momentum indicators are predominantly bullish with MACD showing the strongest signal. The Stochastic overbought reading warrants monitoring for short-term pullback risk, but the overall momentum profile supports continued strength in the near term.
Volume Analysis
| Metric | Value | Interpretation | |--------|-------|-----------------| | Current Volume vs 20-SMA | Not explicitly stated | Need daily volume comparison; data only provides SMA (950,661.95) | | Volume Rate of Change | -34.18% | SIGNIFICANT RED FLAG: Volume declining sharply, suggesting weakening conviction behind rally | | On-Balance Volume | 105,466,100.40 | Cumulative positive; indicates net accumulation over analyzed period | | Trend vs Volume | Price ↑ / Volume ↓ | Bearish Divergence: Rallies on declining volume often exhaust quickly |
Critical Interpretation: The -34.18% volume rate of change is concerning. While price has rallied to new levels, institutional conviction is diminishing. This is a classic setup for either consolidation or sharp pullback. The high IV premium (28.8% above HV30) suggests options traders are pricing in expectation of volatility spike—possibly in either direction.
Institutional Activity Signal: Declining volume on an up-move typically precedes either:
- Continuation after consolidation (if support holds), or
- Reversal (if support breaks)
This ambiguity reflects the technical consolidation (ADX 15.16 = range regime).
News & Sentiment Analysis
Recent Headlines Summary
| Headline | Date | Sentiment | Relevance to AAPU | |----------|------|-----------|-------------------| | Direxion Closing Three ETFs | 10/04/2025 | NEGATIVE | CRITICAL: Direct threat to fund viability and investor confidence | | 3 Best Inverse/Leveraged ETF Areas | 06/17/2024 | NEUTRAL | Generic commentary; outdated (18+ months) | | 4 Best Inverse/Leveraged ETF Areas | 04/15/2024 | NEUTRAL | Generic commentary; outdated (21+ months) | | Big Tech/Google AI to iPhone | 04/05/2024 | NEUTRAL | Positive for AAPL fundamentals, not AAPU specifically | | Leveraged/Inverse Single Stock ETFs | 03/25/2024 | NEUTRAL | Educational; no specific catalyst | | Warren Buffet Apple Stake Concern | 03/06/2024 | NEUTRAL | Negative for AAPL sentiment, indirect impact on AAPU |
Sentiment Assessment
Aggregate News Sentiment: NEGATIVE (Structural) / NEUTRAL (Market)
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Critical Finding: The 10/04/2025 Direxion closure announcement is the most material news for AAPU holders. Fund closures create:
- Forced liquidation pressure (accelerating outflows)
- Regulatory/operational uncertainty
- Potential redemption constraints
- Liquidity risk spike
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Market-Level Sentiment: Apple/tech headlines from mid-2024 are largely neutral to positive. The Google AI partnership potential and leverage/inverse ETF commentary provide no directional catalyst.
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Sentiment-Technical Divergence: Technical indicators show bullish momentum (MACD, MA alignment), but news environment—especially the ETF closure announcement—suggests caution. This disconnect is significant.
Catalyst Identification
Immediate (1-7 days):
- Direxion ETF closure announcement execution details (redem
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AAPU Options Activity & IV Rank
AAPU IV rank history, 52-week IV rank and IV percentile →
Volatility Metrics
Current IV: 53.6%
7-DTE IV: —
Expected Move: $5.75
7-DTE Move: $5.75
Days to Exp: 29 (2026-11-20)
Options Flow
Call Volume: 463
Put Volume: 211
P/C Volume: 0.456
BULLISH
Call OI: 2,673
Put OI: 1,537
P/C OI: 0.575
Total OI: 4,210
ATM Options Pricing
ATM Call: $2.55
ATM Put: $3.20
Call %: 5.4%
Put %: 6.7%
Chain Summary
Chain Volume: 3,718
Chain OI: 29,938
Last Updated: 10/22/2026
Spread Scanner GPU
Each spread is ranked by a composite score built in three stages. Full documentation →
Stage 1 — Base Score (GPU scanner)
score = P(profit) × (credit / spread_width)
P(profit) from short leg delta (1 − |delta|), penalised above 85%. Credit uses mid-price to handle illiquid chains fairly.
Stage 2 — Skew Adjustment (±25% cap)
RR and BF (30-delta) from the persisted per-symbol skew snapshot — wing strikes picked by real greeks.delta, not a moneyness proxy. Put skew boosts bull puts, penalises bear calls. High butterfly boosts iron condors. Calendars are skew-neutral.
Stage 3 — Technical Overlay (±50% cap, 5 groups)
Group 1 · Directional Bias (±0.25)
- RSI <40 bullish / >60 bearish
- MACD crossover + histogram trend
- Price vs SMA 50 & SMA 200
Group 2 · Momentum (±0.10)
- Stochastic %K <20 / >80
- Williams %R <−80 / >−20
Group 3 · Volatility (up to −0.25 / +0.15)
- Blended ATR + straddle expected-move penalty
- Bollinger Band signal (+ counter-trend penalty)
- BB width — vol contraction boost for ICs
Group 4 · IV Regime (±0.15)
- IV rank ≥ 75 → strong boost for credit spreads
- IV rank < 25 → penalty (selling cheap vol)
Group 5 · Liquidity (penalty up to −0.10)
- Min open interest across all legs
- OI < 100 → −0.10 · OI < 500 → −0.05
score = base_score × skew_multiplier × tech_multiplier
Both multipliers are shown per spread. Beta is informational only — ATR already captures realized vol. Full algorithm documentation →
Enter a ticker to scan for optimal spread opportunities.
Evaluates all bull put, bear call, iron condor, and calendar spread combinations using GPU-accelerated analysis.
Dealer Positioning
TYPICAL γ
Estimated net dealer gamma is at the 32nd percentile of this name's own daily history, within its typical range. This describes current positioning; it is not a forecast or a trading signal.
Gamma percentile
32%
vs own history
GEX tilt
+0.33
OI-weighted, today
Vanna tilt
-0.19
δ-sensitivity to IV
Charm tilt
+0.02
δ-decay vs time
? What is this?
· 44 ATM contracts, 9k total OI
Net dealer gamma is an estimate of the aggregate gamma held by options market makers across this name's option chain, weighted by open interest. Dealer positions aren't public, so it uses a standard simplifying assumption: dealers are treated as long the calls and short the puts that are open. Actual dealer books can differ.
Gamma percentile ranks today's estimate against this name's own daily history, from 0% (the lowest reading on record) to 100% (the highest). Raw gamma scales with how much open interest a chain carries, so it isn't comparable across names; the percentile is. The badge marks the bottom 20% as low and the top 20% as high.
Tilts run from −1 to +1 and show how lopsided the estimated dealer exposure is. GEX tilt compares call gamma with put gamma. Vanna tilt describes how the hedge would shift if implied volatility changed, and charm tilt how it would shift with the passage of time.
This card describes estimated positioning and where it sits historically. It is not a forecast of price direction or volatility and not a trading signal. Market-wide view: Dealer positioning screener.
Skew (Wing IV − ATM IV)
DTE:
Wing Δ:
Wing vs ATM
IV(put wing) − IV(ATM), in vol pointsHow much the OTM put trades above (or below) the at-the-money strike. Measures the height of the put-side tail relative to ATM — i.e. how expensive crash insurance is on this name.
- Positive (typical) — wing IV > ATM IV. Standard equity put skew: portfolios bid up crash protection, so OTM puts trade richer than ATM.
- Near zero or negative (unusual) — wing IV ≤ ATM IV. Flat or inverted put side. Common when there's no fear demand, in tightly mean-reverting names, or right after an earnings catalyst clears.
- Percentile vs own 3-yr history: high = wings rich (good time to sell wing premium); low = wings cheap (good time to buy protection).
- Not directional — high or low wings don't predict up or down moves. It's a price tag on tail insurance, not a forecast.
Risk Reversal
IV(call wing) − IV(put wing), equal delta on each sideWhich side of the smile is the market paying up for? Measures the tilt of the surface — call skew vs put skew at matched deltas.
- Negative (typical) — puts richer than calls. Standard equity behavior: hedging demand makes puts carry a premium. Most large-caps sit in the −1 to −5 vol-point range.
- Strongly negative (< −5 pts) — heavy downside hedging, elevated fear, or an upcoming catalyst (earnings, FDA, macro event). Worth flagging.
- Positive — calls richer than puts. Unusual for equities; signals bullish momentum, short-squeeze positioning, or takeover/M&A speculation.
- Near zero — symmetric surface. Market sees roughly equal up/down risk. Rare for large-caps; more common in commodities and FX.
Reading them together
Wing-vs-ATM tells you how expensive the tails are. Risk Reversal tells you which side is favored. Combined:
- High wing percentile + deeply negative RR → strong put bid; stress or major event priced in. Owning protection costs a premium; selling put premium is dangerous.
- Low wing percentile + near-zero RR → complacency; insurance cheap and balanced. Good environment to add cheap downside hedges.
- Positive RR + elevated wings → call-side fear-of-missing-out; common in squeeze setups. Upside calls expensive, downside puts not bid.
14 DTE / 10d
—
—
pts
EXTREME
No data
30 DTE / 10d
62%
+11.7
pts
EXTREME
ATM 53.3% / Wing 65.1%
Extreme reading.
Historically these have been contrarian — on the small set of observed earnings-day cases, large negative wing-vs-ATM gaps (calls pricing much richer than puts at the same delta) preceded sharp drops in the underlying within 1-12 days. Not financial advice and the dataset is small.
Percentile is the rank of today's reading within ~3 years of this symbol's own history. High percentile = wings are rich relative to history; not a directional signal. Skew is read off the chain in real time, not from CBOE SKEW.
Volatility Surface
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Volatility Smile
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IV Rank (7 DTE)
IV Rank (30 DTE)60.6MediumOct 22
Straddle Price (30 DTE)$5.75Oct 22
Beta Analysis
Risk Metrics
Beta: 1.1373
Alpha: 32.35%
Correlation: 0.3011
R-Squared: 9.1%
Stock Volatility: 48.2%
Market Volatility: 12.8%
Analysis Details
Benchmark: SPY
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Interpretation:
Above average volatility - stock moves with market amplification
Above average volatility - stock moves with market amplification
Beta & Alpha Over Time
AAPU Institutional Ownership (13F)
Latest filings — 2026-06-30Institutional managers with $100M+ AUM file Form 13F-HR quarterly, due 45 days after quarter end. Holdings are reported gross at quarter-end market value — they are a snapshot, not a real-time position.
- Shares — long equity positions in this name, aggregated across share classes.
- Calls / Puts — notional value of long call / put exposure where this ticker is the underlying.
- % of Float — holder's reported shares divided by the latest diluted shares outstanding. Sums above 100% indicate large custodian / prime broker positions where the same shares are reported by multiple filers.
- Custodian badge — filers with more than 5,000 holdings are typically broker-dealers / custodians reporting customer-held shares, not active managers.
Each filer is counted once at its latest 13F-HR filing. New filings are ingested on a weekly cadence.
6 filers$23.17M notional
| # | Filer | Notional Value | % of Total | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Citadel Advisors LLC Custodian | $8.87M | 38.26% | 2026-06-30 |
| 2 | Belvedere Trading LLC | $8.08M | 34.86% | 2026-06-30 |
| 3 | Susquehanna International Group, LLP Custodian | $3.83M | 16.52% | 2026-06-30 |
| 4 | Jane Street Group, LLC Custodian | $1.79M | 7.70% | 2026-06-30 |
| 5 | IMC-Chicago, LLC Custodian | $508.86K | 2.20% | 2026-06-30 |
| 6 | GROUP ONE TRADING LLC Custodian | $104.48K | 0.45% | 2026-06-30 |
6 filers$16.63M notional
| # | Filer | Notional Value | % of Total | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IMC-Chicago, LLC Custodian | $10.31M | 61.99% | 2026-06-30 |
| 2 | Susquehanna International Group, LLP Custodian | $2.32M | 13.92% | 2026-06-30 |
| 3 | Citadel Advisors LLC Custodian | $2.23M | 13.42% | 2026-06-30 |
| 4 | GROUP ONE TRADING LLC Custodian | $1.11M | 6.67% | 2026-06-30 |
| 5 | Jane Street Group, LLC Custodian | $659.04K | 3.96% | 2026-06-30 |
| 6 | Belvedere Trading LLC | $6.97K | 0.04% | 2026-06-30 |
Short Interest & Float
Regulatory short-interest reports publish on a bi-weekly settlement cadence; short-volume is reported daily by the trade-reporting facilities. Float is derived from insider-ownership filings.
Metric definitions
- Short Interest — total shares currently sold short as of the settlement date. Lags real time by ~8 business days.
- SI % of Float — short interest / free float. The key crowding metric.
- Days to Cover — short interest / avg daily volume. How many full trading days it would take shorts to buy back. High DTC + catalyst = squeeze fuel.
- Short Vol Ratio — today's short-sale volume / total volume. Intraday selling pressure proxy (not the same as short interest).
- Free Float — shares available for public trading (total shares minus insider / restricted).
- Float % — free float / shares outstanding. <50% = tightly held, more prone to squeezes.
How to read the signals
- SI % of Float < 5% — typical, no particular signal.
- 5–15% — elevated; watch for catalysts (earnings, guidance, macro).
- 15–30% — heavily shorted; tight-float names in this range have produced notable squeezes historically.
- >30% — extreme; borrow is likely expensive and squeeze risk is material.
- Days to Cover > 5 combined with high SI% amplifies squeeze potential.
History chart
- Trend matters more than level. Rapidly rising short interest often precedes negative catalysts or heavy hedging.
- A sudden drop in SI after a rally may indicate a squeeze in progress.
Short interest is reported mid-month and end-of-month; short volume is daily.
Short Interest
788.87K
SI % of Float
—
Days to Cover
1.00
Short Vol Ratio
55.3%
Free Float
—
Float %
—
Short interest 2026-09-30 • Short volume 2026-10-21
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