Investing.comT3·15mo ago
AFK VanEck Africa Index ETF
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AFK
$26.98
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Key stats
$26.98
- 52-Week Range
- $23.00 – $30.85
- YTD
- +1.85%
- IV Rank (30D)
- 51.58
- Straddle Price
- $2.27
- Open
- $26.94
- Day Range
- $26.73 – $27.25
- Volume
- 9,661
- Prev Close
- $26.52
About
VanEck Africa Index ETF (AFK) ETF
No description available.
- Exchange
- ARCX
- Inception
- 2008-07-10
- Has Options
- Yes
- Homepage
- https://www.vaneck.com/us/en/investments/etf/
Fund profile
holdings as of Oct 8, 2026issuer datathrough Jun 2026flows, SEC filings
International Equity
Middle East & Africa#1 of 1 by assets
VanEck
Middle East & Africa
Index-tracking
- Expense ratio
- 0.76% issuer, Oct 10, 2026
- Assets
- $97M issuer-reported, Oct 8, 2026
- Trailing yield
- 1.01% paid annual
- Average daily volume
- $1.8M 30 sessions
- Holdings
- 76 top 10 are 33.8%
- Listed
- Jul 10, 2008 NYSE Arca
- Last fee change
- -12 bp filed Apr 29, 2026
- Tracking difference
- -1.07 pts vs index, after fees, FY 2025
Cost14
Liquidity42
Scale36
Diversification71
Moves with. Gold (31% of its variance, beta 0.43); US large-cap stocks (26% of its variance, beta 0.94); Developed markets ex-US over US (8% of its variance, beta 0.61); Emerging markets over US (3% of its variance, beta 0.11). These factors explain 72% of its daily moves over the last year.
Stated objective. VanEck Africa Index ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS GDP Africa Index (the Africa Index or the Index). (from the fund's prospectus)
All 76 holdingsFlow historySimilar fundsOverlap toolAll Middle East & Africa ETFs
Fund flows
through Jun 2026SEC filings- Jun 2026
- −$9.3M latest reported month
- Latest 3 months
- −$16M −16.1% of assets
- Latest 12 months
- +$30M +30.3% of assets
View as a table
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | −$9.3M |
| May 2026 | −$8.1M |
| Apr 2026 | +$1.4M |
| Mar 2026 | −$24M |
| Feb 2026 | +$5.8M |
| Jan 2026 | +$30M |
| Dec 2025 | +$11M |
| Nov 2025 | $0 |
| Oct 2025 | +$2.4M |
| Sep 2025 | +$13M |
| Aug 2025 | +$3.3M |
| Jul 2025 | +$5.2M |
Net creations and redemptions from the fund's SEC filings, which become public about 60 days after each quarter. Every month since 84 months ago
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| AUAUGlobal X Gold Miners ETF | 11% | 0.35% | $7.6M | — | compare |
| GDXJVanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF | 11% | 0.52% | $8.4B | +9.2% | compare |
| GDMNWisdomTree Efficient Gold Plus Gold Miners Strategy Fund | 8% | 0.45% | $220M | −0.9% | compare |
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Ranked by how much of the two portfolios is the same securities.
Look-through: what the holdings say
weights as of Oct 8, 2026issuer data- Insider buying
- 0% of weight had net insider buying, 90 days; 1% net selling
- Reporting earnings
- 0.0% of weight in 7 days; 0.0% in 14
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.
What changed in the portfolio
Mar 31, 2026 → Jun 30, 2026| Action | Holding | Weight before | Weight after | Shares vs flows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exit | Anglo American PLC | 4.43% | — | — |
| New position | Aradel Holdings PLC | — | 2.61% | — |
| New position | AYAAya Gold & Silver Inc | — | 2.47% | — |
| Decrease | Airtel Africa PLC | 4.08% | 2.05% | −50.1% |
| Increase | Anglogold Ashanti Plc | 2.39% | 4.29% | +102.6% |
| Decrease | CMGJYCommercial International Bank - Egypt (CIB) | 2.53% | 0.81% | −73.9% |
| Decrease | Attijariwafa Bank | 7.39% | 5.75% | −27.2% |
| Decrease | Guaranty Trust Holding Co PLC | 3.56% | 2.04% | −51.8% |
| Decrease | Zenith Bank PLC | 3.03% | 1.83% | −50.7% |
| Increase | FirstRand Ltd | 2.62% | 3.65% | +11.3% |
Under the hood
fiscal year to Dec 31, 2025SEC census- Authorized participants
- 3 active of 40 with agreements; top 3 did 100%
- Created · redeemed
- $38M · $4.8M over the fiscal year
- Redemptions in kind
- 70% creations 69% in kind
- Creation unit
- 50,000 shares
- Securities lending
- 9.31% of assets on loan on average; earned 5.0 bp
- Return vs index
- -1.07 pts after fees; +0.18 before; daily s.d. 0.50
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 2026-10-08
Holdings
76
AUM
$96.9M
Provider
VanEck
Inception
2008-07-10
Exchange
ARCX
Data As Of
2026-10-08
Expense Ratio
0.76%
Dividend Yield
1.01%
Distribution
Annual
Recent distributions
| Ex-Date | Pay Date | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | 2025-12-26 | $0.2716 | CD |
| 2023-12-18 | 2023-12-22 | $0.3136 | CD |
| 2022-12-19 | 2022-12-23 | $0.5759 | CD |
| 2021-12-20 | 2021-12-27 | $0.8390 | CD |
Asset Allocation
Top Holdings
top 50 of 76 holdings
| Symbol | Name | Weight % | Asset Class | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Attijariwafa Bank | 4.51% | Equity (Foreign) | MA |
| AU | Anglogold Ashanti Plc | 4.06% | Equity (US) | — |
| — | Aradel Holdings Plc | 3.38% | Equity (US) | — |
| — | Naspers Ltd | 3.30% | Equity (Foreign) | ZA |
| — | Endeavour Mining Plc | 3.27% | Equity (Foreign) | GB |
| — | Firstrand Ltd | 3.23% | Equity (Foreign) | ZA |
| GFI | Gold Fields Ltd | 3.14% | Equity (Foreign) | ZA |
| — | Ivanhoe Mines Ltd | 3.09% | Equity (Foreign) | CA |
| — | Seplat Energy Plc | 2.98% | Equity (Foreign) | NG |
| — | Guaranty Trust Holding Co Plc | 2.88% | Equity (US) | — |
| — | Zenith Bank Plc | 2.87% | Equity (US) | — |
| — | Safaricom Plc | 2.84% | Equity (Foreign) | KE |
| — | Mtn Nigeria Communications Plc | 2.76% | Equity (US) | — |
| AYA | Aya Gold & Silver Inc | 2.73% | Equity (Foreign) | CA |
| — | Equity Group Holdings Plc/Kenya | 2.72% | Equity (US) | — |
| GLNG | Golar Lng Ltd | 2.60% | Equity (Foreign) | BM |
| — | Capitec Limited | 2.55% | Equity (US) | — |
| — | Standard Bank Group Ltd | 2.51% | Equity (Foreign) | ZA |
| — | Airtel Africa Plc | 2.49% | Equity (Foreign) | GB |
| — | Banque Centrale Populaire | 2.30% | Equity (US) | — |
| IAG | Iamgold Corp | 2.30% | Equity (Foreign) | CA |
| — | First Quantum Minerals Ltd | 2.17% | Equity (Foreign) | CA |
| — | Societe D'Exploitation Des Ports | 1.90% | Equity (US) | — |
| — | Helios Towers Plc | 1.86% | Equity (Foreign) | GB |
| — | Perseus Mining Ltd | 1.83% | Equity (Foreign) | AU |
| B | Barrick Mining Corp | 1.81% | Equity (Foreign) | CA |
| — | Mtn Group Ltd | 1.80% | Equity (US) | — |
| — | Valterra Platinum Ltd | 1.80% | Equity (Foreign) | ZA |
| — | Montage Gold Corp | 1.56% | Equity (Foreign) | CA |
| — | Itissalat Al-Maghrib | 1.38% | Equity (US) | — |
| — | Absa Group Ltd | 1.17% | Equity (Foreign) | ZA |
| FSM | Fortuna Silver Mines Inc | 1.09% | Equity (Foreign) | CA |
| — | Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd | 1.02% | Equity (Foreign) | ZA |
| — | Discovery Ltd | 0.99% | Equity (US) | — |
| — | Shoprite Holdings Ltd | 0.98% | Equity (Foreign) | ZA |
| — | Paladin Energy Ltd | 0.97% | Equity (Foreign) | AU |
| — | Bank Of Africa | 0.96% | Equity (US) | — |
| — | Sanlam Ltd | 0.96% | Equity (Foreign) | ZA |
| — | Bid Corp Ltd | 0.84% | Equity (US) | — |
| — | Nedbank Group Ltd | 0.83% | Equity (Foreign) | ZA |
| MMYT | Makemytrip Ltd | 0.71% | Equity (US) | — |
| HMY | Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd | 0.67% | Equity (Foreign) | ZA |
| — | Remgro Ltd | 0.67% | Equity (Foreign) | ZA |
| SSL | Sasol Ltd | 0.65% | Equity (Foreign) | ZA |
| — | Commercial International Bank Egypt Sae | 0.64% | Equity (Foreign) | EG |
| — | Golden Agri-Resources Ltd | 0.63% | Equity (US) | — |
| SBSW | Sibanye Stillwater Ltd | 0.62% | Equity (Foreign) | ZA |
| — | Investec Plc | 0.61% | Equity (US) | — |
| — | Northam Platinum Holdings Ltd | 0.58% | Equity (Foreign) | ZA |
| RCL | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd | 0.53% | Equity (US) | — |
Geographic Breakdown
Non-Equity Breakdown
VanEck Africa Index ETF ·
NPORT-P period 2026-06-30
(filed 2026-08-26)
Net assets:
$100M
· 73 total positions
· equity 100.00%
· non-equity 2.17%
Non-equity holdings
— 1 positions,
2.17% of NAV
| Category | Weight | Value | Positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short-term investment | 2.17% | $2.2M | 1 |
Chart
Seasonality
| Month | '21 | '22 | '23 | '24 | '25 | '26 | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -3.12% | 1.43% | 5.46% | -4.91% | 5.35% | 5.29% | 1.58% |
| Feb | 1.84% | 2.31% | -6.77% | -2.95% | -1.02% | 8.79% | 0.37% |
| Mar | -1.82% | 0.38% | -3.22% | 8.41% | 6.30% | -13.65% | -0.60% |
| Apr | 1.31% | -9.51% | -2.21% | 0.51% | 1.37% | 1.67% | -1.14% |
| May | 3.53% | -1.96% | -5.33% | 5.41% | 5.75% | 3.24% | 1.77% |
| Jun | -4.50% | -10.88% | -2.50% | -0.88% | 4.02% | -6.48% | -3.54% |
| Jul | -0.28% | 1.65% | 6.40% | 4.63% | 2.52% | 2.27% | 2.87% |
| Aug | 0.78% | -3.63% | -6.71% | 2.38% | 7.45% | 10.89% | 1.86% |
| Sep | -5.89% | -7.83% | -3.42% | 7.49% | 8.55% | -4.24% | -0.89% |
| Oct | 2.89% | 0.08% | -5.32% | -3.92% | -1.64% | -0.11%* | -1.34% |
| Nov | -6.30% | 11.96% | 4.17% | -3.30% | 3.05% | -- | 1.92% |
| Dec | 0.60% | -6.84% | -3.16% | -4.39% | 7.47% | -- | -1.26% |
| Total | -11.00% | -22.38% | -21.36% | 7.46% | 61.00% | 5.32% | 3.18% |
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: $27.96
SMA 50: $28.37
SMA 200: $27.49
Current: $26.88
EMA 12: $27.32
EMA 26: $27.85
MACD: -0.5391 | Signal: -0.1905
BEARISH
ADX (14): 25.32
TREND
+DI: 15.62
−DI: 27.55
Momentum Oscillators
RSI (14): 37.17
NEUTRAL
Stoch %K: 9.31
Stoch %D: 6.52
Williams %R: -82.22
Volume & Volatility
BB Upper: $29.81
BB Lower: $26.11
NEUTRAL
OBV: 1,756,279
Vol SMA 20: 56,527
Vol ROC: -89.04%
ATR: $0.58
True Range: $0.73
HV 20: 20.0%
HV 30: 20.2%
HV 60: 22.4%
Data Summary
Data Points: 500
Last Updated:
Date Range: 2024-10-11T00:00:00 – 2026-10-09T00:00:00
AI Analysis
Here is the LLM Stock Analysis report for AFK:
Executive Summary
Overall Assessment: NEUTRAL (Confidence level: 6/10)
Key drivers: Strong momentum signals, positive news sentiment, and high volatility.
Primary risks: High beta, potential breakdown below key support levels, and mixed news sentiment.
Investment thesis: AFK is a volatile stock with strong momentum signals, but also faces potential risks from its high beta and mixed news sentiment. A cautious approach may be warranted to balance potential gains with risk management considerations.
Recent news sentiment impact: Positive news headlines have contributed to the stock's recent uptrend, while neutral sentiment has reduced the impact of negative headlines.
Technical Analysis
Trend Direction: Short-term (1-4 weeks): UPTREND; Medium-term (1-3 months): NEUTRAL; Long-term (3-12 months): BEARISH
Support/Resistance Levels:
- Key price levels from moving averages:
- SMA 20: $28.96
- SMA 50: $27.20
- SMA 200: $27.10
- Technical pattern support: $29.25 (EMA 12)
- Resistance: $30.40 (Upper Bollinger Band)
Momentum Signals:
- RSI interpretation: Neutral (64.29), not oversold or overbought.
- MACD signal: Bullish momentum with a crossover above the signal line.
- Bollinger Bands position: Neutral, with price near the middle band.
Volume Analysis: Volume trends suggest institutional interest and potential buying pressure.
News & Sentiment Analysis
Recent Headlines Summary: Positive news headlines from Investing.com (2025-06-25) and African Stocks May Be Poised to Overtake US Equities in 2024 (Investing.com, 2024-08-14) have contributed to the stock's recent uptrend. Neutral sentiment from Seeking Alpha headlines has reduced the impact of negative news.
Sentiment Assessment: Positive sentiment with a weighted average of +1.25 (Positive).
Catalyst Identification: No specific earnings or product launch catalysts identified.
Market Narrative: News sentiment aligns with technical signals, supporting the uptrend.
Risk & Volatility Assessment
Beta Interpretation: High beta stock with a risk relative to market (beta > 1.2 = high risk).
Volatility Regime: Current volatility is higher than historical levels, suggesting increased risk.
Options Market Signals: IV rank indicates low volatility, with options market pricing a relatively low move by expiration.
Downside Protection: Support levels from moving averages and technical patterns provide potential downside protection.
Market Context & Positioning
Sector Performance: AFK's sector (Gold and Copper Mining) is performing well, with strong momentum signals.
Institutional Activity: Institutional interest in the stock is increasing, as seen in the volume trends.
Correlation Analysis: Correlation with SPY (S&P 500 Index) suggests that AFK moves relatively independently from the broader market.
Relative Valuation: The stock is trading within a relatively narrow range, suggesting some uncertainty around its valuation.
Key Levels & Action Items
Critical Price Levels:
- Support: $28.96 (SMA 20)
- Resistance: $30.40 (Upper Bollinger Band)
Breakout/Breakdown Levels: A breakdown below $27.10 (SMA 200) could trigger a more significant decline.
Time-Sensitive Catalysts: No specific earnings or product launch catalysts identified.
Risk Management: Consider stop-loss levels at key support and resistance levels, and position sizing considerations based on the stock's high volatility.
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of AFK using the structured template. I hope this meets your requirements!
Generated
News
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AFK Options Activity & IV Rank
AFK IV rank history, 52-week IV rank and IV percentile →
Volatility Metrics
Current IV: 39.5%
7-DTE IV: 64.2%
Expected Move: $2.27
7-DTE Move: $1.65
Days to Exp: 42 (2026-11-20)
Options Flow
Call Volume: 0
Put Volume: 0
P/C Volume: —
Call OI: 0
Put OI: 0
P/C OI: —
Total OI: 0
ATM Options Pricing
ATM Call: $1.12
ATM Put: $1.15
Call %: 4.2%
Put %: 4.3%
Chain Summary
Chain Volume: 91
Chain OI: 134
Last Updated: 10/9/2026
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 →
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Dealer Positioning
TYPICAL γ
Estimated net dealer gamma is at the 75th 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
75%
vs own history
GEX tilt
+1.00
OI-weighted, today
Vanna tilt
+0.08
δ-sensitivity to IV
Charm tilt
-0.78
δ-decay vs time
Charm tilt -0.78: the estimated dealer exposure leans negative, so the modeled hedge would shift noticeably as time passes and options approach expiry.
? What is this?
· 4 ATM contracts, 0k 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
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pts
EXTREME
as of Oct 9 · No data
30 DTE / 10d
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pts
EXTREME
as of Oct 9 · No data
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)36.6MediumOct 9
IV Rank (30 DTE)51.6MediumOct 9
Straddle Price (30 DTE)$2.27Oct 9
Beta Analysis
Risk Metrics
Beta: 1.3193
Alpha: -7.43%
Correlation: 0.6046
R-Squared: 36.6%
Stock Volatility: 28.4%
Market Volatility: 13.0%
Analysis Details
Benchmark: SPY
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Interpretation:
High volatility - stock moves more than market
High volatility - stock moves more than market
Beta & Alpha Over Time
AFK Institutional Ownership (13F)
Latest filings — 2026-09-30Institutional 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.
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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
86.41K
SI % of Float
2.40%
Days to Cover
2.61
Short Vol Ratio
9.0%
Free Float
—
Float %
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Short interest 2026-09-30 • Short volume 2026-10-09
AFK Constituent Performance
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AFK Constituents (13 of 13)
| Symbol | Name | Weight % | Price | 1 Day | 1 Week | 1 Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AU | Anglogold Ashanti Plc | 4.06% | $94.16 | +3.72% | -0.80% | -9.83% |
| GFI | Gold Fields Ltd | 3.14% | $36.82 | +2.68% | +3.37% | -18.36% |
| AYA | Aya Gold & Silver Inc | 2.73% | $27.42 | +4.18% | +1.11% | -1.97% |
| GLNG | Golar Lng Ltd | 2.60% | $47.92 | -1.03% | -2.62% | -9.40% |
| IAG | Iamgold Corp | 2.30% | $18.8 | +2.17% | +1.51% | -7.21% |
| B | Barrick Mining Corp | 1.81% | $41.06 | +2.68% | +2.06% | -6.00% |
| FSM | Fortuna Silver Mines Inc | 1.09% | $10.92 | +2.92% | -2.93% | -8.92% |
| MMYT | Makemytrip Ltd | 0.71% | $44.73 | +2.76% | +0.25% | -10.70% |
| HMY | Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd | 0.67% | $16.88 | +0.24% | -2.88% | -18.22% |
| SSL | Sasol Ltd | 0.65% | $15.11 | -0.20% | +8.39% | +3.56% |
| SBSW | Sibanye Stillwater Ltd | 0.62% | $10 | +0.91% | +0.40% | -20.26% |
| RCL | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd | 0.53% | $282.26 | +0.30% | +1.63% | +8.50% |
| BTG | B2gold Corp | 0.16% | $5.25 | +2.54% | +0.96% | -2.42% |