ESPO VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF
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- 52-Week Range
- $84.93 – $116.51
- YTD
- -5.44%
- IV Rank (30D)
- 33.24
- Straddle Price
- $0.00
- Open
- $99.46
- Day Range
- $98.99 – $99.46
- Volume
- 18,452
- Prev Close
- $99.09
VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF (ESPO) ETF
No description available.
- Exchange
- XNAS
- Inception
- 2018-10-16
- Has Options
- Yes
- Homepage
- https://www.vaneck.com/us/en/investments/etf/
- Expense ratio
- 0.55% issuer, Oct 27, 2026
- Assets
- $254M issuer-reported, Oct 23, 2026
- Trailing yield
- 1.30% paid annual
- Average daily volume
- $1.3M 30 sessions
- Holdings
- 27 top 10 are 60.3%
- Listed
- Oct 16, 2018 Nasdaq
- Last fee change
- -1 bp filed Jan 27, 2026
- Tracking difference
- -0.51 pts vs index, after fees, FY 2025
Moves with. US large-cap stocks (21% of its variance, beta 0.65); Developed markets ex-US over US (5% of its variance, beta 0.53); Value over growth (5% of its variance, beta -0.19). These factors explain 33% of its daily moves over the last year, so most of what drives this fund is something else.
Stated objective. VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS Global Video Gaming & eSports Index (the eSports Index or the Index). (from the fund's prospectus)
All 27 holdingsFlow historySimilar fundsOverlap toolAll Gaming & Betting ETFs
- Jun 2026
- −$4.3M latest reported month
- Latest 3 months
- −$22M −9.4% of assets
- Latest 12 months
- −$90M −37.6% of assets
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| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | −$4.3M |
| May 2026 | −$8.9M |
| Apr 2026 | −$9.2M |
| Mar 2026 | −$9.2M |
| Feb 2026 | −$14M |
| Jan 2026 | −$42M |
| Dec 2025 | −$11M |
| Nov 2025 | −$49M |
| Oct 2025 | −$17M |
| Sep 2025 | +$53M |
| Aug 2025 | +$17M |
| Jul 2025 | +$5.3M |
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
| Fund | Overlap | Fee | Assets | 1Y | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NERDRoundhill Video Games ETF | 24% | 0.50% | $14M | −15.5% | compare |
| HEROGlobal X Video Games & Esports ETF | 21% | 0.50% | $62M | −16.2% | compare |
| GENZVanEck ETF Trust VanEck Digital Native Economy ETF | 19% | 0.51% | $16M | — | compare |
| BNGEFirst Trust S-Network Streaming and Gaming ETF | 17% | 0.70% | $4.8M | −20.3% | compare |
| METVRoundhill Metaverse ETF | 15% | 0.59% | $219M | +2.4% | compare |
Ranked by how much of the two portfolios is the same securities.
- Insider buying
- 6% of weight had net insider buying, 90 days; 24% net selling
- Reporting earnings
- 7.0% of weight in 7 days; 17.3% 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.
| Action | Holding | Weight before | Weight after | Shares vs flows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Increase | Nintendo Co Ltd | 7.62% | 6.38% | +10.8% |
| Increase | RBLXROBLOX Corp | 5.87% | 7.01% | +21.3% |
| New position | Modern Times Group MTG AB | — | 1.09% | — |
| Exit | Koei Tecmo Holdings Co Ltd | 1.04% | — | — |
| Decrease | Square Enix Holdings Co Ltd | 1.98% | 1.39% | −26.7% |
| Decrease | International Games System Co Ltd | 4.90% | 4.34% | −17.1% |
| Decrease | UUnity Software Inc | 5.15% | 4.69% | −31.6% |
| Decrease | Aristocrat Leisure Ltd | 5.03% | 5.46% | −21.2% |
0 new, 0 exited, 0 increased and 0 decreased between the fund's two latest holdings reports; turnover 0.6%. Full holdings and history
- Authorized participants
- 4 active of 38 with agreements; top 3 did 97%
- Created · redeemed
- $115M · $21M over the fiscal year
- Redemptions in kind
- 91% creations 83% in kind
- Creation unit
- 50,000 shares
- Securities lending
- 6.68% of assets on loan on average; earned 1.8 bp
- Return vs index
- -0.51 pts after fees; +0.35 before; daily s.d. 0.91
- 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.
| Ex-Date | Pay Date | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | 2025-12-26 | $1.2890 | CD |
| 2024-12-23 | 2024-12-24 | $0.3650 | CD |
| 2023-12-18 | 2023-12-22 | $0.5422 | CD |
| 2022-12-19 | 2022-12-23 | $0.3917 | CD |
| 2021-12-20 | 2021-12-27 | $2.2287 | CD |
| Symbol | Name | Weight % | Asset Class | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Nintendo Co Ltd | 7.78% | Equity (Foreign) | JP |
| NTES | Netease Inc | 7.01% | Equity (US) | — |
| RBLX | Roblox Corp | 6.97% | Equity (US) | US |
| — | Tencent Holdings Ltd | 6.56% | Equity (US) | — |
| TTWO | Take-Two Interactive Software Inc | 6.13% | Equity (US) | US |
| GME | Gamestop Corp | 5.49% | Equity (US) | US |
| — | Aristocrat Leisure Ltd | 5.22% | Equity (Foreign) | AU |
| — | Bandai Namco Holdings Inc | 5.21% | Equity (Foreign) | JP |
| — | Konami Holdings Corp | 5.08% | Equity (Foreign) | JP |
| — | Cd Projekt Red Sa | 4.84% | Equity (Foreign) | PL |
| — | International Games System Co Ltd | 4.74% | Equity (Foreign) | TW |
| — | Capcom Co Ltd | 4.31% | Equity (Foreign) | JP |
| U | Unity Software Inc | 4.22% | Equity (US) | US |
| — | Micro-Star International Co Ltd | 4.03% | Equity (Foreign) | TW |
| — | Krafton Inc | 3.94% | Equity (Foreign) | KR |
| — | Nexon Co Ltd | 3.63% | Equity (Foreign) | JP |
| — | Kingsoft Corp Ltd | 2.58% | Equity (US) | — |
| — | Square Enix Holdings Co Ltd | 2.46% | Equity (Foreign) | JP |
| — | China Ruyi Holdings Ltd | 1.73% | Equity (US) | — |
| — | Ncsoft Corp | 1.58% | Equity (US) | — |
| — | Xd Inc | 1.43% | Equity (US) | — |
| — | Embracer Group Ab | 1.36% | Equity (Foreign) | SE |
| — | Koei Tecmo Holdings Co Ltd | 1.29% | Equity (Foreign) | JP |
| — | Vivendi Se | 1.20% | Equity (Foreign) | FR |
| — | Modern Times Group Mtg Ab | 1.08% | Equity (Foreign) | SE |
| — | Other/Cash | 0.13% | Cash/Money Market | — |
| — | Cash | -0.00% | Cash/Money Market | US |
| Month | '21 | '22 | '23 | '24 | '25 | '26 | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.55% | -6.03% | 12.61% | 2.98% | 3.82% | -4.61% | 2.05% |
| Feb | -3.94% | -3.30% | -6.68% | 6.59% | 3.48% | -6.90% | -1.79% |
| Mar | -8.38% | -1.92% | 13.06% | -1.04% | -4.39% | -2.38% | -0.84% |
| Apr | 0.88% | -14.99% | -4.37% | -3.20% | 7.70% | 1.36% | -2.10% |
| May | 0.65% | 3.15% | 3.31% | 8.36% | 7.01% | -2.82% | 3.28% |
| Jun | 2.10% | -8.10% | 3.93% | 1.07% | 6.11% | -1.13% | 0.66% |
| Jul | -5.70% | 4.27% | 4.53% | 2.72% | -0.58% | 2.68% | 1.32% |
| Aug | 0.82% | -6.18% | -6.84% | 7.09% | 7.59% | 3.01% | 0.92% |
| Sep | -6.90% | -12.24% | -5.52% | 10.50% | 6.56% | -0.18% | -1.30% |
| Oct | 7.24% | -3.34% | -2.22% | -1.24% | -6.90% | 2.20%* | -0.71% |
| Nov | 3.26% | 11.58% | 9.34% | 13.36% | -2.42% | -- | 7.02% |
| Dec | -6.07% | -6.42% | 1.76% | -1.93% | -6.45% | -- | -3.82% |
| Total | -13.02% | -37.77% | 22.11% | 53.69% | 21.68% | -8.90% | 6.30% |
Quick-reference for reading the values below. Indicators combine to confirm a view — no single one is a trade signal on its own.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
Momentum Oscillators
Volume & Volatility
Data Summary
LLM Stock Analysis Report: ESPO
Executive Summary
BULLISH (confidence level: 7)
Key drivers:
- Bullish momentum signals from MACD and EMA indicators
- Neutral RSI reading suggests no strong buying pressure
- Moderate volatility, aligned with market conditions
Primary risks:
- Potential pullback to lower Bollinger Bands or SMA levels
- Volatility increase, impacting option premiums
Investment thesis: ESPO is a moderate-risk stock with a relatively stable price action. The recent MACD signal and EMA crossover suggest an uptrend, which can be sustained if volatility remains manageable.
Recent news sentiment impact: Neutral news headlines do not have a significant impact on the analysis, as they are unrelated to the stock's technical signals.
Technical Analysis
Trend Direction: Short-term (1-4 weeks): Uptrend; Medium-term (1-3 months): Uptrend
Support/Resistance Levels: Lower Bollinger Band: $88.13; Middle Band: $95.19; Upper Band: $102.26
Momentum Signals:
- RSI interpretation: 60.26 (neutral)
- MACD signal: Bullish momentum
- Bollinger Bands position: Neutral squeeze
News & Sentiment Analysis
Recent Headlines Summary: Neutral news headlines about partnerships and product launches have no significant impact on the analysis.
Sentiment Assessment: NEUTRAL
Catalyst Identification: None
Market Narrative: Technical signals remain dominant, while news sentiment is neutral.
Risk & Volatility Assessment
Risk Interpretation: Moderate risk relative to market (beta 0.86)
Volatility Regime: Current volatility levels are moderate, consistent with historical norms.
Options Market Signals: IV rank: Low; Put/call ratios: Neutral
Downside Protection: Support levels: Lower Bollinger Band ($88.13) and SMA 50 ($91.87); risk management considerations: stop-loss at $95.19 or below.
Market Context & Positioning
Sector Performance: ESPO is relatively strong within its sector.
Institutional Activity: Volume patterns suggest institutional interest, but no significant buying or selling pressure.
Correlation Analysis: R-squared interpretation: 0.55 (moderate correlation with market)
Relative Valuation: Position within trading range: ESPO is near the upper Bollinger Band ($102.26), suggesting potential for a pullback or mean reversion.
Key Levels & Action Items
Critical Price Levels:
- Lower Bollinger Band: $88.13
- Middle Band: $95.19
Breakout/Breakdown Levels:
- Upper Bollinger Band: $102.26 (breakout)
Time-Sensitive Catalysts: None
Risk Management: Stop-loss at $95.19 or below; consider scaling into positions if ESPO pulls back to lower support levels.
Please note that this report provides a comprehensive analysis of the stock, highlighting both bullish and bearish cases. The confidence level is 7 out of 10, reflecting moderate risk relative to market conditions.
ESPO Options Activity & IV Rank
ESPO IV rank history, 52-week IV rank and IV percentile →
Volatility Metrics
Options Flow
ATM Options Pricing
Chain Summary
Each spread is ranked by a composite score built in three stages. Full documentation →
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.
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.
- RSI <40 bullish / >60 bearish
- MACD crossover + histogram trend
- Price vs SMA 50 & SMA 200
- Stochastic %K <20 / >80
- Williams %R <−80 / >−20
- Blended ATR + straddle expected-move penalty
- Bollinger Band signal (+ counter-trend penalty)
- BB width — vol contraction boost for ICs
- IV rank ≥ 75 → strong boost for credit spreads
- IV rank < 25 → penalty (selling cheap vol)
- 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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Evaluates all bull put, bear call, iron condor, and calendar spread combinations using GPU-accelerated analysis.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Enter a ticker to render the implied volatility smile.
Risk Metrics
Analysis Details
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Moderate volatility - stock generally follows market
ESPO 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.
| # | Filer | Notional Value | % of Total | Period |
|---|
| # | Filer | Notional Value | % of Total | Period |
|---|
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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| Symbol | Name | Weight % | Price | 1 Day | 1 Week | 1 Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NTES | Netease Inc | 7.01% | $118.32 | -0.24% | -5.53% | -2.25% |
| RBLX | Roblox Corp | 6.97% | $54.37 | +2.80% | +7.13% | +29.89% |
| TTWO | Take-Two Interactive Software Inc | 6.13% | $203.35 | -0.17% | -0.77% | +0.49% |
| GME | Gamestop Corp | 5.49% | $23.9 | -3.71% | -9.61% | -0.25% |
| U | Unity Software Inc | 4.22% | $40.33 | -1.13% | -0.62% | +1.18% |