PFFL ETRACS Monthly Pay 2xLeveraged Preferred Stock ETN
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ETRACS Monthly Pay 2xLeveraged Preferred Stock ETN (PFFL) ETF
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- Exchange
- ARCX
- Inception
- 2018-09-26
- Has Options
- No
- Expense ratio
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- Assets
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- Trailing yield
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- Average daily volume
- $11K 30 sessions
- Holdings
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- Listed
- Sep 26, 2018 NYSE Arca
Moves with. US large-cap stocks (24% of its variance, beta 0.56); Small caps over large (4% of its variance, beta 0.22); Gold (4% of its variance, beta 0.07). These factors explain 34% of its daily moves over the last year, so most of what drives this fund is something else.
This product is not a registered investment company, so it does not file the monthly flow reports that funds file with the SEC.
| Fund | Overlap | Fee | Assets | 1Y | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PFFiShares Trust iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF | — | 0.45% | $12.2B | −7.3% | compare |
| FPEFirst Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF | — | 0.83% | $6.0B | −6.8% | compare |
| PGXInvesco Preferred ETF | — | 0.50% | $3.6B | −14.1% | compare |
| PFXFVanEck Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF | — | 0.40% | $2.3B | −2.1% | compare |
| PFFAVirtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF | — | 2.11% | $2.3B | −10.3% | compare |
The largest other funds in the Preferred Stock category.
| Month | '21 | '22 | '23 | '24 | '25 | '26 | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -2.48% | -8.59% | 18.04% | 4.32% | -2.24% | 1.20% | 1.71% |
| Feb | -3.98% | -7.82% | -6.88% | -0.17% | 2.37% | -0.99% | -2.91% |
| Mar | 4.54% | -0.48% | -9.97% | 0.33% | -6.96% | -8.69% | -3.54% |
| Apr | 0.94% | -13.86% | 0.33% | -9.76% | -3.60% | 4.79% | -3.53% |
| May | 0.26% | 7.96% | -2.62% | 2.71% | -0.74% | -1.22% | 1.06% |
| Jun | 1.76% | -9.12% | 0.88% | 1.77% | 2.48% | -4.39% | -1.10% |
| Jul | -0.15% | 9.31% | -0.97% | 0.39% | 1.85% | -1.93% | 1.42% |
| Aug | -1.10% | -10.96% | -2.69% | 4.69% | 3.77% | -3.53% | -1.64% |
| Sep | -2.73% | -7.27% | -4.71% | 5.69% | 1.50% | -6.97% | -2.41% |
| Oct | 1.70% | -11.11% | -8.18% | -4.55% | -0.60% | -0.06%* | -3.80% |
| Nov | -6.16% | 9.81% | 11.57% | -0.84% | -1.88% | -- | 2.50% |
| Dec | 4.85% | -11.97% | 2.07% | -8.15% | -0.42% | -- | -2.72% |
| Total | -3.10% | -45.04% | -6.35% | -4.83% | -4.87% | -20.35% | -14.09% |
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
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PFFL Options Activity & IV Rank
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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Risk Metrics
Analysis Details
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Low volatility - stock moves less than market
PFFL 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.
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