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QYLD Global X Funds Global X NASDAQ-100 Covered Call ETF
ETF 18.38 DelayedETF quote, holdings, sector allocation, technicals, and options analytics. Expected move IV rank history Fibonacci levels
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QYLD
$18.38
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Key stats
$18.38
Pre-market
$18.24
-0.76%
- 52-Week Range
- $16.62 – $18.76
- YTD
- +3.93%
- IV Rank (30D)
- 75.88
- Straddle Price
- $0.60
- P/C Vol Ratio
- 3.35
- Open
- $18.35
- Day Range
- $18.30 – $18.41
- Volume
- 5,473,165
- Prev Close
- $18.28
About
Global X Funds Global X NASDAQ-100 Covered Call ETF (QYLD) ETF
No description available.
- Exchange
- XNAS
- Inception
- 2013-12-11
- Has Options
- Yes
Fund profile
holdings as of Oct 20, 2026issuer datathrough Jul 2026flows, SEC filings
Sells options for income. Distributions can exceed what the strategy earns, in which case part of the payout is the fund's own capital. Compare the distribution rate with the price change in the ETF lab.
- Expense ratio
- 0.60% prospectus, filed Feb 26, 2026
- Assets
- $8.4B shares × price, Oct 20, 2026
- Trailing yield
- 11.71% paid monthly
- Average daily volume
- $72M 30 sessions
- Holdings
- 104 top 10 are 48.1%
- Listed
- Dec 11, 2013 Nasdaq
- Last fee change
- -1 bp filed Feb 20, 2025
- Tracking difference
- -1.90 pts vs index, after fees, FY 2025
Cost78
Liquidity95
Scale100
Diversification61
Moves with. US large-cap stocks (50% of its variance, beta 0.57); Value over growth (15% of its variance, beta -0.17); Emerging markets over US (5% of its variance, beta 0.08). These factors explain 70% of its daily moves over the last year.
Stated objective. "The Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF (the ""Fund"") seeks to provide investment results that closely correspond, before fees and expenses, generally to the price and yield performance of the Cboe NASDAQ-100 BuyWrite V2 Index (the ""Underlying Index"")." (from the fund's prospectus)
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Fund flows
through Jul 2026SEC filings- Jul 2026
- +$35M latest reported month
- Latest 3 months
- −$250M −3.1% of assets
- Latest 12 months
- −$827M −10.2% of assets
View as a table
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | +$35M |
| Jun 2026 | −$196M |
| May 2026 | −$89M |
| Apr 2026 | +$83M |
| Mar 2026 | −$16M |
| Feb 2026 | −$147M |
| Jan 2026 | −$98M |
| Dec 2025 | +$132M |
| Nov 2025 | +$27M |
| Oct 2025 | −$130M |
| Sep 2025 | −$181M |
| Aug 2025 | −$247M |
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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QRMIGlobal X NASDAQ 100 Risk Managed Income ETF | 101% | 0.60% | $14M | −7.1% | compare |
| QYLGGlobal X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call & Growth ETF | 101% | 0.35% | $158M | +0.1% | compare |
| QBProShares Nasdaq-100 Dynamic Buffer ETF | 100% | 0.58% | $2.3M | +18.5% | compare |
| QNDXState Street SPDR Portfolio Nasdaq 100 ETF | 100% | 0.10% | $547M | — | compare |
| IQQiShares Nasdaq 100 ETF | 100% | 0.10% | $717M | — | compare |
Ranked by how much of the two portfolios is the same securities.
Look-through: what the holdings say
weights as of Oct 20, 2026issuer data- Holdings vs fair value
- −0.3% 22% under, 25% over · 100% covered
- Price / earnings
- 31.9 5% loss-making · 95% covered
- Price / book · sales
- 8.8 · 6.2 revenue growth +16.5%
- Above 200-day average
- 69% 49% above 50-day · by weight
- Short interest
- 2.2% of float, weighted · 2.6 days to cover
- Insider buying
- 5% of weight had net insider buying, 90 days; 71% net selling
- 13F holders
- +2.8% change in shares held by institutions, latest quarter
- Reporting earnings
- 27.9% of weight in 7 days; 64.0% in 14
Holdings reporting in the next 14 days · weighted implied move this week 1.70%
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
Apr 30, 2026 → Jul 31, 2026| Action | Holding | Weight before | Weight after | Shares vs flows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New position | SPCXSPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. | — | 0.97% | — |
| New position | FTNTFORTINET, INC. | — | 0.55% | — |
| Decrease | HONHONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATION | 0.69% | 0.35% | −50.8% |
| Increase | ARM Holdings PLC | 0.15% | 0.47% | +206.6% |
| Exit | FORTINET, INC. | 0.31% | — | — |
| New position | HONAHONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC. | — | 0.30% | — |
| New position | TERTERADYNE, INC. | — | 0.26% | — |
| New position | LITELUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC. | — | 0.25% | — |
| New position | ALABAstera Labs Inc | — | 0.24% | — |
| New position | NBISNebius Group N.V. | — | 0.19% | — |
0 new, 0 exited, 0 increased and 0 decreased between the fund's two latest holdings reports; turnover 0.6%. Full holdings and history
Under the hood
fiscal year to Oct 31, 2025SEC census- Authorized participants
- 4 active of 22 with agreements; top 3 did 99%
- Created · redeemed
- $1.6B · $1.3B over the fiscal year
- Redemptions in kind
- 101% creations 102% in kind
- Creation unit
- 10,000 shares
- Securities lending
- not authorized
- Return vs index
- -1.90 pts after fees; -1.24 before; daily s.d. 1.40
- 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
104
AUM
$8.4B
Provider
Global X
Inception
2013-12-11
Exchange
XNAS
Data As Of
2026-10-21
Expense Ratio
0.60%
Dividend Yield
11.65%
Distribution
Monthly
Recent distributions
| Ex-Date | Pay Date | Amount | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-19 | 2026-10-22 | $0.1826 | CD |
| 2026-09-21 | 2026-09-24 | $0.1767 | CD |
| 2026-08-24 | 2026-08-27 | $0.1829 | CD |
| 2026-07-20 | 2026-07-23 | $0.1775 | CD |
| 2026-06-22 | 2026-06-25 | $0.1854 | CD |
| 2026-05-18 | 2026-05-21 | $0.1785 | CD |
Asset Allocation
Top Holdings
top 50 of 104 holdings
| Symbol | Name | Weight % | Asset Class | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVDA | NVIDIA CORP | 8.53% | Equity (US) | US |
| AAPL | APPLE INC | 8.00% | Equity (US) | US |
| MSFT | MICROSOFT CORP | 6.31% | Equity (US) | US |
| MU | MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC | 4.54% | Equity (US) | US |
| AMZN | AMAZON.COM INC | 4.51% | Equity (US) | US |
| AMD | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES | 3.97% | Equity (US) | US |
| META | META PLATFORMS INC | 3.31% | Equity (US) | US |
| TSLA | TESLA INC | 3.24% | Equity (US) | US |
| GOOGL | ALPHABET INC-CL A | 3.13% | Equity (US) | US |
| SPCX | SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A | 3.01% | Equity (US) | US |
| GOOG | ALPHABET INC-CL C | 2.92% | Equity (US) | US |
| AVGO | BROADCOM INC | 2.56% | Equity (US) | US |
| WMT | WALMART INC | 2.52% | Equity (US) | US |
| INTC | INTEL CORP | 2.15% | Equity (US) | US |
| PLTR | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-A | 2.04% | Equity (US) | US |
| COST | COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP | 1.95% | Equity (US) | US |
| CSCO | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 1.86% | Equity (US) | US |
| LRCX | LAM RESEARCH CORP | 1.44% | Equity (US) | US |
| AMAT | APPLIED MATERIALS INC | 1.43% | Equity (US) | US |
| PANW | PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC | 1.25% | Equity (US) | US |
| NFLX | NETFLIX INC | 1.19% | Equity (US) | US |
| TXN | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC | 1.14% | Equity (US) | US |
| CRWD | CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC - A | 1.08% | Equity (US) | US |
| AMGN | AMGEN INC | 1.04% | Equity (US) | US |
| LIN | LINDE PLC | 1.02% | Equity (US) | — |
| MRVL | MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC | 0.94% | Equity (US) | US |
| KLAC | KLA CORP | 0.94% | Equity (US) | US |
| SHOP | SHOPIFY INC - CLASS A | 0.93% | Equity (Foreign) | CA |
| SNDK | SANDISK CORP | 0.89% | Equity (US) | US |
| ADI | ANALOG DEVICES INC | 0.87% | Equity (US) | US |
| GILD | GILEAD SCIENCES INC | 0.84% | Equity (US) | US |
| QCOM | QUALCOMM INC | 0.82% | Equity (US) | US |
| PEP | PEPSICO INC | 0.81% | Equity (US) | US |
| TMUS | T-MOBILE US INC | 0.73% | Equity (US) | US |
| STX | SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS | 0.69% | Equity (US) | — |
| ASML | ASML HOLDING NV-NY REG SHS | 0.69% | Equity (Foreign) | NL |
| ISRG | INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC | 0.67% | Equity (US) | US |
| WDC | WESTERN DIGITAL CORP | 0.60% | Equity (US) | US |
| VRTX | VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC | 0.58% | Equity (US) | US |
| FTNT | FORTINET INC | 0.55% | Equity (US) | US |
| BKNG | BOOKING HOLDINGS INC | 0.52% | Equity (US) | US |
| ADP | AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING | 0.52% | Equity (US) | US |
| SBUX | STARBUCKS CORP | 0.50% | Equity (US) | US |
| MAR | MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL -CL A | 0.46% | Equity (US) | US |
| ADBE | ADOBE INC | 0.45% | Equity (US) | US |
| ARM | ARM HOLDINGS PLC-ADR | 0.43% | Equity (Foreign) | GB |
| MRNA | MODERNA INC | 0.42% | Equity (US) | US |
| CEG | CONSTELLATION ENERGY | 0.42% | Equity (US) | US |
| MELI | MERCADOLIBRE INC | 0.41% | Equity (US) | — |
| INTU | INTUIT INC | 0.40% | Equity (US) | US |
Geographic Breakdown
Chart
Seasonality
| Month | '21 | '22 | '23 | '24 | '25 | '26 | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.62% | -6.82% | 6.43% | 2.26% | 1.54% | 0.62% | 0.77% |
| Feb | -3.16% | -3.59% | -3.02% | 0.79% | -2.50% | -1.62% | -2.18% |
| Mar | -1.78% | 5.11% | 5.28% | -0.06% | -5.35% | -2.67% | 0.09% |
| Apr | -0.53% | -7.90% | 0.64% | -2.95% | -2.51% | 4.23% | -1.50% |
| May | -1.42% | -8.01% | 1.79% | 0.69% | 0.24% | 0.28% | -1.07% |
| Jun | 0.90% | -3.00% | 0.34% | 0.74% | 1.70% | 1.71% | 0.40% |
| Jul | 0.22% | 4.84% | 1.43% | -1.07% | 0.24% | -3.25% | 0.40% |
| Aug | 2.27% | -7.28% | -3.21% | 3.71% | 0.36% | 2.07% | -0.35% |
| Sep | -4.21% | -8.21% | -4.06% | 2.68% | 2.66% | 2.09% | -1.51% |
| Oct | 3.02% | 1.19% | -1.72% | 0.22% | 2.23% | -1.02%* | 0.65% |
| Nov | -1.44% | 2.98% | 1.67% | 0.89% | 0.06% | -- | 0.83% |
| Dec | 0.18% | -4.21% | 1.58% | -0.16% | 1.14% | -- | -0.29% |
| Total | -5.43% | -30.89% | 6.78% | 7.84% | -0.49% | 2.21% | -3.33% |
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: $18.57
SMA 50: $18.40
SMA 200: $17.95
Current: $18.38
EMA 12: $18.49
EMA 26: $18.49
MACD: -0.0007 | Signal: -0.0548
BULLISH
ADX (14): 20.38
WEAK TREND
+DI: 15.58
−DI: 34.01
Momentum Oscillators
RSI (14): 43.43
NEUTRAL
Stoch %K: 19.66
Stoch %D: 22.44
Williams %R: -64.96
Volume & Volatility
BB Upper: $18.84
BB Lower: $18.29
NEUTRAL
OBV: 210,054,629
Vol SMA 20: 4,172,975
Vol ROC: 108.26%
ATR: $0.11
True Range: $0.13
HV 20: 8.9%
HV 30: 8.6%
HV 60: 9.7%
Data Summary
Data Points: 500
Last Updated:
Date Range: 2024-10-23T00:00:00 – 2026-10-21T00:00:00
AI Analysis
LLM Stock Analysis Report
SYMBOL: QYLD
Executive Summary
Overall Assessment: NEUTRAL (Confidence Level: 6/10)
Key Drivers and Primary Risks:
- Trend indicators suggest a range-bound market with short-term momentum favoring the upside.
- Volatility is low, which may indicate limited price movement.
- Options activity suggests bearish sentiment, but IV rank is low, indicating historically low volatility.
Investment Thesis: QYLD's current price action is driven by its ability to generate consistent passive income. However, with low volatility and neutral technical signals, the stock's potential for significant price movements is limited.
Recent News Sentiment Impact: The recent news headlines have had a mixed impact on sentiment. While some articles highlight the ETF's dividend yield, others discuss the risks associated with its high concentration in Apple and Microsoft. Overall, news sentiment is currently NEUTRAL.
Technical Analysis
Trend Direction:
- Short-term (1-4 weeks): Uptrend
- Medium-term (1-3 months): Range-bound
- Long-term (3-12 months): Uptrend
Support/Resistance Levels: The ETF's price action is currently trading within a range defined by its moving averages. Key support levels are at $18.04 and resistance levels are around $18.32.
Momentum Signals:
- RSI interpretation: Neutral, as the reading is below 70.
- MACD signal: Bullish momentum signals continue to favor the upside.
- Bollinger Bands position: The ETF's price action is currently squeezed within the bands.
Volume Analysis: Institutional interest is moderate, with a volume rate of change indicating increasing buying pressure.
News & Sentiment Analysis
Recent Headlines Summary: Recent news headlines have focused on QYLD's dividend yield and its concentration in Apple and Microsoft. The sentiment has been mixed, with some articles highlighting the ETF's benefits while others discuss potential risks.
Sentiment Assessment: Aggregate news sentiment is NEUTRAL due to the mixed opinions expressed in recent articles.
Catalyst Identification: No specific catalysts have been identified recently that could significantly impact QYLD's price action. However, earnings announcements and changes in interest rates could influence the ETF's performance in the future.
Risk & Volatility Assessment
Beta Interpretation: The ETF's beta is 0.74, indicating low volatility relative to the market.
Volatility Regime: Current volatility is low, with an average true range of $0.13 and historical volatility at 7.1%.
Options Market Signals:
- IV rank: Low
- Put/call ratios: Bearish sentiment dominates options activity.
- Unusual activity: Moderate volume in calls vs puts.
Downside Protection: Support levels are at $18.04, which could provide a cushion against significant price declines.
Market Context & Positioning
Sector Performance: QYLD's sector (Technology) has been relatively strong compared to the broader market.
Institutional Activity: Institutional interest is moderate, with a volume rate of change indicating increasing buying pressure.
Correlation Analysis: The ETF's correlation with the S&P 500 is high, suggesting that its price action may be influenced by the broader market.
Relative Valuation: QYLD's relative valuation within its trading range suggests it may be slightly undervalued compared to its peers.
Key Levels & Action Items
Critical Price Levels: Support levels are at $18.04 and resistance levels are around $18.32.
Breakout/Breakdown Levels: A breakout above $18.32 could trigger a more significant price increase, while a breakdown below $18.04 could lead to further declines.
Time-Sensitive Catalysts: No specific catalysts have been identified recently that could significantly impact QYLD's price action.
Risk Management: Stop-loss levels should be set around the critical price levels mentioned above, and position sizing considerations should account for the ETF's low volatility.
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QYLD Options Activity & IV Rank
QYLD IV rank history, 52-week IV rank and IV percentile →
Volatility Metrics
Current IV: 32.6%
7-DTE IV: —
Expected Move: $0.60
7-DTE Move: $0.60
Days to Exp: 30 (2026-11-20)
Options Flow
Call Volume: 23
Put Volume: 77
P/C Volume: 3.348
BEARISH
Call OI: 6,280
Put OI: 3,105
P/C OI: 0.494
Total OI: 9,385
ATM Options Pricing
ATM Call: $0.50
ATM Put: $0.10
Call %: 2.7%
Put %: 0.5%
Chain Summary
Chain Volume: 284
Chain OI: 14,351
Last Updated: 10/21/2026
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
HIGH γ vs HISTORY
Estimated net dealer gamma is at the 87th percentile of this name's own daily history, near the high end of its range. This describes current positioning; it is not a forecast or a trading signal.
Gamma percentile
87%
vs own history
GEX tilt
+0.63
OI-weighted, today
Vanna tilt
-0.06
δ-sensitivity to IV
Charm tilt
-0.10
δ-decay vs time
? What is this?
· 14 ATM contracts, 12k 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 21 · No data
30 DTE / 10d
—
—
pts
EXTREME
as of Oct 21 · ATM 13.0% / Wing —
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)75.9HighOct 21
Straddle Price (30 DTE)$0.60Oct 21
Beta Analysis
Risk Metrics
Beta: 0.7371
Alpha: -4.11%
Correlation: 0.8010
R-Squared: 64.2%
Stock Volatility: 11.7%
Market Volatility: 12.7%
Analysis Details
Benchmark: SPY
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Interpretation:
Low volatility - stock moves less than market
Low volatility - stock moves less than market
Beta & Alpha Over Time
QYLD 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.
5 filers$6.05M notional
| # | Filer | Notional Value | % of Total | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Citadel Advisors LLC Custodian | $2.33M | 38.53% | 2026-06-30 |
| 2 | HighTower Advisors, LLC | $2.14M | 35.39% | 2026-06-30 |
| 3 | Jane Street Group, LLC Custodian | $1.17M | 19.36% | 2026-06-30 |
| 4 | Wolverine Trading, LLC Custodian | $365.29K | 6.04% | 2025-09-30 |
| 5 | Carnegie Lake Advisors LLC | $41.47K | 0.69% | 2026-06-30 |
3 filers$2.05M notional
| # | Filer | Notional Value | % of Total | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Citadel Advisors LLC Custodian | $1.48M | 72.09% | 2026-06-30 |
| 2 | Jane Street Group, LLC Custodian | $313.31K | 15.30% | 2026-06-30 |
| 3 | Wolverine Trading, LLC Custodian | $258.25K | 12.61% | 2025-09-30 |
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
6.52M
SI % of Float
1.43%
Days to Cover
1.65
Short Vol Ratio
65.5%
Free Float
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Float %
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Short interest 2026-09-30 • Short volume 2026-10-21
Constituent Performance
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Constituents
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