VPLS Vanguard Core Plus Bond ETF

ETF 74.45 Delayed

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VPLS $74.45 —
Key stats
$74.45
52-Week Range
$73.44 – $79.41
YTD
-4.68%
IV Rank (30D)
99.24
Straddle Price
$2.23
Open
$74.56
Day Range
$74.34 – $74.61
Volume
359,440
Prev Close
$74.48
About

Vanguard Core Plus Bond ETF (VPLS) ETF

No description available.

Exchange
XNAS
Inception
2023-12-07
Has Options
Yes
Homepage
https://investor.vanguard.com/etf
Fund profile
holdings as of Oct 20, 2026issuer datathrough Jun 2026flows, SEC filings
Taxable Bond Core Bond#27 of 113 by assets Vanguard Actively managed
Expense ratio
0.20%
issuer, Oct 22, 2026
Assets
$1.7B
SEC filing, Jun 30, 2026
Trailing yield
4.95%
paid monthly
Average daily volume
$32M
30 sessions
Holdings
3,073
top 10 are 9.1%
Listed
Dec 7, 2023
Nasdaq
Net asset value
$74.34
issuer, Oct 21, 2026 · closed +0.15% to NAV
30-day SEC yield
5.25%
issuer, Oct 19, 2026
Closure risk, 12 months
0.3%
low: age · model
FrenzyCap ETF score
78
how it is built
Cost60
Liquidity84
Scale82
Diversification100

Moves with. Long Treasuries (71% of its variance, beta 0.34); US large-cap stocks (5% of its variance, beta 0.04); US dollar (4% of its variance, beta -0.06). These factors explain 83% of its daily moves over the last year.

Stated objective. Vanguard Core-Plus Bond ETF (the Fund) seeks to provide total return while generating a moderate to high level of current income. (from the fund's prospectus)

All 3,073 holdingsFlow historyOverlap toolAll Core Bond ETFs

Fund flows
through Jun 2026SEC filings
Jun 2026
+$96M
latest reported month
Latest 3 months
+$312M
+18.8% of assets
Latest 12 months
+$1.1B
+63.5% of assets
Jul 2025: +$23M+$23MAug 2025: +$77MAugSep 2025: +$115MOct 2025: +$93MOctNov 2025: +$50MDec 2025: +$97MDecJan 2026: +$102MFeb 2026: +$119M+$119MFebMar 2026: +$69MApr 2026: +$99MAprMay 2026: +$118MJun 2026: +$96MJun
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Net flows of VPLS by month, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
MonthNet flow
Jun 2026+$96M
May 2026+$118M
Apr 2026+$99M
Mar 2026+$69M
Feb 2026+$119M
Jan 2026+$102M
Dec 2025+$97M
Nov 2025+$50M
Oct 2025+$93M
Sep 2025+$115M
Aug 2025+$77M
Jul 2025+$23M

Net creations and redemptions from the fund's SEC filings, which become public about 60 days after each quarter. Every month since 33 months ago

Similar funds
FundOverlapFeeAssets1Y
BNDVanguard Total Bond Market—0.03%$162.8B−5.6%compare
AGGiShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF—0.03%$138.4B−5.8%compare
IUSBiShares Trust iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF—0.06%$49.3B−5.6%compare
BIVVanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF—0.03%$28.3B−6.8%compare
FBNDFidelity Total Bond ETF—0.36%$28.2B−6.4%compare

The largest other funds in the Core Bond category.

Under the hood
fiscal year to Sep 30, 2025SEC census
Authorized participants
5 active
of 40 with agreements; top 3 did 87%
Created · redeemed
$585M · $0
over the fiscal year
Redemptions in kind
1%
creations 0% in kind
Creation unit
5,000
shares
Securities lending
not authorized

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 2026-10-20
Holdings
3073
AUM
$2.3B
Provider
Vanguard
Inception
2023-12-07
Exchange
XNAS
Data As Of
2026-10-20
Expense Ratio
0.20%
Dividend Yield
4.95%
Distribution
Monthly
Recent distributions
Ex-Date Pay Date Amount Type
2026-10-01 2026-10-05 $0.2931 CD
2026-09-01 2026-09-03 $0.3000 CD
2026-08-03 2026-08-05 $0.3056 CD
2026-07-01 2026-07-06 $0.2909 CD
2026-06-01 2026-06-03 $0.2911 CD
2026-05-01 2026-05-05 $0.2842 CD
Asset Allocation
Top Holdings
top 50 of 3073 holdings
Symbol Name Weight % Asset Class Country
— MKTLIQ 2.38% Cash/Money Market —
— United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.44% Treasury US
— Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 1.44% MBS/ABS US
— United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.18% Treasury US
— Fannie Mae Pool 0.79% MBS/ABS US
— PMT Loan Trust 2026-INV1 0.75% MBS/ABS —
— United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.75% Treasury US
— United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.74% Treasury US
— United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.70% Treasury US
— Fannie Mae REMICS 0.64% MBS/ABS US
— Ginnie Mae 0.64% MBS/ABS US
— United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.63% Treasury US
— United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.60% Treasury US
— United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.60% Treasury US
— United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.60% Treasury US
— United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.60% Treasury US
— United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.59% Treasury US
— AHMC 2026-CNF1 Trust 0.59% MBS/ABS —
— United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.58% Treasury US
— United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.56% Treasury US
— United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.52% Treasury US
— Fannie Mae Pool 0.52% MBS/ABS US
— Fannie Mae Pool 0.48% MBS/ABS US
— Freddie Mac Pool 0.46% MBS/ABS US
— United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.45% Treasury US
— Ginnie Mae 0.44% MBS/ABS —
— Fannie Mae Pool 0.44% MBS/ABS US
— Fannie Mae Pool 0.41% MBS/ABS US
— Fannie Mae Pool 0.38% MBS/ABS US
— Dominican Republic International Bond 0.37% Sovereign DO
— United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.35% Treasury US
— JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.34% Corporate Bond US
— Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2026-S1 0.33% MBS/ABS —
— United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.32% Treasury US
— Eskom Holdings 0.32% Corporate Bond ZA
— Freddie Mac Pool 0.31% MBS/ABS US
— OBX 2026-INV4 Trust 0.31% MBS/ABS —
— Freddie Mac REMICS 0.31% MBS/ABS US
— Hazine Mustesarligi Varlik Kiralama AS 0.31% Sovereign TR
— Morocco Government International Bond 0.30% Sovereign MA
— United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.30% Treasury US
— Mexican Bonos 0.30% Sovereign MX
— Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.30% MBS/ABS US
— Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.30% MBS/ABS US
— Foundry JV Holdco LLC 0.29% Corporate Bond US
— Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.28% MBS/ABS US
— United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.28% Treasury US
— Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.27% MBS/ABS US
— Fannie Mae Pool 0.27% MBS/ABS US
— United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.27% Treasury US
Non-Equity Breakdown
VANGUARD CORE-PLUS BOND ETF · NPORT-P period 2026-06-30 (filed 2026-08-28)
Net assets: $1.66B · 2992 total positions · equity 0.00% · non-equity 98.30%
Non-equity holdings — 2992 positions, 98.30% of NAV
Category Weight Value Positions
Corporate 37.90% $630.9M 1463
Mortgage-backed (US Govt-Sponsored Entity) 19.00% $316.4M 402
Non-US Sovereign 14.85% $247.2M 177
Mortgage-backed (Corporate) 9.47% $157.6M 213
Mortgage-backed (US Govt Agency) 5.85% $97.3M 138
US Treasury 5.42% $90.2M 53
CBO/CDO (Corporate) 3.87% $64.5M 347
Short-term investment 1.76% $29.3M 1
Corporate 0.23% $3.8M 44
Derivative (FX) 0.06% $984349 54
Municipal 0.03% $440362 1
Derivative (equity) 0.00% $18375 3
Derivative (interest rate) -0.05% $-912853 90
Derivative (credit) -0.07% $-1177240 6
Chart
Seasonality
'23'24'25'26Avg
Jan--0.36%0.67%0.45%0.49%
Feb---1.50%2.08%1.60%0.73%
Mar--0.63%-0.26%-1.45%-0.36%
Apr---1.60%-0.17%0.34%-0.48%
May--1.35%-0.06%0.25%0.51%
Jun--0.55%1.81%0.39%0.92%
Jul--2.85%-0.12%-1.04%0.56%
Aug--1.05%0.47%0.22%0.58%
Sep--1.01%1.36%-2.45%-0.03%
Oct---2.48%0.33%0.86%*-0.43%
Nov--1.36%0.73%--1.04%
Dec2.64%-2.00%-0.41%--0.08%
Total2.64%1.44%6.58%-0.89%2.44%
* Only 4 year(s) of data available.
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: $74.15
SMA 50: $75.24
SMA 200: $77.03
Current: $74.45
EMA 12: $74.33
EMA 26: $74.53
MACD: -0.2061 | Signal: 0.1326
BEARISH
ADX (14): 32.96
TREND
+DI: 22.27
−DI: 29.89

Momentum Oscillators

RSI (14): 47.14
NEUTRAL
Stoch %K: 77.61
Stoch %D: 80.58
Williams %R: -21.33

Volume & Volatility

BB Upper: $74.73
BB Lower: $73.56
NEUTRAL
OBV: -4,905,638
Vol SMA 20: 492,834
Vol ROC: -20.63%
ATR: $0.30
True Range: $0.27
HV 20: 4.1%
HV 30: 4.7%
HV 60: 4.2%

Data Summary

Data Points: 500
Last Updated:
Date Range: 2024-10-23T00:00:00 – 2026-10-21T00:00:00
AI Analysis

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Analysis includes technical indicators, news sentiment, risk assessment, and specific price levels to watch.

VPLS Options Activity & IV Rank

VPLS IV rank history, 52-week IV rank and IV percentile →

Volatility Metrics

Current IV: 17.2%
7-DTE IV: —
Expected Move: $2.23
7-DTE Move: $2.23
Days to Exp: 30 (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: $1.23
ATM Put: $1.00
Call %: 1.6%
Put %: 1.3%

Chain Summary

Chain Volume: 3
Chain OI: 3
Last Updated: 10/21/2026
Spread Scanner GPU
Full Algorithm Docs ↗

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.

Skew (Wing IV − ATM IV)
DTE:
Wing Δ:
Metric:
Wing vs ATM
IV(put wing) − IV(ATM), in vol points

How 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 side

Which 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
as of Oct 21 · No data
30 DTE / 10d —
— pts EXTREME
as of Oct 21 · ATM 12.1% / Wing —

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)99.2HighOct 21
Straddle Price (30 DTE)$2.23Oct 21
Beta Analysis

Risk Metrics

Beta: 0.1359
Alpha: -8.27%
Correlation: 0.4273
R-Squared: 18.3%
Stock Volatility: 4.0%
Market Volatility: 12.7%

Analysis Details

Benchmark: SPY
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Interpretation:
Low volatility - stock moves less than market
Beta & Alpha Over Time

VPLS Institutional Ownership (13F)

Latest filings — 2026-09-30

Institutional 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.

180 filers12,563,799 shares$968.49M value
# Filer Shares Value % of Total % of Float Period
1 Bank of America Corp Custodian 1,987,606 $154.19M 15.92% — 2026-06-30
2 LPL Financial LLC Custodian 704,775 $54.67M 5.65% — 2026-06-30
3 Betterment LLC 582,358 $45.18M 4.66% — 2026-06-30
4 Royal Bank of Canada Custodian 547,880 $42.50M 4.39% — 2026-06-30
5 Johnson Financial Group, Inc. 507,861 $39.40M 4.07% — 2026-06-30
6 OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. Custodian 422,448 $32.77M 3.38% — 2026-06-30
7 Summit Financial, LLC 366,127 $28.40M 2.93% — 2026-06-30
8 First Commonwealth Financial Corp /PA/ 305,536 $23.70M 2.45% — 2026-06-30
9 Keystone Financial Group, Inc. 316,931 $23.46M 2.42% — 2026-09-30
10 Raymond James Financial, Inc. Custodian 298,699 $23.17M 2.39% — 2026-06-30
11 Insight Wealth Strategies, LLC 309,237 $22.89M 2.36% — 2026-09-30
12 Jones Financial Companies LLLP Custodian 239,483 $18.63M 1.92% — 2026-06-30
13 Mariner, LLC 234,711 $18.21M 1.88% — 2026-06-30
14 Diversified Portfolios, Inc. 232,499 $18.04M 1.86% — 2026-06-30
15 WNY Asset Management, LLC 219,860 $17.06M 1.76% — 2026-06-30
16 Balance Wealth Partners LLC 206,733 $16.04M 1.66% — 2026-06-30
17 Harbor Group, Inc. 213,839 $15.83M 1.63% — 2026-09-30
18 COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 170,399 $13.22M 1.36% — 2026-06-30
19 LEAVELL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 165,370 $12.83M 1.32% — 2026-06-30
20 ALPS ADVISORS INC 159,805 $12.40M 1.28% — 2026-06-30
21 Farther Finance Advisors, LLC Custodian 162,834 $12.05M 1.24% — 2026-09-30
22 NavPoint Financial, Inc. 151,332 $11.74M 1.21% — 2026-06-30
23 Roehl & Yi Investment Advisors, LLC 141,904 $11.01M 1.14% — 2026-06-30
24 Lakewood Asset Management LLC 141,422 $10.97M 1.13% — 2026-06-30
25 Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC 140,655 $10.91M 1.13% — 2026-06-30
# Filer Notional Value % of Total Period
# Filer Notional Value % of Total Period
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
233.34K
SI % of Float
—
Days to Cover
1.00
Short Vol Ratio
63.3%
Free Float
—
Float %
—
Short interest 2026-09-30 • Short volume 2026-10-21
Constituent Performance

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Constituents
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