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Direxion Daily AAPL Bull 2X Shares (AAPU)

Trading--Leveraged Equity | Exchange Traded Fund | NasdaqGM
32.22 USD +32.22 (2.059%) ⇧ (April 20, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★★★
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:11 p.m. EDT

This is not a stock; it is a volatility leveraged instrument rewarded for daily swings. The massive dividend yield (10%+) is a feature, not a bug—it rewards the churn resulting from leveraged decay and periodic distributions. However, short-term price action appears constructive, with options flow building a Call wall at risk-reward levels while hedges sit slightly below. For a short-term swing trade, the outlook is mildly bullish (4/5) provided Apple doesn't gap down, but for any long-term hold, this is a 5/0 trap: the compounding drag and volatility decay will inevitably erode capital regardless of the underlying stock's health, making the infinite dividend return irrelevant against the terminal decline.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.053670
AutoARIMA0.053738
MSTL0.054018
AutoTheta0.058047

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 0.43
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.338
Excess Kurtosis -0.82
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 38.65

As of April 18, 2026, 10:11 p.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning cautiously bullish in the near term. For the May 15 expiration, Call OI is significantly skewed toward ITM (612 vs 342), indicating a floor at current levels, while Put volume shows distinct new flow (58 contracts) at the 24 strike, suggesting some fear of downside to 20-24. For longer tenors (Jan/Jan), there is a clear 'bullish asymmetry' in option flow: massive Call OI walls exist at higher strikes (40-50 range) compared to debilitated Put OI. While deep OTM puts show IV spikes (intrinsic value is low), the pure volume/OI flow suggests a bet on volatility expansion and directional moves higher rather than a crash. The total exp volume is light, reflecting the leveraged ETF's nature.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.62% 8.50% 9.56%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-24 0.173 0.624774
2025-12-23 0.186 0.554234
2025-12-10 2.172 6.152733
2025-09-23 0.221 0.732859
2025-06-24 0.084 0.433146
2025-03-25 0.243 0.922703
2024-12-23 0.295 0.822025
2024-12-12 4.630 13.626700
2024-09-24 0.282 0.964965
2024-06-25 0.198 0.770794
2024-03-19 0.084 0.449815
2023-12-21 0.272 1.232278
2023-09-19 0.146 0.736833
2023-06-21 0.140 0.667128
2023-03-21 0.078 0.453607
2022-12-20 0.121 0.912780
2022-09-20 0.010 0.056727
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield NaN
dividendYield 10.1

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 43.099
All Time Low 15.55
Ask 32.28
Ask Size 1
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,515,530
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,297,221
Average Volume 2,297,221
Average Volume10Days 2,515,530
Beta3 Year 1.51
Bid 32.2
Bid Size 1
Category Trading--Leveraged Equity
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 32.52
Day Low 31.58
Dividend Yield 10.1
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.83361197
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 29.9102
Fifty Day Average Change 2.309801
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.07722453
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 49.860466
Fifty Two Week High 40.7
Fifty Two Week High Change -8.48
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.20835379
Fifty Two Week Low 19.84
Fifty Two Week Low Change 12.380001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.62399197
Fifty Two Week Range 19.84 - 40.7
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,660,051,800,000
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Fund Family Direxion Funds
Fund Inception Date 1,659,916,800
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund, under normal circumstances, invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in the securities of AAPL and financial instruments, such as swap agreements and options, that, in combination, provide 2X daily leveraged exposure to AAPL, consistent with the fund’s investment objective. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name Direxion Daily AAPL Bull 2X Shares
Market us_market
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1793225848
Nav Price 31.589
Net Assets 145,960,112.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.96
Open 31.58
Phone 866-476-7523
Pre Market Change -0.5300007
Pre Market Change Percent -1.6449431
Pre Market Price 31.69
Pre Market Time 1,776,758,849
Previous Close 0.0
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 32.22
Regular Market Change Percent 2.05892
Regular Market Day High 32.52
Regular Market Day Low 31.58
Regular Market Day Range 31.58 - 32.52
Regular Market Open 31.58
Regular Market Previous Close 0.0
Regular Market Price 32.22
Regular Market Time 1,776,715,201
Regular Market Volume 2,668,432
Short Name Direxion Daily AAPL Bull 2X ETF
Source Interval 15
Symbol AAPU
Three Year Average Return 0.2035632
Total Assets 145,960,112
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield NaN
Trailing P E 38.651077
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -15.92259
Trailing Three Month Returns -15.92259
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 30.4834
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.7366009
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.056968737
Type Disp ETF
Volume 2,668,432
Yield 0.101
Ytd Return -15.92259