YieldMax BABA Option Income Strategy ETF (BABO)Derivative Income | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
7.19 USD
+0.06
(0.842%)
⇧
(Oct. 14, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 7.17 -0.02 (-0.020%) ⇩ (Oct. 14, 2026, 6:01 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 5:56 a.m. EDT
This instrument is a classic 'yield trap' designed for capital destruction rather than wealth creation. While the headline yield of 57% looks attractive, it is entirely artificial, generated by selling weekly options against a rapidly depreciating principal. The share price has already crashed nearly 34% in just one year, and the recent price action shows no sign of stabilization, trading well below both the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. The options market confirms this bearish view, with massive open interest in protective puts and virtually no speculative buying of calls. Investors chasing this yield are likely facing a compounding loss where the dividend payments barely offset the daily erosion of the share price. Avoid. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.031138 |
| AutoETS | 0.077679 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.077682 |
| MSTL | 0.115069 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 49% |
| H-stat | 0.24 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.258 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.05 |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 5:56 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for downside protection. Put open interest is concentrated deep in-the-money (strikes 5.0 and 7.0) and far out-of-the-money (strike 9.0), while call activity is negligible and confined to near-term strikes. This heavy put skew suggests a strong consensus expectation of further price weakness.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.61% | 48.53% | — | — |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | 0.042 | 0.605187 |
| 2026-10-01 | 0.042 | 0.595745 |
| 2026-09-24 | 0.048 | 0.659341 |
| 2026-09-17 | 0.057 | 0.784044 |
| 2026-09-10 | 0.052 | 0.715268 |
| 2026-09-03 | 0.059 | 0.787717 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0.070 | 0.897436 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0.081 | 0.945158 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0.100 | 1.221001 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0.164 | 1.915888 |
| 2026-07-30 | 0.125 | 1.524390 |
| 2026-07-23 | 0.082 | 0.996355 |
| 2026-07-16 | 0.068 | 0.800942 |
| 2026-07-09 | 0.060 | 0.730816 |
| 2026-07-02 | 0.054 | 0.741249 |
| 2026-06-25 | 0.066 | 0.910973 |
| 2026-06-18 | 0.072 | 0.884521 |
| 2026-06-11 | 0.085 | 0.990561 |
| 2026-06-04 | 0.089 | 0.940803 |
| 2026-05-28 | 0.087 | 0.910995 |
| 2026-05-21 | 0.079 | 0.795569 |
| 2026-05-14 | 0.102 | 0.957747 |
| 2026-05-07 | 0.092 | 0.862958 |
| 2026-04-30 | 0.101 | 0.984789 |
| 2026-04-23 | 0.083 | 0.808179 |
| 2026-04-16 | 0.091 | 0.838710 |
| 2026-04-09 | 0.091 | 0.882638 |
| 2026-04-02 | 0.087 | 0.864811 |
| 2026-03-26 | 0.087 | 0.840580 |
| 2026-03-19 | 0.093 | 0.902037 |
| 2026-03-12 | 0.089 | 0.804702 |
| 2026-03-05 | 0.091 | 0.841813 |
| 2026-02-26 | 0.098 | 0.797591 |
| 2026-02-19 | 0.097 | 0.755216 |
| 2026-02-12 | 0.114 | 0.866261 |
| 2026-02-05 | 0.119 | 0.902952 |
| 2026-01-29 | 0.170 | 1.167582 |
| 2026-01-22 | 0.128 | 0.861373 |
| 2026-01-15 | 0.086 | 0.587031 |
| 2026-01-08 | 0.117 | 0.862832 |
| 2026-01-02 | 0.092 | 0.667150 |
| 2025-12-26 | 0.093 | 0.683824 |
| 2025-12-18 | 0.090 | 0.673149 |
| 2025-12-11 | 0.127 | 0.896260 |
| 2025-12-04 | 0.238 | 1.673699 |
| 2025-11-28 | 0.138 | 0.960334 |
| 2025-11-20 | 0.128 | 0.912981 |
| 2025-11-13 | 0.137 | 0.939643 |
| 2025-11-06 | 0.150 | 0.981033 |
| 2025-10-30 | 0.256 | 1.608040 |
| 2025-10-23 | 0.310 | 1.932668 |
| 2025-10-16 | 0.135 | 0.861519 |
| 2025-10-09 | 1.888 | 11.484185 |
| 2025-09-11 | 0.797 | 4.677230 |
| 2025-08-14 | 0.754 | 5.030020 |
| 2025-07-17 | 0.382 | 2.544970 |
| 2025-06-20 | 0.431 | 2.848645 |
| 2025-05-22 | 1.000 | 6.153846 |
| 2025-04-24 | 0.659 | 3.965102 |
| 2025-03-27 | 0.758 | 3.737672 |
| 2025-02-27 | 1.919 | 9.099099 |
| 2025-01-30 | 0.469 | 2.521505 |
| 2025-01-03 | 0.445 | 2.642832 |
| 2024-12-05 | 0.729 | 4.182444 |
| 2024-11-07 | 0.825 | 3.995157 |
| 2024-10-10 | 1.293 | 5.673541 |
| 2024-09-06 | 0.702 | 3.566711 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 25.53 |
| All Time Low | 6.9 |
| Ask | 7.35 |
| Ask Size | 100 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 32,640 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 38,870 |
| Average Volume | 38,870 |
| Average Volume10Days | 32,640 |
| Beta3 Year | 0.0 |
| Bid | 7.0 |
| Bid Size | 200 |
| Category | Derivative Income |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 7.21 |
| Day Low | 7.13 |
| Display Name | BABA Option Income Strategy ETF |
| Dividend Yield | 56.65 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | PCX |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 7.71234 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.5223398 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.067727804 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -55.072464 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 16.65 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -9.459999 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.5681681 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 6.9 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.28999996 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.04202898 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 6.9 - 16.65 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,723,123,800,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSEArca |
| Fullday Change | -0.009999752 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -0.14005256 |
| Fullday Price | 7.17 |
| Fund Family | YieldMax ETFs |
| Fund Inception Date | 1,722,988,800 |
| 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 is an actively managed ETF that seeks current income while maintaining the opportunity for exposure to the share price of the common stock of Alibaba Group Holding Limited (“BABA”), subject to a limit on potential investment gains. The fund is non-diversified. |
| Long Name | YieldMax BABA Option Income Strategy ETF |
| Market | us_market |
| Market State | POST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1884571280 |
| Nav Price | 7.1509 |
| Net Assets | 13,332,029.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 1.0 |
| Open | 7.17 |
| Post Market Change | -0.01999998 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.27816385 |
| Post Market Price | 7.17 |
| Post Market Time | 1,792,015,285 |
| Previous Close | 7.13 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0599999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.841514 |
| Regular Market Day High | 7.21 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 7.13 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 7.13 - 7.21 |
| Regular Market Open | 7.17 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 7.13 |
| Regular Market Price | 7.19 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,008,000 |
| Regular Market Volume | 28,161 |
| Short Name | YieldMax BABA Option Income Str |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | BABO |
| Total Assets | 13,332,029 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | 9.97736 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | 9.97736 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 9.991905 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -2.8019052 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.2804175 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 28,161 |
| Yield | 0.5665 |
| Ytd Return | -23.49495 |