2x Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITX)Digital Assets | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
19.09 USD
+1.00
(5.528%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 18.92 -0.17 (-0.170%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:21 a.m. EDT
A contrarian tactical rebound play is forming for BITX, but it is fighting a flawed underlying asset. The stock is rallying off local lows because Bitcoin futures contango is pinching the fund's leverage, yet speculators are aggressively buying calls targeting the 20s while incurring massive liability via deep OTM put open interest. This is a fragile alignment: buying BITX shorts bets on a temporary relief rally that is likely to be erased if Bitcoin’s 19% drop deepens. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.538273 |
| AutoETS | 0.539264 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.541226 |
| AutoTheta | 0.560898 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 47% |
| H-stat | 1.11 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.000 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 4.75 |
As of April 19, 2026, 12:21 a.m. EDT: Speculator sentiment is mixed but leaning slightly bullish in the near term, despite underlying corporate position losses from Bitcoin's drawdown. Call volume shows significant 'new flow' activity at strikes 20.5 (Apr 17), 20.0 (Apr 24 - 2000 vol), and 20.0 (May 1 - 2500 vol), suggesting traders are betting on a rebound toward year-to-date highs. However, massive put Open Interest (OI) walls exist at 17.0 and 19.0, and put volume exceeds call volume at the 18.5-19.0 strikes, indicating a strong hedge against further downside. The massive gap between the recent close (19.09) and the ATM strike range (17-19) suggests heavy out-of-the-money calling targeting the trend line, while the high IV for deep OTM puts indicates fear of deep continued value compression in the underlying Bitcoin.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.10% | 13.38% | — | — |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | 0.017 | 0.104103 |
| 2026-02-18 | 0.020 | 0.136368 |
| 2026-01-21 | 0.031 | 0.107582 |
| 2025-12-15 | 0.744 | 2.769866 |
| 2025-11-25 | 0.569 | 1.996811 |
| 2025-10-29 | 0.570 | 1.207853 |
| 2025-09-26 | 0.615 | 1.298993 |
| 2025-08-27 | 0.619 | 1.207968 |
| 2025-07-29 | 0.613 | 1.062720 |
| 2025-06-26 | 0.542 | 1.096373 |
| 2025-05-28 | 0.522 | 1.043315 |
| 2025-04-28 | 0.542 | 1.346321 |
| 2025-03-27 | 0.532 | 1.510474 |
| 2025-02-26 | 0.058 | 0.167877 |
| 2025-01-29 | 0.092 | 0.168875 |
| 2024-12-16 | 0.577 | 0.954486 |
| 2024-11-26 | 0.609 | 1.330328 |
| 2024-10-29 | 0.589 | 1.922924 |
| 2024-09-26 | 0.630 | 2.518041 |
| 2024-08-28 | 0.626 | 2.937238 |
| 2024-07-24 | 0.684 | 2.354394 |
| 2024-06-25 | 0.857 | 3.185846 |
| 2024-05-22 | 0.968 | 2.721788 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 72.8 |
| All Time Low | 9.176 |
| Ask | 18.98 |
| Ask Size | 7,600 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 11,666,470 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 13,241,624 |
| Average Volume | 13,241,624 |
| Average Volume10Days | 11,666,470 |
| Beta3 Year | 0.0 |
| Bid | 18.92 |
| Bid Size | 7,900 |
| Category | Digital Assets |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 19.545 |
| Day Low | 18.495 |
| Dividend Yield | 36.61 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | BTS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 15.8619 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 3.2280998 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.2035128 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -50.84964 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 68.81 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -49.719997 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.7225694 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 13.12 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 5.9700003 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.4550305 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 13.12 - 68.81 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,687,872,600,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | Cboe US |
| Fund Family | Volatility Shares Trust |
| Fund Inception Date | 1,687,824,000 |
| 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 ETF that seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing its assets principally in cash-settled bitcoin futures contracts that trade only on an exchange registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which currently is the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and cash,cash-like instruments or high-quality securities that serve as collateral to the fund’s investments in Bitcoin Futures Contracts. The fund is non-diversified. |
| Long Name | 2x Bitcoin Strategy ETF |
| Market | us_market |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1834876320 |
| Nav Price | 19.1044 |
| Net Assets | 961,273,540.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 2.38 |
| Open | 18.7 |
| Post Market Change | -0.17000008 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.89051896 |
| Post Market Price | 18.92 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,470,390 |
| Previous Close | 18.09 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 1.0 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 5.52792 |
| Regular Market Day High | 19.545 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 18.495 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 18.495 - 19.545 |
| Regular Market Open | 18.7 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 18.09 |
| Regular Market Price | 19.09 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,000 |
| Regular Market Volume | 15,693,935 |
| Short Name | 2x Bitcoin Strategy ETF |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | BITX |
| Total Assets | 961,273,536 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | -46.64662 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | -46.64662 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 38.614624 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -19.524624 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.5056277 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 15,693,935 |
| Yield | 0.3661 |
| Ytd Return | -46.64662 |