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Aptus Deferred Income ETF (DEFR)

Intermediate Core-Plus Bond | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
26.77 USD +0.10 (0.380%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 3:44 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 26.77

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 5:57 p.m. EDT

DEFR presents a stagnant, low-conviction setup suitable only for a hold status. Despite recent price stabilization near the 52-week high, the forecasting model signals extreme statistical uncertainty with a Ljung-Box p-value near zero (indicating significant autocorrelation) and elevated heteroscedasticity, undermining any bullish momentum thesis. Furthermore, the absence of recorded dividend history for the last five years results in a score of zero for yield reliability, while the elevated P/E ratio of 32.6 suggests limited value appeal for a long-term hold, making this an asset for those seeking structural buffers rather than growth or income.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.007844
AutoETS0.008969
AutoARIMA0.008984
MSTL0.009026

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 48%
H-stat 5.13
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.257
Excess Kurtosis -1.08
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 32.65

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 27.34
All Time Low 24.85
Ask 33.42
Ask Size 300
Average Daily Volume10 Day 10,720
Average Daily Volume3 Month 12,796
Average Volume 12,796
Average Volume10Days 10,720
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 23.59
Bid Size 500
Category Intermediate Core-Plus Bond
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 26.7699
Day Low 26.74
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.8198384
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 26.84374
Fifty Day Average Change -0.078639984
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.0029295464
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 7.085705
Fifty Two Week High 27.34
Fifty Two Week High Change -0.5748997
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.021027787
Fifty Two Week Low 24.85
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.9151001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.0770664
Fifty Two Week Range 24.85 - 27.34
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,747,229,400,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fund Family APTUS ETFs
Fund Inception Date 1,747,094,400
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 exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to achieve its objective by attempting to provide a tax-efficient return stream through investments in options, total return swaps, Treasury Bills and/or box spreads as opposed to traditional bond investments. The index is unmanaged and measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated fixed-rate taxable bond market, with index components for government and corporate securities, asset-backed securities, and mortgage pass-through securities. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name Aptus Deferred Income ETF
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1888936818
Nav Price 26.7236
Net Assets 112,827,600.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.79
Open 26.77
Phone (414) 765-5586
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 26.7651
Post Market Time 1,776,464,401
Previous Close 26.6639
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.1012
Regular Market Change Percent 0.37954
Regular Market Day High 26.7699
Regular Market Day Low 26.74
Regular Market Day Range 26.74 - 26.7699
Regular Market Open 26.77
Regular Market Previous Close 26.6639
Regular Market Price 26.7651
Regular Market Time 1,776,455,065
Regular Market Volume 6,228
Short Name Aptus Deferred Income ETF
Source Interval 15
Symbol DEFR
Total Assets 112,827,600
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 32.6468
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -0.46454
Trailing Three Month Returns -0.46454
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 26.44469
Two Hundred Day Average Change 0.32040977
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.012116224
Type Disp ETF
Volume 6,228
Ytd Return -0.46454