iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA)Digital Assets | Exchange Traded Fund | NasdaqGM
55.41 USD
+0.52
(0.947%)
⇧
(Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
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Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 9:23 a.m. EDT
The iShares Ethereum Trust ETF is currently trapped in a death spiral driven by catastrophic performance and overwhelming bearish speculation. The headline that the fund lost 46% of its value in 2026 is the primary driver here; the market has already priced in a structural failure of the underlying asset class or the trust structure itself. The options data confirms a panic scenario: traders are buying deep out-of-the-money puts, effectively betting on a total collapse rather than a bounce. With zero dividend yield to offset losses and a trading range that has collapsed from nearly $100 to the mid-$50s, there is no margin of safety. The statistical forecast model shows low confidence, which is appropriate given the chaotic nature of a falling knife. Avoid this instrument entirely; the combination of a massive multi-year decline and a put-heavy options chain suggests further downside is the most probable outcome. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.270657 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.270747 |
| MSTL | 0.275422 |
| AutoTheta | 0.280119 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 29% |
| H-stat | 2.25 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.000 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 2.23 |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 9:23 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for a severe crash. Put open interest is massive relative to calls, with deep out-of-the-money strikes (strikes 1x to 2x the current price) holding the bulk of the volume and open interest. This indicates a 'naked put' strategy where traders are betting on a 50-80% drop in price. Call activity is negligible and concentrated in deep in-the-money strikes, suggesting minimal bullish sentiment.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 110.4 |
| All Time Low | 19.16 |
| Ask | 14.48 |
| Ask Size | 4 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 12,031,723 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 12,766,913 |
| Average Volume | 12,766,913 |
| Average Volume10Days | 12,031,723 |
| Beta3 Year | 0.0 |
| Bid | 14.45 |
| Bid Size | 3 |
| Category | Digital Assets |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 55.64 |
| Day Low | 52.49 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 54.3814 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 1.0285988 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.018914532 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -36.77724 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 96.15 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -40.74 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.42371297 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 34.575 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 20.835 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.602603 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 34.575 - 96.15 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,721,741,400,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Fullday Change | 0.6903 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 1.245804 |
| Fullday Price | 56.1003 |
| Fund Family | iShares |
| Fund Inception Date | 1,719,187,200 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,024-07-23 |
| Language | en-US |
| Legal Type | Exchange Traded Fund |
| Long Business Summary | The shares are intended to constitute a simple means of making an investment similar to an investment in ether rather than by acquiring, holding and trading ether directly on a peer-to-peer or other basis or via a digital asset platform. The shares have been designed to remove the obstacles represented by the complexities and operational burdens involved in a direct investment in ether. |
| Long Name | iShares Ethereum Trust ETF |
| Market | us_market |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1888592120 |
| Nav Price | 20.43367 |
| Net Assets | 9,825,040,400.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 0.25 |
| Open | 52.92 |
| Pre Market Change | 0.6903 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | 1.245804 |
| Pre Market Price | 56.1003 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,792,149,532 |
| Previous Close | 54.89 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.52 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.94735 |
| Regular Market Day High | 55.64 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 52.49 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 52.49 - 55.64 |
| Regular Market Open | 52.92 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 54.89 |
| Regular Market Price | 55.41 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,094,401 |
| Regular Market Volume | 11,190,335 |
| Short Name | iShares Ethereum Trust ETF |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | ETHA |
| Total Assets | 9,825,040,384 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | 69.48882 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | 69.48882 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 50.593975 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 4.816025 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.09518969 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 11,190,335 |
| Yield | 0.0 |
| Ytd Return | -10.00392 |