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iShares High Yield Corporate Bond Buywrite Strategy ETF (HYGW)

High Yield Bond | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
29.23 USD +0.01 (0.034%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 29.23

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 7:53 p.m. EDT

HYGW offers a deceptive 12.23% yield that masks a severe 'yield trap' characterized by steady share price erosion and a NAV-erosive payout structure; while recent momentum shows a flat stabilization near $29.22, the long-term trajectory is fundamentally negative due to declining distributions relative to historical norms, making it a high-risk income vehicle suitable only for short-term yield capture with no expectation of capital preservation.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.004500
MSTL0.006448
AutoETS0.006458
AutoARIMA0.006878

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 45%
H-stat 8.71
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.152
Excess Kurtosis -0.65
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 10.09

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.62% 13.17% 15.05%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-04-02 0.472 1.622551
2026-03-03 0.189 0.648659
2026-02-03 0.220 0.754253
2025-12-23 0.237 0.819909
2025-12-02 0.240 0.834662
2025-11-04 0.281 0.982799
2025-10-02 0.268 0.939976
2025-09-03 0.160 0.565717
2025-08-04 0.298 1.061717
2025-07-02 0.419 1.500651
2025-06-03 0.387 1.399733
2025-05-02 0.560 2.034505
2025-04-02 0.351 1.271977
2025-03-04 0.210 0.760560
2025-02-04 0.330 1.200070
2024-12-20 0.358 1.310500
2024-12-03 0.243 0.885098
2024-11-04 0.207 0.762711
2024-10-02 0.313 1.149981
2024-09-04 0.224 0.828754
2024-08-02 0.280 1.049360
2024-07-02 0.361 1.361236
2024-06-04 0.381 1.446889
2024-05-02 0.323 1.233044
2024-04-02 0.395 1.508068
2024-03-04 0.424 1.627258
2024-02-02 0.396 1.536920
2023-12-22 0.547 2.146071
2023-12-04 0.229 0.904507
2023-11-02 0.413 1.656090
2023-10-03 0.362 1.462983
2023-09-05 0.393 1.549428
2023-08-02 0.242 0.955540
2023-07-05 0.495 1.970162
2023-06-02 0.450 1.799827
2023-05-02 0.401 1.614692
2023-04-04 0.858 3.477730
2023-03-02 0.380 1.558166
2023-02-02 0.576 2.321930
2022-12-23 0.599 2.499329
2022-12-02 0.490 2.049544
2022-11-02 0.698 2.982273
2022-10-04 0.787 3.360930
2022-09-02 0.586 2.501756
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 12.23

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 39.96
All Time Low 29.01
Ask 29.5
Ask Size 600
Average Daily Volume10 Day 60,520
Average Daily Volume3 Month 56,800
Average Volume 56,800
Average Volume10Days 60,520
Beta3 Year 0.29
Bid 28.0
Bid Size 800
Category High Yield Bond
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 29.33
Day Low 29.215
Dividend Yield 12.23
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.8966484
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 29.53736
Fifty Day Average Change -0.3073597
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.010405795
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -4.881221
Fifty Two Week High 31.184
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.9540005
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.06266035
Fifty Two Week Low 29.01
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.21999931
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.0075835683
Fifty Two Week Range 29.01 - 31.184
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,661,175,000,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fund Family iShares
Fund Inception Date 1,660,780,800
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 will seek to write call options up to (but not exceeding) the full amount of shares of the underlying fund held in the fund (i.e., the short position in the call option is offset, or “covered,” by the long position the fund holds in shares of the underlying fund). The underlying index utilizes “European-style” call options.
Long Name iShares High Yield Corporate Bond Buywrite Strategy ETF
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1780838005
Nav Price 29.18874
Net Assets 172,639,744.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.69
Open 29.215
Phone 415-670-2000
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 29.23
Post Market Time 1,776,464,581
Previous Close 29.22
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0100002
Regular Market Change Percent 0.0342239
Regular Market Day High 29.33
Regular Market Day Low 29.215
Regular Market Day Range 29.215 - 29.33
Regular Market Open 29.215
Regular Market Previous Close 29.22
Regular Market Price 29.23
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,000
Regular Market Volume 164,230
Short Name iShares High Yield Corporate Bo
Source Interval 15
Symbol HYGW
Three Year Average Return 0.056683503
Total Assets 172,639,744
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 10.090973
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 0.32324
Trailing Three Month Returns 0.32324
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 29.96255
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.73254967
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.024448844
Type Disp ETF
Volume 164,230
Yield 0.1223
Ytd Return 0.32324