iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT)Digital Assets | Exchange Traded Fund | NasdaqGM
43.90 USD
-1.39
(-3.069%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 44.08 +0.18 (0.408%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 3:15 a.m. EDT
The immediate outlook is bullish, driven by a powerful confluence of technical momentum and aggressive options flow. The asset has surged nearly 93% year-to-date, breaking through key psychological barriers, and the options market is screaming for continuation with heavy buying activity at strikes above $44. However, this is a speculative vehicle rather than a traditional investment; it offers no income stream and carries extreme volatility risks inherent to its underlying crypto asset. While the short-term trend is clearly upward with institutional inflows supporting the move, the lack of fundamental earnings or cash flow means valuations rely entirely on future price appreciation, making it suitable only for high-risk tolerance capital. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.122579 |
| AutoETS | 0.123201 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.123609 |
| AutoTheta | 0.125742 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 47% |
| H-stat | 0.78 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.201 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.13 |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 3:15 a.m. EDT: Speculators are aggressively positioning for a breakout above the $44-$45 resistance zone, evidenced by massive volume spikes in out-of-the-money calls and heavy open interest accumulation there. Conversely, put writers are establishing significant defensive walls around the $38-$40 range, suggesting a belief that a rebound will likely encounter selling pressure before reaching new highs. The implied volatility surface shows elevated premiums for deep out-of-the-money strikes, indicating a market pricing in a binary event or continued high volatility.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 71.82 |
| All Time Low | 22.02 |
| Ask | 36.73 |
| Ask Size | 30 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 72,696,090 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 48,653,675 |
| Average Volume | 48,653,675 |
| Average Volume10Days | 72,696,090 |
| Beta3 Year | 0.0 |
| Bid | 36.71 |
| Bid Size | 31 |
| Category | Digital Assets |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 45.26 |
| Day Low | 43.525 |
| Display Name | iShares Bitcoin Trust |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 36.927 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 6.9730034 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.18883212 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -28.076862 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 71.82 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -27.919998 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.38874963 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 32.84 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 11.060001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.33678445 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 32.84 - 71.82 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,704,983,400,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Fullday Change | -1.39 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -3.06911 |
| Fullday Price | 44.0793 |
| Fund Family | iShares |
| Fund Inception Date | 1,704,412,800 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,024-01-11 |
| 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 bitcoin rather than by acquiring, holding and trading bitcoin directly on a peer-to-peer or other basis or via a digital asset exchange. The fund is non-diversified. |
| Long Name | iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF |
| Market | us_market |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1843774300 |
| Nav Price | 44.41503 |
| Net Assets | 46,523,912,000.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 0.25 |
| Open | 44.865 |
| Post Market Change | 0.1792984 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.4084246 |
| Post Market Price | 44.0793 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,571 |
| Previous Close | 45.29 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -1.39 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -3.06911 |
| Regular Market Day High | 45.26 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 43.525 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 43.525 - 45.26 |
| Regular Market Open | 44.865 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 45.29 |
| Regular Market Price | 43.9 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 76,502,152 |
| Short Name | iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | IBIT |
| Total Assets | 46,523,912,192 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | -17.66095 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | -17.66095 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 42.73145 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 1.1685524 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.027346427 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 76,502,152 |
| Yield | 0.0 |
| Ytd Return | -28.00285 |