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Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares (JDST)

Trading--Inverse Equity | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
43.38 USD +2.90 (7.164%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 43.08 -0.30 (-0.300%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 7:51 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:⯪☆☆☆☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 5:37 a.m. EDT

This instrument is a high-risk leveraged bearish product designed for traders betting on the collapse of junior gold miners, not for investors seeking income or long-term growth. The underlying asset has suffered a catastrophic multi-year decline, dropping nearly 99.96% over the last nine years with three consecutive years of negative returns, indicating a structural deterioration in the sector it tracks. The 'dividend' is a dangerous illusion; while the yield appears high at nearly 6%, the payout amounts have been slashed drastically from $18+ per share in 2023 to just $0.25 recently, signaling severe capital erosion rather than sustainable income. Options data confirms this bearish sentiment, with heavy positioning in deep out-of-the-money puts, suggesting speculators expect further downside. The statistical forecast model also leans slightly negative, though with low confidence. Given the leveraged nature of the fund and the persistent structural decline of the underlying index, this security warrants avoidance for any long-term horizon.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.290647
AutoETS0.342773
MSTL0.345733
MSTL_1150.371561
MSTL_90_1150.431598
AutoARIMA0.457980
MSTL_900.502457

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 32%
H-stat 5.88
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.319
Excess Kurtosis -0.95

As of July 11, 2026, 5:37 a.m. EDT: Speculators are aggressively positioning for a continued decline, evidenced by massive open interest in deep out-of-the-money puts (strikes 4.0, 2.0, 1.0) and significant volume in lower strikes relative to calls. While there is some call activity at near-term strikes, the overwhelming capital allocation is in downside protection, suggesting a consensus expectation of further weakness.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.63% 4.23% 4.40% 3.08%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-23 0.252 0.626243
2026-03-24 0.616 1.431559
2025-12-23 0.440 0.920502
2025-09-23 1.180 1.255319
2025-06-24 1.920 0.951437
2025-03-25 4.380 1.309809
2024-12-23 3.760 0.629605
2024-09-24 7.080 1.461602
2024-06-25 11.400 1.469072
2024-03-19 18.000 1.528014
2023-12-21 4.800 0.453686
2023-09-19 16.200 1.158798
2023-06-21 10.400 0.737589
2023-03-21 21.400 1.477901
2020-03-24 230.000 2.090909
2019-12-23 135.000 0.222589
2019-09-24 285.000 0.444965
2019-06-25 235.000 0.178911
2019-03-19 890.000 0.469038
2018-12-27 460.000 0.172770
2018-09-25 900.000 0.243243
2018-06-19 70.000 0.027106
2014-12-11 3800000.000 5.280712
2014-06-24 8000.000 0.013812
Additional Data
dividendYield 5.96

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 337,800,000.0
All Time Low 22.8
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 400
Average Daily Volume10 Day 361,420
Average Daily Volume3 Month 583,006
Average Volume 583,006
Average Volume10Days 361,420
Beta3 Year -1.13
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 500
Category Trading--Inverse Equity
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 43.93
Day Low 41.77
Dividend Yield 5.96
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 36.6702
Fifty Day Average Change 6.7098007
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.18297693
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -78.784065
Fifty Two Week High 217.4
Fifty Two Week High Change -174.01999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.80046
Fifty Two Week Low 22.8
Fifty Two Week Low Change 20.580002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.9026317
Fifty Two Week Range 22.8 - 217.4
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,380,807,000,000
Five Year Average Return -0.5297413
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fund Family Direxion Funds
Fund Inception Date 1,380,758,400
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 index tracks the performance of domestic and foreign, including developing and emerging, small- and mid-capitalization companies that are involved in the gold and silver mining industry. The fund invests at least 80% of the fund’s net assets in swap agreements, futures contracts, or short positions, that, in combination, provide 2X daily inverse (opposite) or short exposure to the index or to ETFs that track the index, consistent with the fund’s investment objective. It is non-diversified.
Long Name Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares
Market us_market
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_246255807
Nav Price 40.377
Net Assets 31,536,318.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.92
Open 42.2
Phone 866-476-7523
Post Market Change -0.29999924
Post Market Change Percent -0.69156116
Post Market Price 43.08
Post Market Time 1,783,986,704
Previous Close 40.48
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 2.9
Regular Market Change Percent 7.16404
Regular Market Day High 43.93
Regular Market Day Low 41.77
Regular Market Day Range 41.77 - 43.93
Regular Market Open 42.2
Regular Market Previous Close 40.48
Regular Market Price 43.38
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,800
Regular Market Volume 365,978
Short Name Direxion Daily Junior Gold Mine
Source Interval 15
Symbol JDST
Three Year Average Return -0.6820159
Total Assets 31,536,318
Tradeable 0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 21.68565
Trailing Three Month Returns 21.68565
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 49.2759
Two Hundred Day Average Change -5.8959007
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.119650796
Type Disp ETF
Volume 365,978
Yield 0.0596
Ytd Return -19.0494