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KraneShares China Technology & Semiconductor STAR 50 Index ETF (KSTR)

Greater China Region | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
23.97 USD -0.63 (-2.561%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 24.03 +0.06 (0.250%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 2:33 a.m. EDT

The immediate outlook is cautiously optimistic, driven by a massive surge in call volume and open interest targeting prices well above current levels, while the underlying price action shows a resilient bounce off the 200-day moving average. However, the long-term picture remains murky due to a brutal four-year decline where the asset lost over a third of its value, despite a sharp recovery in the most recent year. This volatility suggests a speculative vehicle rather than a stable core holding. Furthermore, the lack of any dividend history confirms this is purely a growth/exposure play with no income floor. The statistical forecast offers only a weak lean upward, which aligns with the options sentiment but fails to provide the conviction needed to ignore the deep historical drawdown.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.133717
MSTL0.136375
AutoTheta0.152373
AutoARIMA0.186527

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 39%
H-stat 7.08
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.087
Excess Kurtosis -0.53
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 49.40

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 2:33 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily skewed toward calls, with open interest concentrated significantly out-of-the-money (OTM) at strikes like $30, $35, and $40 for later expirations, suggesting a bullish bet on a substantial rally. However, there is a notable 'insurance' layer of OTM put open interest at lower strikes ($15-$22) for the December and January expirations, indicating some hedging against a potential downside correction despite the overall call bias.


Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 32.54
All Time Low 9.26
Ask 24.01
Ask Size 1,000
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,029,810
Average Daily Volume3 Month 890,038
Average Volume 890,038
Average Volume10Days 1,029,810
Beta3 Year 1.29
Bid 23.8
Bid Size 2,100
Category Greater China Region
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 24.24
Day Low 23.9201
Dividend Yield 0.0
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.48521602
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 26.2768
Fifty Day Average Change -2.3068008
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.0877885
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 31.055223
Fifty Two Week High 32.54
Fifty Two Week High Change -8.570002
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.2633682
Fifty Two Week Low 16.55
Fifty Two Week Low Change 7.42
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.4483384
Fifty Two Week Range 16.55 - 32.54
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,612,189,800,000
Five Year Average Return -0.0086336
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fullday Change -0.630001
Fullday Change Percent -2.56098
Fullday Price 24.03
Fund Family KraneShares
Fund Inception Date 1,611,619,200
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary Under normal circumstances, the fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in instruments in its underlying index or in instruments that have economic characteristics similar to those in the underlying index. The underlying index includes the stocks of the top 50 companies by free-float market capitalizations listed on the SSE Science and Technology Innovation Board (the “STAR Board”). It is non-diversified.
Long Name KraneShares China Technology & Semiconductor STAR 50 Index ETF
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_694622031
Nav Price 24.59
Net Assets 365,875,072.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.89
Open 24.26
Phone 1-855-857-2638
Post Market Change 0.060001373
Post Market Change Percent 0.25031862
Post Market Price 24.03
Post Market Time 1,787,961,583
Previous Close 24.6
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.630001
Regular Market Change Percent -2.56098
Regular Market Day High 24.24
Regular Market Day Low 23.9201
Regular Market Day Range 23.9201 - 24.24
Regular Market Open 24.26
Regular Market Previous Close 24.6
Regular Market Price 23.97
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 559,748
Short Name KraneShares China Technology &
Source Interval 15
Symbol KSTR
Three Year Average Return 0.25464252
Total Assets 365,875,072
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 49.400677
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 5.02893
Trailing Three Month Returns 5.02893
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 22.136166
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.8338337
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.08284333
Type Disp ETF
Volume 559,748
Yield 0.0
Ytd Return 27.22372