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Defiance Leveraged Long + Income MSTR ETF (MST)

Trading--Miscellaneous | Exchange Traded Fund | NasdaqGM
31.79 USD +5.55 (21.151%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 30.79 -1.00 (-1.000%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 7:56 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 1:07 a.m. EDT

Avoid this at all costs. Despite the high stock-price momentum and recent price surge, MST is a 'buy high' trap. It is an ultra-leveraged ETF (Defiance Leveraged Long + Income) that has printed massive quarterly dividends ($4-9/) which are unsustainable from a fundamentals standpoint without the underlying asset crashing or the ETF structure changing. The deep ITM options flow signals the market knows the volatility risk is extreme; players are positioning for a binary event, not smooth accumulation. The 5-year track record of this specific ETF yields NAV erosion, and the recent price of $31+ makes it unattractive for a long hold or even standard momentum play given the leverage decay.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.220041
AutoTheta0.304432
MSTL0.450513
AutoETS0.452951

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 0.69
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.714
Excess Kurtosis -0.14

As of April 19, 2026, 1:07 a.m. EDT: Options flow shows heavy positioning in deep In-The-Money (ITM) calls and deep In-The-Money (ITM) puts for distant expirations (Aug/Nov). The probability distribution for Aug 21 shows 51 volumes in 3.0 calls vs 0 in 19.0 calls, and 50 volumes in 4.0 puts vs 0 in 19.0 puts. This aggressive deep ITM positioning creates a 'long gamma' or binary 'bet-on-a-move' structure rather than a directional gamma scalp. The lack of OI in moderate OTM strikes suggests a sentiment focused on avoiding a lengthy, brutal grind (protective deep OTM) or betting on a massive, high-beta event (deep OTM misses).


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-04-15 0.178 0.721466
2026-04-08 0.190 0.917209
2026-04-01 0.194 0.993320
2026-03-25 0.335 1.389696
2026-03-11 0.448 1.851534
2026-03-04 0.525 1.953456
2026-02-25 0.392 1.656909
2026-02-18 0.504 2.437504
2026-02-11 0.490 2.365075
2026-02-04 0.483 2.104274
2026-01-28 0.581 1.669023
2026-01-21 0.686 1.868944
2026-01-14 0.658 1.510320
2026-01-07 0.798 2.169317
2025-12-31 0.791 2.395735
2025-12-24 0.651 1.835329
2025-12-17 0.644 1.786652
2025-12-10 1.540 3.328665
2025-12-03 4.116 8.709743
2025-11-26 1.064 2.512249
2025-11-19 1.596 3.381984
2025-11-12 1.932 2.750720
2025-11-05 3.220 3.501429
2025-10-29 2.940 2.742283
2025-10-22 3.080 2.793059
2025-10-15 3.388 2.766108
2025-10-08 4.760 3.153394
2025-10-01 4.144 2.623976
2025-09-24 4.648 3.028796
2025-09-17 4.116 2.515533
2025-09-10 4.116 2.582752
2025-09-03 4.396 2.716255
2025-08-27 5.180 2.991008
2025-08-20 5.180 2.958450
2025-08-13 6.104 2.729916
2025-08-06 5.264 2.413182
2025-07-30 5.964 2.517863
2025-07-23 6.160 2.394409
2025-07-16 9.828 3.176041
2025-07-09 7.616 2.844776
2025-07-02 8.008 3.118507
2025-06-25 5.824 2.354271
2025-06-18 7.616 3.340237
2025-06-11 8.008 3.250056
2025-06-04 7.448 3.133450
2025-05-28 7.420 3.342031
2025-05-21 9.380 3.481800
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 678.44
All Time Low 16.59
Ask 31.79
Ask Size 1
Average Daily Volume10 Day 80,470
Average Daily Volume3 Month 79,609
Average Volume 79,609
Average Volume10Days 80,470
Beta3 Year 0.0
Bid 31.6
Bid Size 1
Category Trading--Miscellaneous
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 33.5939
Day Low 27.84
Esg Populated 0
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 24.08278
Fifty Day Average Change 7.70722
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.32003033
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -94.67668
Fifty Two Week High 678.44
Fifty Two Week High Change -646.65
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.9531425
Fifty Two Week Low 16.59
Fifty Two Week Low Change 15.200001
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.91621464
Fifty Two Week Range 16.59 - 678.44
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,746,192,600,000
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Fund Family Defiance ETFs LLC
Fund Inception Date 1,746,057,600
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Ipo Expected Date 2,025-05-02
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund is an actively-managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to achieve its investment objective by entering into derivatives transactions (i.e., swap agreements and options contracts) to gain long exposure to MicroStrategy Incorporated (“MSTR,” or the “Underlying Security”). The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name Defiance Leveraged Long + Income MSTR ETF
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1916111687
Nav Price 31.5806
Net Assets 19,929,436.0
Net Expense Ratio 1.31
Open 27.84
Post Market Change -1.0
Post Market Change Percent -3.1456432
Post Market Price 30.79
Post Market Time 1,776,470,174
Previous Close 26.24
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 5.55
Regular Market Change Percent 21.1509
Regular Market Day High 33.5939
Regular Market Day Low 27.84
Regular Market Day Range 27.84 - 33.5939
Regular Market Open 27.84
Regular Market Previous Close 26.24
Regular Market Price 31.79
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,001
Regular Market Volume 176,679
Short Name Defiance Leveraged Long + Incom
Source Interval 15
Symbol MST
Total Assets 19,929,436
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -39.74275
Trailing Three Month Returns -39.74275
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 171.08
Two Hundred Day Average Change -139.29001
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.81418055
Type Disp ETF
Volume 176,679
Ytd Return -39.74275