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Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares (NUGT)

Trading--Leveraged Equity | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
194.47 USD -16.32 (-7.742%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 193.37 -1.10 (-1.100%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★★★⯪Long-term:★★⯪☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:54 a.m. EDT

The 2x leveraged structure of NUGT has created a dangerous divergence between its recent price recovery and its underlying reality. While the price has rallied nearly 70% in the last two weeks, the annual trajectory shows an 83% collapse over the last nine years, confirming that the recent bounce is a technical mean reversion rather than a fundamental turnaround. The options market screams caution: traders are buying deep protection at strikes like $70 and $121, while the statistical forecast model offers zero directional confidence. For a leveraged product, this lack of statistical edge combined with the structural drag of compounding decay makes holding risky despite the short-term momentum. The dividend is negligible and irrelevant to the investment thesis. This is a high-risk momentum play suitable only for traders betting on a continuation of the gold rally, not investors seeking stability.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.206732
AutoETS0.206735
AutoTheta0.217846
MSTL0.230575

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 34%
H-stat 0.64
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.026
Excess Kurtosis -0.07
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 22.68

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:54 a.m. EDT: Speculators are aggressively positioning for a sharp downside correction, evidenced by massive out-of-the-money put volume and open interest walls at strikes like $70 and $121. Conversely, there is significant call activity at deep out-of-the-money strikes ($245, $310) and ATM levels, suggesting a 'long gamma' strategy where traders profit from volatility expansion regardless of direction, but the heavy put skew indicates fear of a gap down.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.16% 0.46% 1.27% 0.98%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-23 0.200 0.160488
2026-03-24 0.301 0.191196
2025-12-23 0.216 0.105474
2025-06-24 0.039 0.052582
2025-03-25 0.148 0.248239
2024-12-23 0.246 0.679558
2024-09-24 0.066 0.122745
2024-06-25 0.120 0.319915
2024-03-19 0.198 0.677618
2023-12-21 0.329 0.923898
2023-09-19 0.110 0.343000
2023-06-21 0.087 0.249641
2023-03-21 0.053 0.146409
2022-12-20 0.240 0.690449
2019-12-23 0.710 0.476031
2019-06-25 0.250 0.181028
2019-03-19 0.130 0.135205
2018-12-27 0.175 0.203134
2018-03-20 0.325 0.291741
2011-12-13 2038.000 4.457568
Additional Data
dividendYield 0.65

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 87,300.0
All Time Low 20.3
Ask 196.0
Ask Size 300
Average Daily Volume10 Day 840,950
Average Daily Volume3 Month 717,174
Average Volume 717,174
Average Volume10Days 840,950
Beta3 Year 0.64
Bid 192.67
Bid Size 100
Category Trading--Leveraged Equity
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 215.15
Day Low 190.51
Dividend Yield 0.65
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 8.573104
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 138.7932
Fifty Day Average Change 55.676804
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.40114936
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 72.923706
Fifty Two Week High 320.79
Fifty Two Week High Change -126.32001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.39377788
Fifty Two Week Low 98.81
Fifty Two Week Low Change 95.66
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.9681207
Fifty Two Week Range 98.81 - 320.79
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,291,818,600,000
Five Year Average Return 0.3323294
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fullday Change -16.32
Fullday Change Percent -7.7423
Fullday Price 193.37
Fund Family Direxion Funds
Fund Inception Date 1,291,766,400
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 is comprised of publicly traded common stocks, ADRs or global depositary receipts of companies that operate globally in both developed and emerging markets, and the index provider defines as involved primarily in mining for gold and, to a lesser extent, in mining for silver. The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in financial instruments, that, in combination, provide 2X daily leveraged exposure to the index, consistent with the fund's investment objective. It is non-diversified.
Long Name Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_116840403
Nav Price 210.906
Net Assets 847,332,160.0
Net Expense Ratio 1.13
Open 212.98
Phone 866-476-7523
Post Market Change -1.1000061
Post Market Change Percent -0.5656431
Post Market Price 193.37
Post Market Time 1,787,961,551
Previous Close 210.79
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -16.32
Regular Market Change Percent -7.7423
Regular Market Day High 215.15
Regular Market Day Low 190.51
Regular Market Day Range 190.51 - 215.15
Regular Market Open 212.98
Regular Market Previous Close 210.79
Regular Market Price 194.47
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 1,400,939
Short Name Direxion Daily Gold Miners Inde
Source Interval 15
Symbol NUGT
Three Year Average Return 0.9334098
Total Assets 847,332,160
Tradeable 0
Trailing P E 22.683733
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -35.04024
Trailing Three Month Returns -35.04024
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 183.08315
Two Hundred Day Average Change 11.386856
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.062195
Type Disp ETF
Volume 1,400,939
Yield 0.0064999997
Ytd Return -39.61807