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YieldMax Innovation Option Income Strategy ETF (OARK)

Derivative Income | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
33.73 USD +0.71 (2.146%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 3:18 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 33.79 +0.06 (0.172%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:58 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:25 a.m. EDT

OARK is currently displaying classic 'dividend erosion' characteristics typical of YieldMax products. While the 66% yield is mathematically staggering, the share price is dumping (down from a low of ~47 to ~28) to generate that yield, resulting in total return that is net negative or near flat over the long run. The recent price recovery is an anomaly; fundamentally, the structure acts as a long-decay hedging vehicle rather than a growth play, and the options market is correctly pricing in a wait-and-see or short-term defense posture against further decay.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.069057
AutoETS0.070523
MSTL0.077347
AutoTheta0.081258

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 72%
H-stat 1.20
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.428
Excess Kurtosis 0.49

As of April 19, 2026, 12:25 a.m. EDT: The options flow is dominated by aggressive put buying (OTM flow > 95% volume) at the nearest ATM strike (28.0), with the volume to open ratio heavily favoring purchases. This indicates a strong short-horizon downside bet, possibly hedging against volatility expansion or preparing for earnings/conference cap. While ATM calls show some new flow, the put volume significantly outweighs the call volume in terms of speculative positioning. Implied Volatility is highest at the ATM put strike (1.06), suggesting the market prices in significant risk of a drop.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.06% 71.21% 89.93%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-04-16 0.351 1.062896
2026-04-09 0.332 1.101513
2026-04-02 0.297 0.994908
2026-03-26 0.292 0.989111
2026-03-19 0.287 0.938402
2026-03-12 0.314 1.036008
2026-03-05 0.274 0.880501
2026-02-26 0.249 0.803620
2026-02-19 0.228 0.756493
2026-02-12 0.204 0.708038
2026-02-05 0.204 0.727916
2026-01-29 0.215 0.667558
2026-01-22 0.219 0.650414
2026-01-15 0.249 0.738388
2026-01-08 0.238 0.721006
2026-01-02 0.219 0.673679
2025-12-26 0.294 0.889592
2025-12-18 0.289 0.894303
2025-12-11 0.336 1.007063
2025-12-04 0.636 1.919801
2025-11-28 0.365 1.137118
2025-11-20 0.350 1.163844
2025-11-13 0.415 1.293746
2025-11-06 0.385 1.145712
2025-10-30 0.700 1.999244
2025-10-23 0.400 1.118760
2025-10-16 1.070 3.054578
2025-10-02 1.720 4.899196
2025-09-04 1.535 4.882539
2025-08-07 1.880 6.090289
2025-07-10 1.720 5.652100
2025-06-12 1.975 7.448203
2025-05-15 1.560 6.304514
2025-04-17 1.460 6.862473
2025-03-20 1.605 6.833159
2025-02-20 2.135 7.376471
2025-01-23 1.650 5.817514
2024-12-27 1.645 5.899037
2024-11-29 2.345 8.593200
2024-10-31 1.410 5.994831
2024-10-03 2.040 8.760229
2024-09-06 1.475 6.822706
2024-08-07 1.315 6.399985
2024-07-05 1.230 5.317618
2024-06-06 2.000 8.878436
2024-05-06 2.630 11.126777
2024-04-04 2.380 10.033252
2024-03-06 2.315 9.601946
2024-02-07 1.930 8.325057
2024-01-05 1.595 6.822635
2023-12-07 1.210 5.375459
2023-11-08 1.920 9.262781
2023-10-06 1.675 7.824323
2023-09-08 1.820 7.852189
2023-08-04 3.420 14.228060
2023-07-07 2.775 11.566051
2023-06-07 2.550 11.091291
2023-05-05 1.825 8.768215
2023-04-06 2.550 12.148850
2023-03-08 3.845 18.235486
2023-02-08 5.450 23.853449
2023-01-10 3.725 17.431383
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 66.4

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 106.32
All Time Low 10.25
Ask 33.81
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 9,730
Average Daily Volume3 Month 28,182
Average Volume 28,182
Average Volume10Days 9,730
Beta3 Year 1.71
Bid 33.68
Bid Size 200
Category Derivative Income
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 34.18
Day Low 33.65
Dividend Yield 66.4
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 31.96278
Fifty Day Average Change 1.7691193
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.055349354
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -2.367586
Fifty Two Week High 47.0
Fifty Two Week High Change -13.268101
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.28230003
Fifty Two Week Low 28.71
Fifty Two Week Low Change 5.0219
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.17491816
Fifty Two Week Range 28.71 - 47.0
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,669,386,600,000
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fund Family YieldMax ETFs
Fund Inception Date 1,669,075,200
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund will seek to employ its investment strategy as it relates to the Underlying Security regardless of whether there are periods adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not seek to take temporary defensive positions during such periods. In seeking to achieve its investment objective, the fund will implement a “synthetic covered call” strategy using the standardized exchange-traded and FLEX options. It is non-diversified.
Long Name YieldMax Innovation Option Income Strategy ETF
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1799412301
Nav Price 33.8722
Net Assets 52,067,516.0
Net Expense Ratio 1.0
Open 33.55
Post Market Change 0.058101654
Post Market Change Percent 0.17224543
Post Market Price 33.79
Post Market Time 1,776,470,322
Previous Close 33.0233
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.708599
Regular Market Change Percent 2.14575
Regular Market Day High 34.18
Regular Market Day Low 33.65
Regular Market Day Range 33.65 - 34.18
Regular Market Open 33.55
Regular Market Previous Close 33.0233
Regular Market Price 33.7319
Regular Market Time 1,776,453,508
Regular Market Volume 13,956
Short Name YieldMax Innovation Option Inco
Source Interval 15
Symbol OARK
Three Year Average Return 0.1678853
Total Assets 52,067,516
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -7.74205
Trailing Three Month Returns -7.74205
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 39.18932
Two Hundred Day Average Change -5.4574203
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.13925785
Type Disp ETF
Volume 13,956
Yield 0.66400003
Ytd Return -7.74205