Direxion Daily Pharmaceutical & Medical Bull 3X Shares ETF (PILL)Trading--Leveraged Equity | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
14.32 USD
+0.63
(4.602%)
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(Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
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Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 5:34 a.m. EDT
The pharmaceutical sector leveraged bull ETF is currently trapped in a severe structural decline, having lost over three-quarters of its value over the past seven years. While the underlying business might be sound, the market has punished this specific vehicle relentlessly, resulting in a trailing run of down years that defines its recent trajectory. The recent price action confirms this bearish sentiment, with the asset trading well below its 50-day moving average and showing no signs of a recovery trend. Compounding the distress, options flow reveals a stark disconnect: traders are aggressively buying deep out-of-the-money puts to hedge against further drops, while call interest is negligible. This heavy hedging pressure suggests that even professional capital is bracing for continued weakness. With a paltry dividend yield that barely offsets inflation and a balance sheet eroded by years of compounding losses, there is no margin of safety here. The statistical models offer a weak lean upward, but given the low reliability score and the overwhelming evidence of structural deterioration in the price history, this signal is easily dismissed as noise. The consensus among speculators is clearly defensive, making a bullish entry highly premature. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.156530 |
| AutoETS | 0.156847 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.156862 |
| AutoTheta | 0.172833 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 36% |
| H-stat | 8.26 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.209 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.26 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Trailing P/E | 39.94 |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 5:34 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for downside protection, evidenced by massive put volume and open interest at strikes significantly out-of-the-money relative to current prices (e.g., 56 contracts at the 20 strike in December expirations). Call activity is sparse and concentrated near the money, while implied volatility remains elevated, suggesting fear of further declines rather than anticipation of a rally.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.01% | 0.47% | 1.02% | 0.98% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | 0.001 | 0.005266 |
| 2026-06-23 | 0.015 | 0.096339 |
| 2026-03-24 | 0.010 | 0.105152 |
| 2025-12-23 | 0.033 | 0.262113 |
| 2025-09-23 | 0.010 | 0.132450 |
| 2025-06-24 | 0.024 | 0.432432 |
| 2025-03-25 | 0.018 | 0.260870 |
| 2024-12-23 | 0.013 | 0.176630 |
| 2024-09-24 | 0.029 | 0.359801 |
| 2024-06-25 | 0.022 | 0.349206 |
| 2024-03-19 | 0.027 | 0.340479 |
| 2023-12-21 | 0.038 | 0.536723 |
| 2023-09-19 | 0.035 | 0.424757 |
| 2023-06-21 | 0.049 | 0.558087 |
| 2023-03-21 | 0.019 | 0.219958 |
| 2022-12-20 | 0.032 | 0.361582 |
| 2022-09-20 | 0.017 | 0.170000 |
| 2022-06-22 | 0.004 | 0.041537 |
| 2022-03-22 | 0.008 | 0.054870 |
| 2019-09-24 | 0.015 | 0.110351 |
| 2019-06-25 | 0.022 | 0.128505 |
| 2019-03-19 | 0.057 | 0.221376 |
| 2018-12-27 | 0.099 | 0.487925 |
| 2018-09-25 | 0.043 | 0.119958 |
| 2018-06-19 | 0.052 | 0.173333 |
| 2017-12-19 | 0.014 | 0.050998 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 42.9 |
| All Time Low | 3.62 |
| Ask | 0.0 |
| Ask Size | 13,000 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 45,620 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 52,095 |
| Average Volume | 52,095 |
| Average Volume10Days | 45,620 |
| Beta3 Year | 1.71 |
| Bid | 13.5 |
| Bid Size | 12,600 |
| Category | Trading--Leveraged Equity |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 14.9099 |
| Day Low | 14.1077 |
| Display Name | Pharma & Medical Bull 3X ETF |
| Dividend Yield | 0.38 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.35853025 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | PCX |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 18.7096 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -4.3896008 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.23461756 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 76.13776 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 24.15 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -9.83 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.40703934 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 7.745 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 6.575 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.84893477 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 7.745 - 24.15 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,510,756,200,000 |
| Five Year Average Return | -0.0468958 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSEArca |
| Fullday Change | 0.32000065 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 2.2346416 |
| Fullday Price | 14.64 |
| Fund Family | Direxion Funds |
| Fund Inception Date | 1,510,704,000 |
| 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 invests at least 80% of its net assets in financial instruments, that, in combination, provide 3X daily leveraged exposure to the index, consistent with the fund's investment objective. The index is a modified equal-weighted index that is designed to measure performance of the stocks, defined as pharmaceutical and medical stocks, comprising the S&P Total Market Index that are classified in the GICS pharmaceuticals sub-industry. The fund is non-diversified. |
| Long Name | Direxion Daily Pharmaceutical & Medical Bull 3X Shares ETF |
| Market | us_market |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_429657323 |
| Nav Price | 13.659 |
| Net Assets | 17,448,962.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 0.98 |
| Open | 13.97 |
| Phone | 866-476-7523 |
| Pre Market Change | 0.32000065 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | 2.2346416 |
| Pre Market Price | 14.64 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,792,149,427 |
| Previous Close | 13.69 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.63 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 4.6019 |
| Regular Market Day High | 14.9099 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 14.1077 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 14.1077 - 14.9099 |
| Regular Market Open | 13.97 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 13.69 |
| Regular Market Price | 14.32 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,094,400 |
| Regular Market Volume | 42,300 |
| Short Name | Direxion Daily Pharmaceutical & |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | PILL |
| Three Year Average Return | 0.3263652 |
| Total Assets | 17,448,962 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing P E | 39.94084 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | -11.91189 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | -11.91189 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 14.74075 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.42075062 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.028543364 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 42,300 |
| Yield | 0.0038 |
| Ytd Return | 29.63654 |