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VanEck Commodity Strategy ETF (PIT)

Commodities Broad Basket | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
69.79 USD -2.16 (-3.002%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 69.75 -0.04 (-0.040%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 6:27 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:53 p.m. EDT

PIT offers a stable, yield-heavy defensive position (6.5% yield) currently trading above its 200-day moving average, but the low-volatility call structure and flat short-term momentum suggest the active strategy is in a neutral-to-slightly-upside phase, lacking the explosive setup seen in top-performing commodity lists.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.122329
MSTL0.125379
AutoARIMA0.126714
AutoETS0.127765

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 41%
H-stat 29.34
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.100
Excess Kurtosis -1.55

As of April 18, 2026, 11:53 p.m. EDT: Call buying is concentrated in longer-dated expirations (May, August, November) with significant open interest at strikes 80 and 85, indicating a long-term bullish bias rather than immediate upside. IV is extremely low for near-term calls, suggesting lack of aggressive short-term speculation. Put activity is minimal and clustered at lower strikes in short-term expirations (~66), showing slight defensive positioning below recent lows but no major hedging activity.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
8.88% 8.88%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2025-12-22 4.708 8.875651
2024-12-23 1.700 3.976241
2023-12-18 2.958 7.176708
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 6.52

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 75.14
All Time Low 45.32
Ask 69.75
Ask Size 1,400
Average Daily Volume10 Day 42,440
Average Daily Volume3 Month 28,580
Average Volume 28,580
Average Volume10Days 42,440
Beta3 Year 1.11
Bid 69.6
Bid Size 200
Category Commodities Broad Basket
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 69.81
Day Low 68.75
Dividend Yield 6.52
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 66.4444
Fifty Day Average Change 3.345604
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.050351936
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 42.312397
Fifty Two Week High 75.14
Fifty Two Week High Change -5.3499985
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.07120041
Fifty Two Week Low 47.71
Fifty Two Week Low Change 22.080002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.4627961
Fifty Two Week Range 47.71 - 75.14
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,671,719,400,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fund Family VanEck
Fund Inception Date 1,671,494,400
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 fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its total assets in instruments that derive their value from the performance of commodities. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name VanEck Commodity Strategy ETF
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1799663082
Nav Price 69.64
Net Assets 187,704,752.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.55
Open 70.69
Phone 888-658-8287
Post Market Change -0.040000916
Post Market Change Percent -0.057316113
Post Market Price 69.75
Post Market Time 1,776,464,821
Previous Close 71.95
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -2.16
Regular Market Change Percent -3.00208
Regular Market Day High 69.81
Regular Market Day Low 68.75
Regular Market Day Range 68.75 - 69.81
Regular Market Open 70.69
Regular Market Previous Close 71.95
Regular Market Price 69.79
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,000
Regular Market Volume 27,314
Short Name VanEck Commodity Strategy ETF
Source Interval 15
Symbol PIT
Three Year Average Return 0.1880697
Total Assets 187,704,752
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 36.59413
Trailing Three Month Returns 36.59413
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 57.63705
Two Hundred Day Average Change 12.15295
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.21085308
Type Disp ETF
Volume 27,314
Yield 0.0652
Ytd Return 36.59413