Defiance Daily Target 2X Long RKLB ETF (RKLX)Trading--Leveraged Equity | Exchange Traded Fund | NasdaqGM
43.17 USD
+1.82
(4.401%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 42.68 -0.49 (-0.490%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★★★ | Long-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★★★ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:31 p.m. EDT
RKLX is a 2x leveraged ETF designed for daily gains, and the capital flows indicate a high-conviction, nearing-1-month bullish breakout. With the price surging from ~21 to >41 in 14 days (crossing the 16 to 42 panic button), extreme longing (OI/FV) at strikes 45, 50, 77+ shows the 'hot money' are not betting on a bounce but on a continuation rally. The 23% yield is purely mechanical tax-loss harvesting from the 20x/30x+ drops inherent in leveraged niece-of-a-exponential (2x) ETFs; it is not a distribution of earnings. This is a pure momentum vehicle currently priced for a parabolic expansion, with the market ignoring downside risk for tomorrow's upside. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.529533 |
| MSTL | 0.563533 |
| AutoTheta | 0.801307 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.846186 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 50% |
| H-stat | 2.83 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.046 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 1.44 |
As of April 18, 2026, 11:31 p.m. EDT: Extreme bullish aggression in the options market. Call volume and Open Interest heavily skew OTM, with massive positioning at strikes ranging from 45 to 85 by Nov 2028, contrasting with almost zero defensive put activity. ATM IV understatement is severe (often 0%), while OTM strikes show price action elevating IV. The 4/17 expiration shows a 'Major OI Wall' at 40.0, acting as near-term support, with new flow pushing above 45. Deep OTM Feb/March strikes show 'Major OI Walls' (e.g., 77.0), indicating speculative narratives are priced at 2x+ returns. Put options are virtually non-existent for OTM strikes on near-term expirations, confirming a short-term gamma squeeze or momentum play where speculators are nearly alphas and are positioning for a sustained rally rather than volatility reversal.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 5.946 | 14.612928 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 78.0 |
| All Time Low | 3.814333 |
| Ask | 43.35 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 3,241,840 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 2,462,326 |
| Average Volume | 2,462,326 |
| Average Volume10Days | 3,241,840 |
| Beta3 Year | 0.0 |
| Bid | 43.0 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Category | Trading--Leveraged Equity |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 45.35 |
| Day Low | 41.9861 |
| Dividend Yield | 23.18 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 32.9858 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 10.184196 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.30874485 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 609.2552 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 78.0 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -34.83 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.44653848 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 5.781667 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 37.388332 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 6.4667044 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 5.781667 - 78.0 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,741,872,600,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Fund Family | Defiance ETFs LLC |
| Fund Inception Date | 1,741,737,600 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,025-03-13 |
| Language | en-US |
| Legal Type | Exchange Traded Fund |
| Long Business Summary | The fund is an actively managed exchange traded fund (“ETF”) that attempts to achieve two times (200%) the daily percentage change in the share price of the underlying security by employing derivatives, namely swap agreements and/or listed options contracts. The fund is non-diversified. |
| Long Name | Defiance Daily Target 2X Long RKLB ETF |
| Market | us_market |
| Market State | PREPRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1916074834 |
| Nav Price | 43.1992 |
| Net Assets | 161,897,056.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 1.29 |
| Open | 42.4143 |
| Post Market Change | -0.48999786 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -1.1350425 |
| Post Market Price | 42.68 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,470,392 |
| Previous Close | 41.35 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 1.82 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 4.40145 |
| Regular Market Day High | 45.35 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 41.9861 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 41.9861 - 45.35 |
| Regular Market Open | 42.4143 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 41.35 |
| Regular Market Price | 43.17 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,000 |
| Regular Market Volume | 3,157,457 |
| Short Name | Defiance Daily Target 2X Long R |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | RKLX |
| Total Assets | 161,897,056 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | -35.6309 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | -35.6309 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 35.447258 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 7.72274 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.21786566 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 3,157,457 |
| Yield | 0.2318 |
| Ytd Return | -35.6309 |