Defiance Daily Target 2X Long RKLB ETF (RKLX)Trading--Leveraged Equity | Exchange Traded Fund | NasdaqGM
15.31 USD
-1.55
(-9.193%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 15.36 +0.05 (0.326%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:30 a.m. EDT
This instrument is a classic leveraged ETF designed for short-term trading, not long-term holding. The underlying asset, Rocket Lab (RKLB), has suffered a catastrophic multi-year decline, dropping nearly 90% from its highs, which fundamentally disqualifies it as a 'buy and hold' vehicle despite any recent recovery in the parent company's stock. The massive dividend yield of 36% is an illusion; it is the result of the fund's daily rebalancing mechanics on a depreciating asset, effectively returning capital to investors as the principal erodes. While the recent price action shows a sharp bounce, the technicals remain deeply broken, trading far below key moving averages. The options market confirms this uncertainty, with traders buying insurance against a total collapse while simultaneously betting on a moonshot rally, creating a volatile environment unsuitable for standard investors. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.830877 |
| AutoETS | 0.832819 |
| MSTL | 0.876378 |
| AutoTheta | 0.968659 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 24% |
| H-stat | 20.13 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.178 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.36 |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:30 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning aggressively for volatility rather than a specific directional outcome. Call Open Interest is heavily skewed out-of-the-money (OTM) across all expirations, with massive walls at strikes like $60, $80, and $124, suggesting bets on a massive gap-up event. Conversely, Put Open Interest is concentrated deep OTM ($72, $80, $90) and ATM, indicating hedging against a crash or a bet on a severe drop. The implied volatility surface shows significant spikes at extreme strikes (deep ITM puts and deep OTM calls), confirming that the market is pricing in a binary, high-volatility event rather than a steady trend.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 5.946 | 14.612928 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 114.83 |
| All Time Low | 3.814333 |
| Ask | 26.39 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,609,950 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 2,918,748 |
| Average Volume | 2,918,748 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,609,950 |
| Beta3 Year | 0.0 |
| Bid | 16.46 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Category | Trading--Leveraged Equity |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 16.51 |
| Day Low | 14.86 |
| Dividend Yield | 36.26 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 26.0322 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -10.722199 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.4118822 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -48.40355 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 114.83 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -99.520004 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.8666725 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 13.291 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 2.019 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.15190731 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 13.291 - 114.83 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,741,872,600,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Fullday Change | -1.55 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -9.19336 |
| Fullday Price | 15.3599 |
| 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 | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_1916074834 |
| Nav Price | 16.2453 |
| Net Assets | 164,335,248.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 1.63 |
| Open | 16.51 |
| Post Market Change | 0.049900055 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.3259311 |
| Post Market Price | 15.3599 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,548 |
| Previous Close | 16.86 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -1.55 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -9.19336 |
| Regular Market Day High | 16.51 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 14.86 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 14.86 - 16.51 |
| Regular Market Open | 16.51 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 16.86 |
| Regular Market Price | 15.31 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,959,718 |
| Short Name | Defiance Daily Target 2X Long R |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | RKLX |
| Total Assets | 164,335,248 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | -58.64748 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | -58.64748 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 39.761593 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -24.451591 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.614955 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 1,959,718 |
| Yield | 0.36259997 |
| Ytd Return | -58.85372 |