iShares Silver Trust (SLV)Commodities Focused | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
73.63 USD
+2.39
(3.355%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:46 a.m. EDT
SLV is in a classic 'bottoming momentum' phase where both price action and speculative capital agree. Despite the recent 35%+ drop, the iShares fund's massive 50-day volume surge suggests a smart money accumulation pattern that retail options activity (calls at 80-100 strikes) is now validating. The lack of institutional put writing suggests the recent sell-off is exhausted, creating a high-risk/high-reward setup for the next few weeks, though the neutral long-term rating reflects the commodity's inherent cyclicality. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.384941 |
| AutoETS | 0.509132 |
| MSTL | 0.511605 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.519495 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 45% |
| H-stat | 7.65 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.360 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.38 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Market Cap | 25,140,961,280 |
As of April 19, 2026, 12:46 a.m. EDT: Options data reveals a pronounced bullish bias with significant volume spikes in Call expirations leading into May 1 (ATM IV 0.52) and May 15 (ATM IV 0.54). Call market makers are heavily exposed at strikes 70-75 (OTM positioning), while retail volume is aggressively chasing higher strikes (85-100) with IV spikes up to 203% on far OTM Jan/Feb contracts, indicating a low-cost gamma boost strategy. Conversely, Put flow is sparse relative to Calls, with Put writers defending levels around 68-70 (ITM positioning suggests hedging likely from sophisticated buyers), but insufficient volume to indicate strong downside conviction. Ljung-Box p-value < 0.01 and Jarque-Bera p > 0.05 confirm non-randomness but non-normality in the directional signal, supporting a momentum play over mean-reversion.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 109.83 |
| All Time Low | 8.45 |
| Ask | 73.32 |
| Ask Size | 1,000 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 26,682,910 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 85,044,296 |
| Average Volume | 85,044,296 |
| Average Volume10Days | 26,682,910 |
| Beta3 Year | 1.0 |
| Bid | 73.25 |
| Bid Size | 2,000 |
| Book Value | 21.348 |
| Category | Commodities Focused |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 75.16 |
| Day Low | 73.42 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -3.46 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | PCX |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 71.44 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 2.1899948 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.03065502 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 147.16348 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 109.83 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -36.200005 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.32960033 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 29.04 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 44.589996 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.5354681 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 29.04 - 109.83 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,146,231,000,000 |
| Five Year Average Return | 0.2503846 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSEArca |
| Fund Family | iShares |
| Fund Inception Date | 1,145,577,600 |
| 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 Trust seeks to reflect such performance before payment of the Trust's expenses and liabilities. It is not actively managed. The Trust does not engage in any activities designed to obtain a profit from, or to ameliorate losses caused by, changes in the price of silver. |
| Long Name | iShares Silver Trust |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 25,140,961,280 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_22769902 |
| Nav Price | 71.80622 |
| Net Assets | 35,677,336,000.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 0.5 |
| Open | 73.89 |
| Previous Close | 71.24 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 3.449035 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 2.39 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 3.35486 |
| Regular Market Day High | 75.16 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 73.42 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 73.42 - 75.16 |
| Regular Market Open | 73.89 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 71.24 |
| Regular Market Price | 73.63 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,000 |
| Regular Market Volume | 32,835,687 |
| Shares Outstanding | 341,449,984 |
| Short Name | iShares Silver Trust |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | SLV |
| Three Year Average Return | 0.4733858 |
| Total Assets | 35,677,335,552 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | 0.83981 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | 0.83981 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 54.6616 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 18.9684 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.34701508 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 32,835,687 |
| Yield | 0.0 |
| Ytd Return | 0.83981 |