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iShares MSCI Global Silver and Metals Miners ETF (SLVP)

Equity Precious Metals | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
34.33 USD -0.58 (-1.648%) ⇩ (Oct. 13, 2026, 10:27 a.m. EDT)

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Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 1:39 a.m. EDT

The silver mining sector is currently trapped in a defensive posture, evidenced by the massive put wall at the $26 level which acts as a psychological and financial floor for the ETF. While the trailing P/E of 16 suggests the market isn't pricing in a complete collapse, the price action is clearly struggling to reclaim key moving averages, trading well below both the 50-day and 200-day benchmarks. This technical weakness is compounded by a concerning headline environment where analysts are explicitly downgrading the asset class to 'Hold' due to fears of a 'blow-off top' in silver prices. The options market reflects this tension: traders are buying insurance deep in the money while simultaneously placing aggressive bets on a potential gap-up recovery, but the lack of sustained upward momentum in the underlying price suggests these calls are speculative rather than based on a confirmed trend reversal. With the price history showing a multi-year struggle to maintain gains, the long-term outlook remains neutral-to-bearish until the commodity cycle proves sustainable.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.219400
AutoARIMA0.219402
MSTL0.221068
AutoTheta0.293418

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 33%
H-stat 2.04
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.005
Excess Kurtosis 0.74
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 15.70

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 1:39 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with a heavy concentration of put open interest at the $26 strike across multiple expirations, creating a significant floor. This is paired with notable call volume at strikes significantly above the current price ($42, $48), suggesting a speculative bet on a volatile rebound rather than a steady grind higher. The implied volatility is elevated relative to historical norms, indicating fear of a sharp move in either direction.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.40% 2.12% 1.28% 1.07%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-15 0.138 0.400581
2025-12-16 0.565 1.720463
2025-06-16 0.045 0.249861
2024-12-17 0.081 0.642857
2024-06-11 0.040 0.341880
2023-12-20 0.048 0.475248
2023-06-07 0.041 0.399610
2022-12-13 0.010 0.091491
2022-06-09 0.057 0.509383
2021-12-13 0.061 0.496338
2021-06-10 0.148 0.830528
2020-12-14 0.387 2.618403
2020-06-15 0.021 0.172697
2019-12-16 0.190 1.835749
2019-06-17 0.037 0.433255
2018-12-18 0.047 0.564904
2018-06-19 0.059 0.583004
2017-12-19 0.029 0.278578
2017-06-20 0.063 0.586592
2016-12-21 0.225 2.329193
2016-06-22 0.017 0.144928
2015-12-21 0.003 0.052724
2015-06-25 0.037 0.438389
2014-12-17 0.156 1.870504
2014-06-25 0.022 0.174326
2013-12-18 0.125 1.235178
2013-06-27 0.056 0.533333
2012-12-18 0.222 1.023513
2012-06-21 0.141 0.744456
Additional Data
dividendYield 2.01

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 50.15
All Time Low 4.59
Ask 34.61
Ask Size 100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 170,170
Average Daily Volume3 Month 248,931
Average Volume 248,931
Average Volume10Days 170,170
Beta3 Year 1.18
Bid 34.5
Bid Size 100
Category Equity Precious Metals
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 35.04
Day Low 34.28
Display Name MSCI Glbl Silver and Metals ETF
Dividend Yield 2.01
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.185625
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 37.46
Fifty Day Average Change -3.1349983
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.08368923
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 21.012486
Fifty Two Week High 50.15
Fifty Two Week High Change -15.825001
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.31555334
Fifty Two Week Low 24.7
Fifty Two Week Low Change 9.625
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.3896761
Fifty Two Week Range 24.7 - 50.15
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,328,193,000,000
Five Year Average Return 0.23963079
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fullday Change -0.57500076
Fullday Change Percent -1.6475666
Fullday Price 34.325
Fund Family iShares
Fund Inception Date 1,327,968,000
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 generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of the underlying index. The index has been developed by MSCI Inc. (the "index provider" or "MSCI") to focus on approximately 25 companies in developed and emerging markets that are involved in silver mining or exploration. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name iShares MSCI Global Silver and Metals Miners ETF
Market us_market
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_160292609
Nav Price 35.12054
Net Assets 892,937,020.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.39
Open 34.98
Previous Close 34.9
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.57500076
Regular Market Change Percent -1.6475666
Regular Market Day High 35.04
Regular Market Day Low 34.28
Regular Market Day Range 34.28 - 35.04
Regular Market Open 34.98
Regular Market Previous Close 34.9
Regular Market Price 34.325
Regular Market Time 1,791,901,644
Regular Market Volume 26,423
Shares Outstanding 7,100,000
Short Name iShares MSCI Global Silver and
Source Interval 15
Symbol SLVP
Three Year Average Return 0.6264047
Total Assets 892,937,024
Tradeable 0
Trailing P E 15.704889
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 13.635
Trailing Three Month Returns 13.635
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 36.8461
Two Hundred Day Average Change -2.521099
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.068422414
Type Disp ETF
Volume 26,423
Yield 0.0201
Ytd Return 2.93643