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Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bear 3X Shares (SPXS)

Trading--Inverse Equity | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
24.46 USD +0.18 (0.741%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 24.47 +0.01 (0.041%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:☆☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 6:01 a.m. EDT

This is a classic leveraged inverse ETF designed for short-term trading, not long-term holding. The underlying asset (S&P 500) has been in a secular bull market, causing this fund to lose nearly 99.3% of its value over nine years due to compounding decay and the relentless upward drift of the index. Despite the astronomical losses, the fund pays a dividend, but this is a dangerous signal: the payout ratio is unsustainable and represents a return of capital rather than earnings, effectively accelerating the fund's destruction. The options market confirms this bearish sentiment, with traders buying deep puts as insurance against a potential crash while simultaneously betting on a massive rebound. For a long-term investor, this is a value trap; the low price reflects the mathematical certainty of continued decay if the trend reverses. The short-term outlook remains neutral-to-slightly-bearish as the fund waits for the S&P 500 to correct, but holding it is a losing strategy regardless of the outcome.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.031359
AutoARIMA0.035007
AutoETS0.035258
MSTL_790.037061
MSTL_79_1260.038046
MSTL0.043140
MSTL_1260.072465

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 41%
H-stat 1.42
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.880
Excess Kurtosis -0.28

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 6:01 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for downside protection with massive open interest in deep out-of-the-money puts (strikes 1.0, 3.0, 5.0) expiring in January 2027, indicating a belief in a catastrophic collapse. Conversely, there is significant call volume at strikes 60.0 and 36.0, suggesting a contrarian bet on a massive rally or a 'long gamma' setup where dealers face unlimited risk if the price drops further. The skew is extreme, with put premiums vastly exceeding call premiums at deep strikes.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.86% 3.34% 4.14% 2.94%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-23 0.239 0.858477
2026-03-24 0.383 0.953923
2025-12-23 0.193 0.560558
2025-09-23 0.370 0.963542
2025-06-24 0.340 0.686869
2025-03-25 0.840 1.284404
2024-12-23 0.500 0.834725
2024-09-24 0.840 1.250000
2024-06-25 1.170 1.500000
2024-03-19 1.370 1.512141
2023-12-21 1.040 0.890411
2023-09-19 1.590 1.124470
2023-06-21 1.580 1.071913
2023-03-21 2.330 1.217982
2020-03-24 2.000 0.099900
2019-12-23 3.700 0.277778
2019-09-24 5.600 0.323139
2019-06-25 7.500 0.398936
2019-03-19 6.200 0.296509
2018-12-27 10.200 0.323604
2018-09-25 4.800 0.224930
2018-03-20 2.900 0.105762
Additional Data
dividendYield 4.45

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 1,644,750.0
All Time Low 7.32
Ask 24.49
Ask Size 24,100
Average Daily Volume10 Day 10,244,490
Average Daily Volume3 Month 11,680,533
Average Volume 11,680,533
Average Volume10Days 10,244,490
Beta3 Year -2.75
Bid 24.45
Bid Size 46,900
Category Trading--Inverse Equity
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 24.5601
Day Low 23.91
Dividend Yield 4.45
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 25.9494
Fifty Day Average Change -1.4894009
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.057396352
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -43.665894
Fifty Two Week High 44.83
Fifty Two Week High Change -20.370003
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.45438325
Fifty Two Week Low 23.4
Fifty Two Week Low Change 1.0599995
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.045299124
Fifty Two Week Range 23.4 - 44.83
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,227,105,000,000
Five Year Average Return -0.3264053
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fullday Change 0.179998
Fullday Change Percent 0.741344
Fullday Price 24.47
Fund Family Direxion Funds
Fund Inception Date 1,225,843,200
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, under normal circumstances, invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowing for investment purposes) in financial instruments, including swap agreements, futures contracts, or short positions, that, in combination, provide 3X daily inverse (opposite) or short exposure to the index or to exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that track the index, consistent with the fund’s investment objective. The index is a float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bear 3X Shares
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_51234694
Nav Price 24.785
Net Assets 351,671,488.0
Net Expense Ratio 1.04
Open 24.24
Phone 866-476-7523
Post Market Change 0.010000229
Post Market Change Percent 0.04088401
Post Market Price 24.47
Post Market Time 1,787,961,562
Previous Close 24.28
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.179998
Regular Market Change Percent 0.741344
Regular Market Day High 24.5601
Regular Market Day Low 23.91
Regular Market Day Range 23.91 - 24.5601
Regular Market Open 24.24
Regular Market Previous Close 24.28
Regular Market Price 24.46
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 11,308,649
Short Name Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bear 3X
Source Interval 15
Symbol SPXS
Three Year Average Return -0.4248763
Total Assets 351,671,488
Tradeable 0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -10.68109
Trailing Three Month Returns -10.68109
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 31.93165
Two Hundred Day Average Change -7.471651
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.23398888
Type Disp ETF
Volume 11,308,649
Yield 0.044499997
Ytd Return -23.67563