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iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond Buywrite Strategy ETF (TLTW)

Long Government | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
22.57 USD +0.14 (0.624%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 22.59 +0.02 (0.089%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:39 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★★☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:28 p.m. EDT

TLTW offers a compelling high-yield defensive play with a ~13.7% yield, but the short-term momentum is neutral (tracking the 200-day average closely) and the long-term value depends on executing a recession hedge strategy which currently faces rate-cut uncertainty. It is a solid buy-and-hold for income, but price appreciation is not immediate.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.019566
MSTL0.022000
AutoETS0.022863
AutoARIMA0.022865

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 80%
H-stat 0.66
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.122
Excess Kurtosis -1.08

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.94% 14.15% 18.17%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-04-02 0.211 0.936945
2026-03-03 0.204 0.889127
2026-02-03 0.174 0.785737
2025-12-23 0.187 0.844600
2025-12-02 0.188 0.840937
2025-11-04 0.378 1.684552
2025-10-02 0.145 0.657906
2025-09-03 0.218 1.025576
2025-08-04 0.231 1.092471
2025-07-02 0.314 1.494851
2025-06-03 0.419 2.070093
2025-05-02 0.375 1.827680
2025-04-02 0.258 1.229243
2025-03-04 0.259 1.249369
2025-02-04 0.388 1.926505
2024-12-20 0.593 2.967859
2024-12-03 0.331 1.603468
2024-11-04 0.252 1.230471
2024-10-02 0.208 0.966510
2024-09-04 0.280 1.304280
2024-08-02 0.220 1.051163
2024-07-02 0.277 1.404542
2024-06-04 0.247 1.244330
2024-05-02 0.247 1.289865
2024-04-02 0.235 1.193045
2024-03-04 0.302 1.522945
2024-02-02 0.212 1.059590
2023-12-22 0.746 3.693173
2023-12-04 0.577 2.876482
2023-11-02 0.400 2.068729
2023-10-03 0.288 1.509772
2023-09-05 0.332 1.601533
2023-08-02 0.197 0.923625
2023-07-05 0.538 2.443829
2023-06-02 0.351 1.604737
2023-05-02 0.531 2.402930
2023-04-04 0.648 2.930593
2023-03-02 0.309 1.506031
2023-02-02 0.464 2.103253
2022-12-23 0.517 2.509836
2022-12-02 0.487 2.277736
2022-11-02 0.621 3.102470
2022-10-04 0.644 3.012914
2022-09-02 0.556 2.488643
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 13.68

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 39.94
All Time Low 22.18
Ask 22.59
Ask Size 14,200
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,760,620
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,905,059
Average Volume 1,905,059
Average Volume10Days 1,760,620
Beta3 Year 1.64
Bid 22.58
Bid Size 18,800
Category Long Government
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 22.62
Day Low 22.55
Dividend Yield 13.68
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 22.8173
Fifty Day Average Change -0.2473011
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.010838316
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -1.2253821
Fifty Two Week High 24.08
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.5100002
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.06270765
Fifty Two Week Low 22.18
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.3899994
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.017583381
Fifty Two Week Range 22.18 - 24.08
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,661,261,400,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fund Family iShares
Fund Inception Date 1,660,780,800
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 will seek to write call options up to (but not exceeding) the full amount of shares of the underlying fund held in the fund (i.e., the short position in the call option is offset, or “covered,” by the long position the fund holds in shares of the underlying fund).
Long Name iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond Buywrite Strategy ETF
Market us_market
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1780838074
Nav Price 22.58108
Net Assets 1,842,109,310.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.35
Open 22.57
Phone 415-670-2000
Post Market Change 0.020000458
Post Market Change Percent 0.08861523
Post Market Price 22.59
Post Market Time 1,776,469,142
Previous Close 22.43
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.139999
Regular Market Change Percent 0.624161
Regular Market Day High 22.62
Regular Market Day Low 22.55
Regular Market Day Range 22.55 - 22.62
Regular Market Open 22.57
Regular Market Previous Close 22.43
Regular Market Price 22.57
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,000
Regular Market Volume 1,268,934
Short Name iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond
Source Interval 15
Symbol TLTW
Three Year Average Return 0.012565301
Total Assets 1,842,109,312
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 1.37709
Trailing Three Month Returns 1.37709
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 22.99655
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.4265499
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.01854843
Type Disp ETF
Volume 1,268,934
Yield 0.1368
Ytd Return 1.37709