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

Long Government | Exchange Traded Fund | Cboe US
21.40 USD -0.05 (-0.233%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 21.45 +0.05 (0.234%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:34 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:⯪☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:47 a.m. EDT

The short-term outlook remains cautiously bearish due to persistent downward pressure against key moving averages and a statistically negative bias for the coming month, suggesting limited immediate upside despite the high yield. However, the long-term investment case is severely compromised by a brutal multi-year decline where the asset has lost nearly 42% of its value over just three years, with every single year showing negative returns; this consistent failure to generate capital appreciation indicates a structural deterioration in the underlying strategy's performance relative to the market environment. Conversely, the dividend profile offers a compelling income floor with a yield exceeding 10%, supported by a history of regular, substantial payouts that provide significant cash flow even as the share price struggles to recover.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.036248
AutoETS0.041984
AutoARIMA0.041984
MSTL0.043545

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 61%
H-stat 4.38
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.026
Excess Kurtosis 0.65

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.71% 10.28% 13.91%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-04 0.152 0.710779
2026-07-02 0.135 0.610998
2026-06-02 0.217 0.983235
2026-05-04 0.121 0.548256
2026-04-02 0.211 0.936945
2026-03-03 0.204 0.880829
2026-02-03 0.174 0.771619
2025-12-23 0.187 0.823063
2025-12-02 0.188 0.812797
2025-11-04 0.378 1.615039
2025-10-02 0.145 0.620719
2025-09-03 0.218 0.961623
2025-08-04 0.231 1.014493
2025-07-02 0.314 1.374179
2025-06-03 0.419 1.877240
2025-05-02 0.375 1.626898
2025-04-02 0.258 1.076795
2025-03-04 0.259 1.082776
2025-02-04 0.388 1.651767
2024-12-20 0.593 2.503166
2024-12-03 0.331 1.319251
2024-11-04 0.252 0.999207
2024-10-02 0.208 0.776989
2024-09-04 0.280 1.040505
2024-08-02 0.220 0.829876
2024-07-02 0.277 1.099643
2024-06-04 0.247 0.963526
2024-05-02 0.247 0.989187
2024-04-02 0.235 0.905937
2024-03-04 0.302 1.146110
2024-02-02 0.212 0.788397
2023-12-22 0.746 2.726608
2023-12-04 0.577 2.067359
2023-11-02 0.400 1.456664
2023-10-03 0.288 1.047654
2023-09-05 0.332 1.100066
2023-08-02 0.197 0.627588
2023-07-05 0.538 1.650307
2023-06-02 0.351 1.066221
2023-05-02 0.531 1.579840
2023-04-04 0.648 1.896400
2023-03-02 0.309 0.956360
2023-02-02 0.464 1.323068
2022-12-23 0.517 1.558168
2022-12-02 0.487 1.392622
2022-11-02 0.621 1.870707
2022-10-04 0.644 1.783341
2022-09-02 0.556 1.447163
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 10.13

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 39.94
All Time Low 20.97
Ask 21.4
Ask Size 7,300
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,144,370
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,315,179
Average Volume 1,315,179
Average Volume10Days 1,144,370
Beta3 Year 1.7
Bid 21.39
Bid Size 18,900
Category Long Government
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 21.55
Day Low 21.38
Dividend Yield 10.13
Esg Populated 0
Exchange BTS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 21.664
Fifty Day Average Change -0.26399994
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.012186113
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -5.5604577
Fifty Two Week High 24.08
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.6800003
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.11129569
Fifty Two Week Low 20.97
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.4300003
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.0205055
Fifty Two Week Range 20.97 - 24.08
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,661,261,400,000
Full Exchange Name Cboe US
Fullday Change -0.0500011
Fullday Change Percent -0.233106
Fullday Price 21.45
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 21.45108
Net Assets 1,837,106,820.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.35
Open 21.45
Phone 415-670-2000
Post Market Change 0.050001144
Post Market Change Percent 0.23365021
Post Market Price 21.45
Post Market Time 1,787,960,067
Previous Close 21.45
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0500011
Regular Market Change Percent -0.233106
Regular Market Day High 21.55
Regular Market Day Low 21.38
Regular Market Day Range 21.38 - 21.55
Regular Market Open 21.45
Regular Market Previous Close 21.45
Regular Market Price 21.4
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 1,435,699
Short Name iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond
Source Interval 15
Symbol TLTW
Three Year Average Return 0.0190961
Total Assets 1,837,106,816
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -2.29893
Trailing Three Month Returns -2.29893
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 22.43645
Two Hundred Day Average Change -1.0364494
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.046194896
Type Disp ETF
Volume 1,435,699
Yield 0.1013
Ytd Return -1.45552