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Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares (TZA)

Trading--Inverse Equity | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
4.08 USD +0.09 (2.256%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:⯪☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 4:16 a.m. EDT

This instrument is a high-risk leveraged bet on a continuing small-cap bear market, currently trading at a discount to its historical highs due to a brutal multi-year decline. The underlying business quality is nonexistent; it is a synthetic vehicle designed to profit from falling markets, which has resulted in a catastrophic loss of over 99% of its value since inception. While the 5% dividend yield appears attractive, it is a mechanical distribution generated by the fund's hedging costs and leverage mechanics, not a sign of corporate profitability or sustainable cash flow. The recent price action shows the fund hovering near its 52-week lows, offering limited immediate catalysts for recovery. Options data screams 'downside,' with heavy positioning in deep out-of-the-money puts suggesting traders expect further drops. For a long-term investor, this is a value trap; the low price reflects the reality that the underlying index has been in a structural decline for years. It is suitable only for aggressive traders willing to accept the risk of total capital erosion in exchange for a leveraged bet on a recession.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.088518
MSTL0.145969
AutoETS0.163676
AutoARIMA0.163679

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 38%
H-stat 4.52
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.321
Excess Kurtosis -0.54

As of July 11, 2026, 4:16 a.m. EDT: Speculators are aggressively positioning for further downside, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money puts (strikes 5.0, 6.0, 9.0, 15.0) compared to negligible call activity. The call side shows a 'bear put spread' structure where traders are buying deep OTM calls (strikes 34.0+) while selling ATM calls, indicating a view of volatility expansion without expecting a significant rally. The dominance of put volume and open interest across nearly all expirations confirms a consensus bet on continued small-cap weakness.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.95% 3.10% 3.62% 2.63%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-23 0.038 0.952381
2026-03-24 0.070 0.997151
2025-12-23 0.034 0.487106
2025-09-23 0.053 0.660848
2025-06-24 0.056 0.462428
2025-03-25 0.238 1.577203
2024-12-23 0.084 0.652174
2024-09-24 0.147 1.083272
2024-06-25 0.233 1.216075
2024-03-19 0.236 1.236249
2023-12-21 0.111 0.548961
2023-09-19 0.288 1.000347
2023-06-21 0.236 0.863520
2023-03-21 0.460 1.415820
2020-03-24 0.664 0.110652
2019-12-23 0.720 0.258993
2019-09-24 2.608 0.707772
2019-03-19 1.080 0.280083
2018-12-27 2.040 0.323604
2018-09-25 1.200 0.363196
2018-03-20 0.600 0.135501
Additional Data
dividendYield 5.15

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 1,503,168.0
All Time Low 3.71
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 1,161,300
Average Daily Volume10 Day 267,484,380
Average Daily Volume3 Month 261,770,331
Average Volume 261,770,331
Average Volume10Days 267,484,380
Beta3 Year -3.6
Bid 0.0
Bid Size 1,320,900
Category Trading--Inverse Equity
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 4.12
Day Low 3.99
Dividend Yield 5.15
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 4.3892
Fifty Day Average Change -0.3092003
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.0704457
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -62.745094
Fifty Two Week High 12.38
Fifty Two Week High Change -8.3
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.6704362
Fifty Two Week Low 3.71
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.3699999
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.099730425
Fifty Two Week Range 3.71 - 12.38
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,227,105,000,000
Five Year Average Return -0.31554478
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
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 invests at least 80% of its net assets in financial instruments, including swap agreements, futures contracts, or short positions, that, in combination, provide 3X daily inverse or short exposure to the index or to ETFs that track the index, consistent with the fund’s investment objective. The index measures the performance of approximately 2,000 small-cap companies in the Russell 3000® Index, based on a combination of their market capitalization and current index membership. It is non-diversified.
Long Name Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares
Market us_market
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_51234797
Nav Price 3.986
Net Assets 207,656,192.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.99
Open 4.02
Phone 866-476-7523
Pre Market Change 0.009999752
Pre Market Change Percent 0.24449271
Pre Market Price 4.1
Pre Market Time 1,784,023,319
Previous Close 3.99
Price Hint 4
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0899999
Regular Market Change Percent 2.25564
Regular Market Day High 4.12
Regular Market Day Low 3.99
Regular Market Day Range 3.99 - 4.12
Regular Market Open 4.02
Regular Market Previous Close 3.99
Regular Market Price 4.08
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,800
Regular Market Volume 199,537,103
Short Name Direxion Small Cap Bear 3X ETF
Source Interval 15
Symbol TZA
Three Year Average Return -0.42248088
Total Assets 207,656,192
Tradeable 0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -45.44804
Trailing Three Month Returns -45.44804
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 6.33815
Two Hundred Day Average Change -2.25815
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.35627905
Type Disp ETF
Volume 199,537,103
Yield 0.0515
Ytd Return -48.48298