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IBITISharesINDEX

iShares Bitcoin Trust

$36.60+0.49% today
337152-WK

The fund will enter into short positions of Amplify ETF, including swap agreements and/or short sales, with major global financial institutions for a specified period ranging from a day to more than one year whereby the fund and the global financial institution will agree to exchange the return (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on the Amplify ETF. It is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
63.152.341.536.60DAILY NET FLOWAug 18Dec 15Apr 16Aug 18

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$7.4B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned -28.2% so far this year. At 0.12% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ITDG runs the same ground at 0.11%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$64.8Bassets under management
0.12%expense ratio · $12 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
33.9Mavg daily volume, 30 days
2holdings
2024listed January 4, 2024 · beta 1.73
HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1BTCBTC100.00%$68399.98+5.7%
Performance
1 week+2.0%
1 month+0.7%
3 months-15.9%
6 months-6.1%
YTD-28.2%
1 year-44.6%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD+$3.9B
1 year+$7.4B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
JunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMay
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
22%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
44%realized volatility, 1 year
-53.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-48.7%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 100.0% of the book; the top ten carry 100%. Spread across 1+ names, it behaves like roughly 1 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
1.4Mcalls today
483Kputs today
0.35put/call ratio
117.2Mshares traded
The case against IBIT

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat IBIT on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
EWN iShares MSCI Netherlands ETF0.50%$747M+$125M+$125M in over the monthHead-to-head
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