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Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF

$18.32+0.49% today
16.5718.5252-WK

The fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the underlying index. The CBOE NASDAQ-100® BuyWrite Index is a benchmark index that measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio that holds a portfolio of the stocks included in the NASDAQ-100® Index, and "writes" (or sells) a succession of one-month at-the-money NASDAQ-100® Index covered call options. It is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
18.1017.5516.9918.32DAILY NET FLOWAug 22Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +3.6% so far this year. At 0.61% 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

$8Bassets under management
0.61%expense ratio · $61 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
3.7Mavg daily volume, 30 days
102holdings · US-domiciled
2013listed December 10, 2013 · beta 0.74
The book at a glance
NVDA-1.0%AAPL-0.6%MSFT+0.4%MU-0.8%AMZN-0.6%AMD+0.8%GOOGL+1.2%GOOG+1.0%TSLA+5.1%AVGO+1.2%META+0.7%WMT-0.1%INTC-2.2%CSCO+1.3%COST+1.5%PLTR+3.4%LRCX+1.1%AMAT-0.8%NFLX-0.7%PANW+2.4%SPCX+2.2%TXN-0.5%KLAC-1.0%AMGN+1.3%SNDK-0.3%LIN+1.3%MRVL-5.6%TMUS+1.0%PEP+1.0%CRWD+0.8%STX-0.0%SHOP+1.4%ADI+0.8%GILDQCOMWDCVRTXISRG

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NVDANVIDIA8.43%$214.72-1.0%
2AAPLAPPLE7.35%$309.35-0.6%
3MSFTMICROSOFT5.74%$483.24+0.4%
4MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY4.88%$966.78-0.8%
5AMZNAMAZON 4.50%$258.63-0.6%
6AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES3.40%$473.25+0.8%
7GOOGLALPHABET3.19%$344.82+1.2%
8GOOGALPHABET2.96%$341.75+1.0%
9TSLATESLA2.77%$362.86+5.1%
10AVGOBROADCOM2.77%$368.45+1.2%
11METAMETA2.60%$549.90+0.7%
12WMTWALMART2.24%$103.70-0.1%
13INTCINTEL2.05%$90.07-2.2%
14CSCOCISCO SYSTEMS1.92%$111.04+1.3%
15COSTCOSTCO WHOLESALE1.84%$947.74+1.5%

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Performance
1 week+0.6%
1 month+3.9%
3 months+2.5%
6 months+3.8%
YTD+3.6%
1 year+10.0%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
11%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
12%realized volatility, 1 year
-7.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.1%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 8.4% of the book; the top ten carry 46%. Spread across 104+ names, it behaves like roughly 33 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
644calls today
698puts today
1.08put/call ratio
4.7Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
TSLA TESLA$842M$785M
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY$562M$679M
MSTR MICROSTRATEGY$593M$571M
PLTR PALANTIR$248M$504M
NVDA NVIDIA$348M$395M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against QYLD

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF0.03%$97.9B+$245M-58bp on fee · 12× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-57bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-57bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-57bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-58bp on fee · 112× the assetsHead-to-head
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