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YMAXYieldMax Options Income

YieldMax Universe Fund of Option Income ETFs

$7.68+0.79% today
7.2713.1452-WK
Price & daily flows
7.647.507.377.68DAILY NET FLOWJul 24Aug 4Aug 12Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET −$16M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$16M walked out over the past month, about 4.2% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -23.7% so far this year.

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

$387Massets under management
expense ratio
−$16Mnet flow, trailing month
1.1Mavg daily volume, 30 days
19holdings · US-domiciled
2024listed May 29, 2024 · beta 1.58
The book at a glance
GDXY+2.2%SMCY+2.1%PLTY+3.0%MSFO+0.1%GPTY+0.2%SNOY+3.3%XOMO-0.4%AMZY-0.5%TSMY+0.2%OARK+2.1%ULTY+0.6%MSTY+5.3%AIYY-0.3%XYZY+0.4%NVDY-1.0%BIGY+0.3%BABO-6.1%CHPY-0.5%BRKC-0.2%PYPY-0.7%1.2%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1GDXYYIELDMAX GOLD MINERS OPTION INCOME STRATEGY ETF5.59%$11.99+2.2%
2SMCYYieldMax SMCI Strategy ETF5.23%$5.31+2.1%
3PLTYYieldMax PLTR Option Income Strategy ETF4.87%$38.16+3.0%
4MSFOYIELDMAX MSFT OPTION INCOME STRATEGY ETF4.98%$12.11+0.1%
5GPTYYieldMax AI & Tech Portfolio Option Income ETF4.88%$42.12+0.2%
6SNOYYIELDMAX SNOW OPTION INCOME STRATEGY ETF4.69%$11.57+3.3%
7XOMOYIELDMAX XOM OPTION INCOME STRATEGY ETF4.77%$11.40-0.4%
8AMZYYIELDMAX AMZN OPTION INCOME STRATEGY ETF4.52%$10.78-0.5%
9TSMYYIELDMAX(TM) TSM OPTION INCOME STRATEGY ETF4.26%$15.16+0.2%
10OARKYIELDMAX INNOVATION OPTION INCOME STRATEGY ETF3.89%$30.24+2.1%
11ULTYYield Max Option Strategy ETF3.93%$26.66+0.6%
12MSTYYieldMax MSTR Strategy ETF3.44%$14.40+5.3%
13AIYYYieldMax AI Strategy ETF3.62%$7.71-0.3%
14XYZYYieldMax XYZ Option Income Strategy ETF3.55%$25.39+0.4%
15NVDYYIELDMAX NVDA OPTION INCOME STRATEGY ETF3.37%$12.47-1.0%

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Sector weights
ETF95.82%
Other78.17%
Miscellaneous21.83%
Cash4.14%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States100%
Other5.82%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.4%
1 month+4.9%
3 months-9.0%
6 months-9.4%
YTD-23.7%
1 year-40.2%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$1M
1 month−$16M
3 months+$33M
YTD−$152M
1 year−$303M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
20%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
25%realized volatility, 1 year
-44.7%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-41.6%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 5.6% of the book; the top ten carry 48%. Spread across 23+ names, it behaves like roughly 20 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
12calls today
84puts today
7.00put/call ratio
978Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MSTY YieldMax MSTR Strategy ETF$152,000$147,915
NVDY YIELDMAX NVDA OPTION INCOME STRATEGY ETF$48,730$46,581
ULTY Yield Max Option Strategy ETF$40,146$49,506
CHPY YieldMax Semiconductor Portfolio Option Income ETF$35,315$49,265
SMCY YieldMax SMCI Strategy ETF$8,998$23,506

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

The case against YMAX

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
JEPQ JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF0.35%$41.9B+$1.1B108× the assets · +$1.1B in over the monthHead-to-head
HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF0.49%$17.9B+$1.4B46× the assets · +$1.4B in over the monthHead-to-head
HDV iShares Core High Dividend ETF0.08%$15.1B+$209M39× the assets · +$209M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDV iShares International Select Dividend ETF0.51%$8.6B+$97M22× the assets · +$97M in over the monthHead-to-head
PDBC Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF0.59%$6.9B+$1B18× the assets · +$1B in over the monthHead-to-head
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