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NYSE · QLDY

Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread Income ETF

Financial Services · Asset Management

$39.44

Up+$0.71 (+1.80%)

Updated Sep 17, 2026, 6:03 PM

SID Score

3.3/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

Institutional and insider signal

Market cap
6.22M
P/E ratio
Dividend yield
8.37%
52-week range
$37.40 – $49.00
Volume
20.18K
Avg. volume
31.72K

Price performance

QLDY price history

1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

QLDY closed at $39.44 after 20 trading sessions, down 4.68% for the selected period.

Last close
$39.44
Period change
-4.68%
Period low
$39.44
Period high
$41.37
Daily close
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QLDY OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Sep 16, 2026$39.68$39.87$39.13$39.436420.18K
Sep 15, 2026$39.96$39.96$39.60$39.631329.48K
Sep 14, 2026$39.99$40.09$39.56$39.893451.8K
Sep 11, 2026$40.40$40.4645$40.25$40.337337.3K
Sep 10, 2026$40.05$40.2399$39.97$40.1034.84K
Sep 9, 2026$40.48$40.65$40.3501$40.471753.32K
Sep 8, 2026$40.90$40.95$40.645$40.76863.85K
Sep 4, 2026$40.76$40.95$40.67$40.835533.51K
Sep 3, 2026$40.50$40.9399$40.4101$40.866722.35K
Sep 2, 2026$40.15$40.34$40.06$40.252741.43K
Sep 1, 2026$40.37$40.6972$40.165$40.258329.04K
Aug 31, 2026$40.62$40.87$40.52$40.81925.71K
Aug 28, 2026$41.14$41.3399$40.71$40.8638.64K
Aug 27, 2026$41.08$41.3193$40.905$41.306825.01K
Aug 26, 2026$40.48$40.87$40.45$40.672215.88K
Aug 25, 2026$40.86$40.8866$40.53$40.728616.24K
Aug 24, 2026$40.68$40.68$40.15$40.52841.75K
Aug 21, 2026$41.09$41.09$40.6402$40.935950.16K
Aug 20, 2026$41.04$41.31$40.87$40.979839.13K
Aug 19, 2026$41.76$41.81$41.202$41.372131.17K

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Company profile

Actively managed ETF that seeks current income (primary objective) and capital appreciation (secondary). It uses a “LightningSpread™” strategy: long exposure via deep in-the-money long-dated calls, and daily writing of zero-days-to-expiration (0DTE) put spreads on the Nasdaq-100 index or ETFs tracking it. Also uses short-term U.S. Treasury securities / money market funds for uninvested cash. Aims to deliver income twice weekly.

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