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RYLDGlobal XACTIVE

Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF

$15.25+0.46% vs prior close
14.6416.4352-WK

Price through Oct 26, 2026 · Flows through Aug 23, 2024. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 26, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 26, 2026.

The fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in component securities of the index or in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of such component securities. The index measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio that holds a portfolio of the stocks included in the Russell 2000 Index, and "writes" a succession of one-month at-the-money covered call options on the Russell 2000 Index.

RYLD price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateRYLD close
Oct 27, 2025$15.49
Oct 28, 2025$15.45
Oct 29, 2025$15.42
Oct 30, 2025$15.37
Oct 31, 2025$15.41
Nov 3, 2025$15.40
Nov 4, 2025$15.29
Nov 5, 2025$15.40
Nov 6, 2025$15.29
Nov 7, 2025$15.33
Nov 10, 2025$15.45
Nov 11, 2025$15.48
Nov 12, 2025$15.47
Nov 13, 2025$15.20
Nov 14, 2025$15.25
Nov 17, 2025$14.99
Nov 18, 2025$15.05
Nov 19, 2025$15.03
Nov 20, 2025$14.78
Nov 21, 2025$15.19
Nov 24, 2025$15.16
Nov 25, 2025$15.23
Nov 26, 2025$15.27
Nov 28, 2025$15.34
Dec 1, 2025$15.30
Dec 2, 2025$15.30
Dec 3, 2025$15.34
Dec 4, 2025$15.36
Dec 5, 2025$15.38
Dec 8, 2025$15.38
Dec 9, 2025$15.37
Dec 10, 2025$15.34
Dec 11, 2025$15.37
Dec 12, 2025$15.39
Dec 15, 2025$15.39
Dec 16, 2025$15.38
Dec 17, 2025$15.38
Dec 18, 2025$15.41
Dec 19, 2025$15.55
Dec 22, 2025$15.49
Dec 23, 2025$15.46
Dec 24, 2025$15.48
Dec 26, 2025$15.47
Dec 29, 2025$15.44
Dec 30, 2025$15.38
Dec 31, 2025$15.30
Jan 2, 2026$15.44
Jan 5, 2026$15.55
Jan 6, 2026$15.62
Jan 7, 2026$15.63
Jan 8, 2026$15.66
Jan 9, 2026$15.69
Jan 12, 2026$15.71
Jan 13, 2026$15.70
Jan 14, 2026$15.72
Jan 15, 2026$15.69
Jan 16, 2026$15.74
Jan 20, 2026$15.47
Jan 21, 2026$15.63
Jan 22, 2026$15.70
Jan 23, 2026$15.60
Jan 26, 2026$15.59
Jan 27, 2026$15.62
Jan 28, 2026$15.59
Jan 29, 2026$15.57
Jan 30, 2026$15.44
Feb 2, 2026$15.57
Feb 3, 2026$15.58
Feb 4, 2026$15.50
Feb 5, 2026$15.29
Feb 6, 2026$15.68
Feb 9, 2026$15.76
Feb 10, 2026$15.75
Feb 11, 2026$15.73
Feb 12, 2026$15.52
Feb 13, 2026$15.69
Feb 17, 2026$15.74
Feb 18, 2026$15.82
Feb 19, 2026$15.87
Feb 20, 2026$15.88
Feb 23, 2026$15.58
Feb 24, 2026$15.69
Feb 25, 2026$15.77
Feb 26, 2026$15.78
Feb 27, 2026$15.67
Mar 2, 2026$15.73
Mar 3, 2026$15.58
Mar 4, 2026$15.71
Mar 5, 2026$15.52
Mar 6, 2026$15.22
Mar 9, 2026$15.36
Mar 10, 2026$15.37
Mar 11, 2026$15.33
Mar 12, 2026$15.04
Mar 13, 2026$15.00
Mar 16, 2026$15.15
Mar 17, 2026$15.24
Mar 18, 2026$15.00
Mar 19, 2026$15.09
Mar 20, 2026$14.81
Mar 23, 2026$14.84
Mar 24, 2026$14.85
Mar 25, 2026$14.95
Mar 26, 2026$14.84
Mar 27, 2026$14.72
Mar 30, 2026$14.64
Mar 31, 2026$14.95
Apr 1, 2026$15.01
Apr 2, 2026$15.07
Apr 6, 2026$15.10
Apr 7, 2026$15.10
Apr 8, 2026$15.23
Apr 9, 2026$15.25
Apr 10, 2026$15.26
Apr 13, 2026$15.26
Apr 14, 2026$15.28
Apr 15, 2026$15.30
Apr 16, 2026$15.28
Apr 17, 2026$15.44
Apr 20, 2026$15.32
Apr 21, 2026$15.26
Apr 22, 2026$15.32
Apr 23, 2026$15.32
Apr 24, 2026$15.35
Apr 27, 2026$15.38
Apr 28, 2026$15.32
Apr 29, 2026$15.26
Apr 30, 2026$15.46
May 1, 2026$15.50
May 4, 2026$15.49
May 5, 2026$15.58
May 6, 2026$15.65
May 7, 2026$15.61
May 8, 2026$15.64
May 11, 2026$15.67
May 12, 2026$15.67
May 13, 2026$15.66
May 14, 2026$15.69
May 15, 2026$15.55
May 18, 2026$15.39
May 19, 2026$15.31
May 20, 2026$15.49
May 21, 2026$15.58
May 22, 2026$15.60
May 26, 2026$15.72
May 27, 2026$15.74
May 28, 2026$15.76
May 29, 2026$15.76
Jun 1, 2026$15.77
Jun 2, 2026$15.79
Jun 3, 2026$15.76
Jun 4, 2026$15.81
Jun 5, 2026$15.66
Jun 8, 2026$15.73
Jun 9, 2026$15.73
Jun 10, 2026$15.67
Jun 11, 2026$15.82
Jun 12, 2026$15.84
Jun 15, 2026$15.87
Jun 16, 2026$15.88
Jun 17, 2026$15.87
Jun 18, 2026$16.01
Jun 22, 2026$15.85
Jun 23, 2026$15.77
Jun 24, 2026$15.80
Jun 25, 2026$15.87
Jun 26, 2026$15.86
Jun 29, 2026$15.93
Jun 30, 2026$15.99
Jul 1, 2026$15.97
Jul 2, 2026$15.98
Jul 6, 2026$16.04
Jul 7, 2026$16.00
Jul 8, 2026$15.95
Jul 9, 2026$16.05
Jul 10, 2026$16.06
Jul 13, 2026$16.00
Jul 14, 2026$16.06
Jul 15, 2026$16.11
Jul 16, 2026$16.14
Jul 17, 2026$16.16
Jul 20, 2026$15.97
Jul 21, 2026$16.07
Jul 22, 2026$16.02
Jul 23, 2026$15.96
Jul 24, 2026$15.92
Jul 27, 2026$16.01
Jul 28, 2026$16.02
Jul 29, 2026$15.87
Jul 30, 2026$16.04
Jul 31, 2026$16.01
Aug 3, 2026$16.18
Aug 4, 2026$16.28
Aug 5, 2026$16.28
Aug 6, 2026$16.27
Aug 7, 2026$16.34
Aug 10, 2026$16.32
Aug 11, 2026$16.35
Aug 12, 2026$16.37
Aug 13, 2026$16.39
Aug 14, 2026$16.40
Aug 17, 2026$16.41
Aug 18, 2026$16.41
Aug 19, 2026$16.42
Aug 20, 2026$16.41
Aug 21, 2026$16.43
Aug 24, 2026$16.21
Aug 25, 2026$16.26
Aug 26, 2026$16.26
Aug 27, 2026$16.31
Aug 28, 2026$16.21
Aug 31, 2026$16.16
Sep 1, 2026$16.00
Sep 2, 2026$16.16
Sep 3, 2026$16.21
Sep 4, 2026$16.26
Sep 8, 2026$16.22
Sep 9, 2026$16.04
Sep 10, 2026$15.93
Sep 11, 2026$15.97
Sep 14, 2026$15.92
Sep 15, 2026$15.80
Sep 16, 2026$15.74
Sep 17, 2026$15.85
Sep 18, 2026$15.74
Sep 21, 2026$15.62
Sep 22, 2026$15.66
Sep 23, 2026$15.53
Sep 24, 2026$15.52
Sep 25, 2026$15.55
Sep 28, 2026$15.50
Sep 29, 2026$15.48
Sep 30, 2026$15.47
Oct 1, 2026$15.48
Oct 2, 2026$15.60
Oct 5, 2026$15.67
Oct 6, 2026$15.63
Oct 7, 2026$15.49
Oct 8, 2026$15.50
Oct 9, 2026$15.57
Oct 12, 2026$15.54
Oct 13, 2026$15.49
Oct 14, 2026$15.20
Oct 15, 2026$15.39
Oct 16, 2026$15.19
Oct 19, 2026$15.08
Oct 20, 2026$15.19
Oct 21, 2026$15.22
Oct 22, 2026$15.21
Oct 23, 2026$15.18
Oct 26, 2026$15.25

Weekly net flows, Max

Net outflow over the range: −$11M

  • Inflow / above zero
  • Outflow / below zero
Oct 30Nov 20Dec 11Jan 1Jan 22Feb 12Mar 4Mar 25Apr 15May 6+$27.6MMay 27Jun 17Jul 8Jul 29+$112.7KAug 19Oct 30Dec 4Jan 8Feb 12Mar 18Apr 22+$27.6MMay 27Jul 1+$112.7KAug 19Oct 30Jan 15Apr 1+$27.6MJun 17+$112.7KAug 19
Source: Daily creation and redemption records
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LabelValue ($)
Oct 30−$10.1M
Nov 6−$5.2M
Nov 13−$2.7M
Nov 20$8.1M
Nov 27−$4.9M
Dec 4−$26.2M
Dec 11−$2.3M
Dec 18$10.6M
Dec 25−$1.9M
Jan 1−$9.5M
Jan 8−$7.1M
Jan 15$4.5M
Jan 22$3.8M
Jan 29−$492.1K
Feb 5−$1.4M
Feb 12−$23.5M
Feb 19$7.9M
Feb 26−$1.5M
Mar 4−$8.6M
Mar 11−$3.9M
Mar 18$9.3M
Mar 25−$2.8M
Apr 1$344.9K
Apr 8$3.4M
Apr 15$7.7M
Apr 22$6.1M
Apr 29−$563.3K
May 6$193.7K
May 13$1.5M
May 20$27.6M
May 27−$2.1M
Jun 3$53.6K
Jun 10−$2.5M
Jun 17$2.9M
Jun 24−$2.9M
Jul 1−$3.9M
Jul 8−$6.8M
Jul 15$12M
Jul 22$8.7M
Jul 29−$7M
Aug 5$15.1M
Aug 12−$3.3M
Aug 19$112.7K
The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -0.3% so far this year. At 0.60% a year it is not the cheapest way in — GLD has a reported fee of 0.40%.

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

$1.4Bassets under management
0.60%expense ratio · $60 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
438Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1937holdings · US-domiciled
2019listed April 17, 2019 · beta 0.61
Holdings
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1RSSLGLOBAL X RUSSELL 2000 ETF102.64%$108.40+0.5%
2—CASH0.13%———

Sector weights

  • Miscellaneous22.58%
  • ETF18.2%
  • Finance18.19%
  • Healthcare17.9%
  • Financial Services16.46%
  • Financials16.29%
  • Industrials15.29%
  • Information Technology14.53%
  • Technology14.48%
  • Consumer Discretionary13.45%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
Miscellaneous22.58%
ETF18.2%
Finance18.19%
Healthcare17.9%
Financial Services16.46%
Financials16.29%
Industrials15.29%
Information Technology14.53%
Technology14.48%
Consumer Discretionary13.45%

Country weights

  • United States98.23%
  • Bermuda1.28%
  • Cayman Islands0.51%
  • Brazil0.41%
  • Canada0.26%
  • Monaco0.16%
  • Israel0.11%
  • Ireland0.1%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
United States98.23%
Bermuda1.28%
Cayman Islands0.51%
Brazil0.41%
Canada0.26%
Monaco0.16%
Israel0.11%
Ireland0.1%
Performance
1 week+0.4%
1 month-1.9%
3 months-4.2%
6 months-0.7%
YTD-0.3%
1 year—
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows

  • Inflow / above zero
  • Outflow / below zero
−$1.8MOct−$13MNov−$19.9MDec−$9MJan−$17.8MFeb−$6.4MMar+$15.4MApr+$28.7MMay−$2.4MJun+$9.6MJul+$5.3MAug−$1.8MOct−$13MNov−$19.9MDec−$9MJan−$17.8MFeb−$6.4MMar+$15.4MApr+$28.7MMay−$2.4MJun+$9.6MJul+$5.3MAugOctDecFebApr+$28.7MJun+$5.3MAug
Source: Daily creation/redemption records, trailing twelve months
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LabelValue ($)
Oct−$1.8M
Nov−$13M
Dec−$19.9M
Jan−$9M
Feb−$17.8M
Mar−$6.4M
Apr$15.4M
May$28.7M
Jun−$2.4M
Jul$9.6M
Aug$5.3M
The risk read
12%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
11%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-7.2%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 102.6% of the book; the top ten carry 103%. Spread across 2+ names, it behaves like roughly 1 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
5calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
388Kshares traded
The case against RYLD

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$40.7B+$609M-57bp on fee · 29× the assets · +$609M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.4B+$199M-57bp on fee · 13× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$123.5B+$2.3B-55bp on fee · 87× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.4B+$497M-56bp on fee · 23× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF0.06%$104.3B+$383M-54bp on fee · 74× the assets · +$383M in over the monthHead-to-head
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