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TLTWISharesACTIVE

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond Buywrite Strategy ETF

$21.03+0.48% vs prior close
19.892452-WK

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

The fund will seek to write call options up to (but not exceeding) the full amount of shares of the underlying fund held in the fund (i.e., the short position in the call option is offset, or “covered,” by the long position the fund holds in shares of the underlying fund).

TLTW price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateTLTW close
Sep 28, 2026$20.47
Sep 29, 2026$20.36
Sep 30, 2026$20.27
Oct 1, 2026$20.32
Oct 2, 2026$19.98
Oct 5, 2026$19.89
Oct 6, 2026$19.93
Oct 7, 2026$19.91
Oct 8, 2026$20.10
Oct 9, 2026$20.11
Oct 12, 2026$20.14
Oct 13, 2026$20.22
Oct 14, 2026$20.34
Oct 15, 2026$20.64
Oct 16, 2026$20.63
Oct 19, 2026$20.53
Oct 20, 2026$20.68
Oct 21, 2026$20.74
Oct 22, 2026$20.96
Oct 23, 2026$20.93
Oct 26, 2026$21.03

Daily net flows, 1M

Net outflow over the range: −$167M

  • Inflow / above zero
  • Outflow / below zero
Sep 23Sep 25Sep 29Oct 1Oct 5Oct 7Oct 9Oct 13Oct 15−$62.5MOct 19Oct 21$0Oct 23Sep 23Sep 28Oct 1Oct 6Oct 9Oct 14−$62.5MOct 19$0Oct 23Sep 23Oct 1Oct 9−$62.5MOct 19$0Oct 23
Source: Daily creation and redemption records
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LabelValue ($)
Sep 23$20.7M
Sep 24−$20.7M
Sep 25−$4.2M
Sep 28−$2M
Sep 29−$15M
Sep 30$40
Oct 1−$5.8M
Oct 2$5.8M
Oct 5−$9M
Oct 6−$5M
Oct 7−$4M
Oct 8−$15.3M
Oct 9$12.8M
Oct 12$20
Oct 13−$3.5M
Oct 14−$10.6M
Oct 15−$33.5M
Oct 16−$62.5M
Oct 19$21
Oct 20−$11M
Oct 21$42
Oct 22−$4.2M
Oct 23$0
The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$163M in net outflows over the past month, about 10.2% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -7.2% so far this year. At 0.35% a year it is not the cheapest way in — AGG has a reported fee of 0.03%.

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

$1.6Bassets under management
0.35%expense ratio · $35 per $10,000 a year
−$163Mnet flow, trailing month
2.5Mavg daily volume, 30 days
4holdings
2022listed August 18, 2022 · beta 0.22
Holdings
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1—USD CASH0.56%———
2—BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY - Money Market0.16%———

Sector weights

  • Treasury99.92%
  • Cash and/or Derivatives0.09%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
Treasury99.92%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.09%
Performance
1 week+1.7%
1 month+1.9%
3 months-2.4%
6 months-6.7%
YTD-7.2%
1 year—
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$15M
1 month−$163M
3 months−$218M
YTD+$96M
1 year+$320M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows

  • Inflow / above zero
  • Outflow / below zero
+$122.5MOct+$110.2MNov+$50MDec+$63.8MJan+$43.1MFeb+$95.6MMar+$164MApr+$14.8MMay−$72.3MJul−$8.9MAug−$58.5MSep−$145.8MOctOctNovDecJanFebMar+$164MAprMayJulAugSep−$145.8MOctOctDecFeb+$164MAprJul−$145.8MOct
Source: Daily creation/redemption records, trailing twelve months
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LabelValue ($)
Oct$122.5M
Nov$110.2M
Dec$50M
Jan$63.8M
Feb$43.1M
Mar$95.6M
Apr$164M
May$14.8M
Jul−$72.3M
Aug−$8.9M
Sep−$58.5M
Oct−$145.8M
The risk read
11%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
9%realized volatility, 1 year
-17.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-12.6%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 0.6% of the book; the top ten carry 1%. Spread across 2+ names, it behaves like roughly 2 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
2calls · latest snapshot
4puts · latest snapshot
2.00put/call ratio
1.6Mshares traded
The case against TLTW

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16.4B+$489M-32bp on fee · 10× the assets · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTL State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF0.03%$10.9B+$160M-32bp on fee · 7× the assets · +$160M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$123.5B+$2.3B-30bp on fee · 78× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTS State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF0.03%$7.1B+$1.4B-32bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$1.4B in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$51M-31bp on fee · 15× the assets · +$51M in over the monthHead-to-head
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