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RY
AMEX · RYLD
Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF
Financial Services · Asset Management - Global
$16.21
Up+$0.04 (+0.22%)
Updated Aug 25, 2026, 3:32 PM
SID Score
5.5/10
Composite research score
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Institutional and insider signal
- Market cap
- 1.25B
- P/E ratio
- —
- Dividend yield
- 11.40%
- 52-week range
- $14.61 – $16.47
- Volume
- 343.87K
- Avg. volume
- 624.56K
Price performance
RYLD price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
RYLD closed at $16.21 after 21 trading sessions, up 1.25% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $16.21
- Period change
- +1.25%
- Period low
- $15.87
- Period high
- $16.43
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2026 | $16.27 | $16.27 | $16.20 | $16.21 | 343.87K |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $16.40 | $16.47 | $16.335 | $16.43 | 560.81K |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $16.42 | $16.42 | $16.39 | $16.41 | 436.2K |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $16.42 | $16.43 | $16.41 | $16.42 | 336.61K |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $16.41 | $16.4196 | $16.3838 | $16.41 | 357.04K |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $16.38 | $16.415 | $16.38 | $16.41 | 305.44K |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $16.40 | $16.41 | $16.37 | $16.40 | 345.33K |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $16.37 | $16.40 | $16.37 | $16.39 | 400.14K |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $16.35 | $16.39 | $16.3489 | $16.37 | 487.88K |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $16.34 | $16.35 | $16.33 | $16.35 | 272K |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $16.33 | $16.34 | $16.31 | $16.32 | 299.95K |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $16.31 | $16.34 | $16.29 | $16.34 | 348.13K |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $16.24 | $16.3089 | $16.24 | $16.27 | 558.12K |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $16.30 | $16.30 | $16.2672 | $16.28 | 561.75K |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $16.23 | $16.29 | $16.1998 | $16.28 | 814.71K |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $16.07 | $16.19 | $16.065 | $16.18 | 542.17K |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $16.03 | $16.075 | $15.87 | $16.01 | 455.35K |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $15.97 | $16.045 | $15.905 | $16.04 | 584.98K |
| Jul 29, 2026 | $15.99 | $16.04 | $15.85 | $15.87 | 1.19M |
| Jul 28, 2026 | $16.01 | $16.035 | $15.93 | $16.015 | 651.26K |
| Jul 27, 2026 | $16.04 | $16.07 | $15.9387 | $16.01 | 622.22K |
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Company profile
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.
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SeekingAlpha · Jul 12, 2026
RYLD: The Rally Is Hiding The Structural Flaws
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SeekingAlpha · Jan 17, 2026
RYLD: The Best Instrument For The Worst Moment
RYLD is a passive ETF that adopts a covered call strategy on the small-cap segment, which today generates over 11% in distributions.
seekingalpha.com · Nov 5, 2025
RYLD: Shrinking Dividend Payouts And Underperforms Peers
Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF is downgraded to 'Hold' due to underperformance vs. peers and declining payouts. RYLD offers a high 12% yield and monthly distributions, but its ATM covered call strategy caps upside and limits recovery from market downturns. Compared to RDTE and RDTY, RYLD has lower capital erosion and expense ratio, but total returns lag and dividend payouts have trended downward.
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