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NASDAQ · QLDY

Defiance Nasdaq 100 LightningSpread Income ETF

Financial Services · Asset Management

$42.42

Up+$0.53 (+1.25%)

Updated Aug 13, 2026, 8:09 PM

SID Score

3.0/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

Institutional and insider signal

Market cap
6.22M
P/E ratio
Dividend yield
7.78%
52-week range
$37.40 – $49.00
Volume
19.94K
Avg. volume
31.72K

Price performance

QLDY price history

1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

QLDY closed at $42.42 after 21 trading sessions, down 3.80% for the selected period.

Last close
$42.42
Period change
-3.80%
Period low
$39.32
Period high
$44.10
Daily close
View OHLC price history
QLDY OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Aug 12, 2026$42.55$42.68$42.40$42.422119.94K
Aug 11, 2026$42.75$42.75$42.0756$42.267421.06K
Aug 10, 2026$42.74$42.83$42.5483$42.548344.99K
Aug 7, 2026$42.50$42.7232$42.30$42.723226.3K
Aug 6, 2026$41.98$42.71$41.98$42.323823.85K
Aug 5, 2026$43.18$43.2099$42.44$42.522533.26K
Aug 4, 2026$42.01$43.25$42.01$43.092594.91K
Aug 3, 2026$40.70$41.7399$40.70$41.596341.46K
Jul 31, 2026$41.02$41.2452$40.415$40.849255.88K
Jul 30, 2026$40.17$40.79$40.0108$40.710420.78K
Jul 29, 2026$40.19$40.37$39.3234$39.323424.72K
Jul 28, 2026$40.52$40.64$39.9201$40.490549.1K
Jul 27, 2026$41.76$41.76$40.57$40.861330.18K
Jul 24, 2026$41.66$41.71$41.00$41.095533.96K
Jul 23, 2026$42.16$42.32$41.671$41.878255.62K
Jul 22, 2026$42.78$43.13$42.75$42.850729.25K
Jul 21, 2026$42.91$43.31$42.81$43.266437.57K
Jul 20, 2026$42.82$42.90$42.3122$42.312227.32K
Jul 17, 2026$41.98$42.7799$41.64$42.40550.77K
Jul 16, 2026$43.74$43.76$43.04$43.168452.77K
Jul 15, 2026$44.68$44.68$43.72$44.099645.4K

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QLDY research

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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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