DFSD - Dimensional - Short Duration Fixed Income ETF
At least 80% of the Portfolio’s net assets will be invested in fixed income securities considered to be investment grade quality. The Portfolio primarily invests in securities that mature within five years from the date of settlement. It will generally maintain a weighted average duration of no more than one half year greater than, and no less than one year below, the weighted average duration of the Portfolio’s benchmark, the ICE BofA 1-5 Year US Corporate & Government Index.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Bonds
- Market Cap
- $6.59B
- Beta
- 0.26
- 52-Week Range
- 47.501-48.51
- Dividend Yield
- $1.90
- IPO Date
- Nov 16, 2021
- Exchange
- AMEX
DFSD Options Snapshot
Options pricing data for DFSD is refreshed daily after the close. When listed contracts exist, this page surfaces the latest at-the-money implied volatility, max pain strike, dealer gamma exposure (GEX), and 25-delta skew. Listed contracts and live snapshots appear once the options chain has been published by the exchange for the most recent session.
What This Page Covers
The DFSD overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure.
Frequently asked DFSD overview questions
- What is DFSD?
- DFSD is the ticker symbol for Dimensional - Short Duration Fixed Income ETF, an listed exchange-traded fund. At least 80% of the Portfolio’s net assets will be invested in fixed income securities considered to be investment grade quality. The Portfolio primarily invests in securities that mature within five years from the date of settlement. Listed on AMEX. DFSD is the ETF ticker shown on this page; ETF traders use the fund for diversified exposure to its underlying basket, for sector and factor rotation, and for hedging or replication strategies via the listed options chain.
- What are DFSD's key statistics?
- Dimensional - Short Duration Fixed Income ETF (DFSD) carries a market capitalization of $6.59B, 52-week range of 47.501-48.51. Full holdings disclosure, expense ratio, and tracking-error history live on the per-ticker fundamentals page or the sponsor's site; daily NAV and premium/discount-to-NAV are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the ETF options market prices implied volatility relative to its constituents.
- What sector or industry does DFSD belong to?
- Dimensional - Short Duration Fixed Income ETF operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management - Bonds industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare DFSD's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the DFSD data on this page?
- Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for DFSD, it usually reflects low options liquidity or a recently listed name. Fund-level fields (sponsor, expense ratio, holdings concentration where available) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. ETF-specific filings (N-CSR, N-PX, N-CEN) update on the SEC EDGAR cadence. FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence; for ETFs the off-exchange volume signal is dominated by authorized-participant creation and redemption rather than directional flow.