KSA - iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF
This iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF endeavors to reflect the financial returns of an extensive market index, which is entirely made up of equity securities from companies based in Saudi Arabia.
As of Jun 30, 2026: spot at $37.31, ATM IV 35.0%, max pain $37.00, net GEX $30.5K.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Global
- Market Cap
- $542.5M
- Beta
- 0.20
- 52-Week Range
- 35.81-41.5
- Dividend Yield
- $1.03
- IPO Date
- Sep 17, 2015
- Exchange
- AMEX
What KSA Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 30.7% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; positive net gamma exposure ($30.5K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.406) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The KSA 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 KSA overview questions
- What is KSA?
- KSA is the ticker symbol for iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF, an listed exchange-traded fund. This iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF endeavors to reflect the financial returns of an extensive market index, which is entirely made up of equity securities from companies based in Saudi Arabia. Listed on AMEX. KSA 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 does the KSA options snapshot look like today?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, the KSA options snapshot shows spot at $37.31, ATM IV 35.0%, IV rank 30.7%, max pain $37.00, net GEX $30.5K, expected move 10.03%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are KSA's key statistics?
- iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF (KSA) carries a market capitalization of $542.5M, 52-week range of 35.81-41.5. 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 KSA belong to?
- iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management - Global 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 KSA'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 KSA data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated Jun 30, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. 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.