SQLT - iShares Trust - iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Quality Factor ETF
SQLT is an index-tracking fund with exposure to the small-cap segment of the US equity market. It seeks to capture higher quality stocks within GICS sectors, selected from a small-cap MSCI parent index, by considering three fundamental factors: high ROE, low earnings fluctuations, and low leverage. The fund selects constituents by identifying securities with the highest quality scores and weights them by multiplying their scores with their respective market-caps in the parent index, with individual capping is at 5%.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Market Cap
- $6.7M
- Beta
- -0.34
- 52-Week Range
- 25.82-29.68
- Dividend Yield
- $0.06
- IPO Date
- Apr 1, 2026
- Exchange
- CBOE
SQLT Options Snapshot
Options pricing data for SQLT 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 SQLT 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.
SQLT fund facts: expense ratio 0.20%, assets under management $6.8M, NAV $28.17 as of the data source's update on Oct 7, 2026, 489 holdings in its latest file, launched Mar 31, 2026, issued by IShares. See the SQLT holdings.
Frequently asked SQLT overview questions
- What is SQLT?
- SQLT is the ticker symbol for iShares Trust - iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Quality Factor ETF, an listed exchange-traded fund. SQLT is an index-tracking fund with exposure to the small-cap segment of the US equity market. It seeks to capture higher quality stocks within GICS sectors, selected from a small-cap MSCI parent index, by considering three fundamental factors: high ROE, low earnings fluctuations, and low leverage. Listed on CBOE. SQLT 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 SQLT's key statistics?
- iShares Trust - iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Quality Factor ETF (SQLT) carries a market capitalization of $6.7M, 52-week range of 25.82-29.68. 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 SQLT belong to?
- iShares Trust - iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Quality Factor ETF operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management 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 SQLT'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 SQLT data on this page?
- Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for SQLT, 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.