ULST - State Street Ultra Short Term Bond ETF
The State Street Ultra Short Term Bond ETF seeks to maximize current income consistent with preservation of capital and daily liquidity through short duration high quality investmentsActively managed by State Street Active Fixed Income Team Invests in slightly longer-term securities than traditional cash vehicles with a goal of generating a better total return
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Bonds
- Market Cap
- $600.6M
- Beta
- 0.10
- 52-Week Range
- 40.2-40.72
- Dividend Yield
- $1.74
- IPO Date
- Oct 10, 2013
- Exchange
- AMEX
ULST Options Snapshot
Options pricing data for ULST 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 ULST 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 ULST overview questions
- What is ULST?
- ULST is the ticker symbol for State Street Ultra Short Term Bond ETF, an listed exchange-traded fund. The State Street Ultra Short Term Bond ETF seeks to maximize current income consistent with preservation of capital and daily liquidity through short duration high quality investmentsActively managed by State Street Active Fixed Income Team Invests in slightly longer-term securities than traditional cash vehicles with a goal of generating a better total return Listed on AMEX. ULST 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 ULST's key statistics?
- State Street Ultra Short Term Bond ETF (ULST) carries a market capitalization of $600.6M, 52-week range of 40.2-40.72. 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 ULST belong to?
- State Street Ultra Short Term Bond 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 ULST'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 ULST data on this page?
- Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for ULST, 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.