SPCL - Defiance Pure Space Daily 2X Strategy ETF
SPCL is an exchange-traded fund designed to offer amplified exposure to a concentrated selection of companies within the burgeoning space economy. This includes firms focused on satellite communications, launch services, and various space-enabled technologies. Its portfolio construction employs a qualitative, thematic approach to identify a limited number of enterprises, typically ranging from 3 to 10.
As of Aug 14, 2026: spot at $30.69, ATM IV 106.9%, max pain $30.00, net GEX $11.7K.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Leveraged
- Market Cap
- $1.6M
- Beta
- 0.00
- 52-Week Range
- 18.31-83.85
- IPO Date
- Apr 8, 2026
- Exchange
- CBOE
What SPCL Looks Like to Options Traders Today
positive net gamma exposure ($11.7K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.065) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The SPCL 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 SPCL overview questions
- What is SPCL?
- SPCL is the ticker symbol for Defiance Pure Space Daily 2X Strategy ETF, an listed exchange-traded fund. SPCL is an exchange-traded fund designed to offer amplified exposure to a concentrated selection of companies within the burgeoning space economy. This includes firms focused on satellite communications, launch services, and various space-enabled technologies. Listed on CBOE. SPCL 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 SPCL options snapshot look like today?
- As of Aug 14, 2026, the SPCL options snapshot shows spot at $30.69, ATM IV 106.9%, max pain $30.00, net GEX $11.7K, expected move 30.65%. 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 SPCL's key statistics?
- Defiance Pure Space Daily 2X Strategy ETF (SPCL) carries a market capitalization of $1.6M, 52-week range of 18.31-83.85. 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 SPCL belong to?
- Defiance Pure Space Daily 2X Strategy ETF operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management - Leveraged 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 SPCL'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 SPCL data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated Aug 14, 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.