Defiance's leveraged Strategy MMSTR exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw a surge in activity on Monday as the bitcoin BTCUSD-holding firm's shares fell to their 200-day average.
Shares in Defiance's leveraged Strategy (NASDAQ:MSTR) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw a huge surge in activity on Monday as the bitcoin BTCUSD-holding firm's shares fell to their 200-day average.
A record 24.33 million shares in the Defiance daily target 2x long MSTR ETF, trading under the ticker MSTX, changed hands as the ETF price slipped 32% to $17.90, the lowest since September, according to data source TradingView. The ETF seeks to provide 200% of the daily percentage change in the share price of Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy.
The high trading volume in MSTX follows a 16.6% drop in Strategy's shares on Monday to $231.62, encountering the 200-day SMA and the lowest since late February. The broader market also faced pressure from U.S. recession fears and a continued rise in the anti-risk Japanese yen.
The high trading volume in MSTX follows a 16.6% drop in Strategy's shares on Monday to $231.62, encountering the 200-day SMA and the lowest since late February. The broader market also faced pressure from U.S. recession fears and a continued rise in the anti-risk Japanese yen.
The share price has lost 55% since reaching a peak of $543 on November 21.
Meanwhile, trading volume in the Defiance daily target 2x short MSTR ETF (SMST) tallied 51.21 million, the highest since November 24. The ETF aims to provide investment results corresponding to 2 times the inverse of the daily performance of shares in Strategy. (The net inflow figure for both funds on Monday is not yet available.)
Strategy is the world's largest public-listed bitcoin holder, boasting a coin stash of 499,096 BTC ($40.4 billion). The company started accumulating BTC as a balance sheet asset in November and has pursued an aggressive accumulation strategy, funding purchases largely with debt sales.
On Monday, the company announced a $21 billion at-the-market (ATM) offering of its Series A preferred stock (STRK), with the proceeds to be mainly used for financing new BTC purchases.
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