MST
Defiance Leveraged Long Income MSTR ETF
weekly DividendsAnnual Yield Calculations
WeeklyYield™ Actual Performance
How YTD & performance are calculated: YTD returns shown across WeeklyYield are price-only, using split-adjusted close-to-close prices from the first trading day of the calendar year to the latest close — the same method your brokerage uses. Dividends are tracked separately in the yield figures above. "Actual Non-DRIP" and "Actual DRIP" add distributions back in to show total return since the earliest price we have on record for this ETF. See full methodology →
Top Performer Score
Fund quality adjustment: ×0.82. Score is reduced for small AUM ($11.7M), young inception (2025-05-01), expense ratio 1.31%. Raw score before adjustment: 14.
Price History (1 Year)
About This ETF
The Defiance Leveraged Long Income MSTR ETF (MST) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in information technology equity. The fund is an actively managed fund that provides 1.5x to 2x leveraged exposure to the daily share price movement of the MicroStrategy Incorporated (NYSE: MSTR), less fees and expenses. The fund uses credit call spreads to generate income MST was launched on May 1, 2025 and is issued by Defiance.
Dividend History
| Ex-Dividend Date | Cash Amount | Pay Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-15 | $0.08820 | 2026-07-16 |
| 2026-07-08 | $0.07450 | 2026-07-09 |
| 2026-07-01 | $0.06610 | 2026-07-02 |
| 2026-06-24 | $0.10680 | 2026-06-25 |
| 2026-06-17 | $0.13200 | 2026-06-18 |
| 2026-06-10 | $0.14800 | 2026-06-11 |
| 2026-06-03 | $0.15710 | 2026-06-04 |
| 2026-05-27 | $0.21920 | 2026-05-28 |
| 2026-05-20 | $0.24120 | 2026-05-21 |
| 2026-05-13 | $0.32050 | 2026-05-14 |
| 2026-05-07 | $0.29590 | 2026-05-07 |
| 2026-04-29 | $0.27540 | 2026-04-30 |
MST News
- Top Billionaire Investor Says AI, Geopolitics Matter More Than Inflation And Interest Rates: 'You Have To Be A Tech Person Today'benzinga · 5/29/2026
- Bitcoin Weakness Slams Strategy — These ETFs Took Double The Hitbenzinga · 9/25/2025
- Leveraged MSTR Exposure Meets Weekly Payouts As Defiance's New ETF Makes Debut Distributionbenzinga · 5/20/2025
- EXCLUSIVE: Thrill Ride With A Dividend? New ETF Marries MicroStrategy Leverage With Incomebenzinga · 5/5/2025
- New MST ETF Mixes MicroStrategy (Strategy) Leverage With A Side Of Weekly Incomebenzinga · 5/2/2025
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Frequently Asked Questions About MST
MST pays weekly dividends. Its most recent ex-dividend date was 2026-07-15 with a pay date of 2026-07-16.
MST has paid an average of $0.0763 per share across its most recent 3 distributions. Its latest distribution was $0.0882 per share.
MST's current annualized yield is 56.76%. This is calculated as the average weekly payout multiplied by 52 and divided by the current share price of $8.08.
Covered call and option-income ETF distributions vary week to week. MST's actual total return figures on the fund's WeeklyYield page show total return net of NAV changes; high distribution rates can coincide with NAV decline, so investors should compare yield to actual total return before drawing conclusions. This is educational information, not investment advice.
Option-income ETF distributions are generally treated as ordinary income or return of capital, depending on the fund's structure and the underlying options strategy. For MST's exact tax character, refer to the fund issuer's 19a-1 notices and year-end 1099-DIV. This is not tax advice.
More detail on how these numbers are calculated is on our methodology page.