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iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF · ARCX · ETF · 131 sessions on record
$102.18▼ −0.23 · −0.2%from $102.41 the session before · Sep 30, 2026 close · end of day
Open
$102.52
High
$102.56
Low
$102.06
Day's range
$0.500.49% of the previous close
VWAP
$102.22close −0.04% from it
Volume, shares
46M1.44× the 20-session average
Traded, $
$4.70B
Trades
74.7K620 shares per trade
Previous close
$102.41−0.23 to the close
Market cap
—
Day range25% of the way up
$102.06$102.56
52-week range2% of the way up
$102.04 Sep 29$110.29 Apr 17

−7.4% from the high · +0.14% from the low

The desk read · Sep 30expiry Oct 16 · 16 days
balanced
options read
calls 44% · puts 56% of OI
1.28
puts per call, by OI
Oct 16 expiry 1.08
$105.00
max pain
+2.8% from the close
$107.00
most call OI
49.9K contracts · +4.7% from the close
▲ +5.5%
option OI on the day
+146K contracts · 2.81M open

Balanced into a 16-day expiry: 1.28 puts per call by open interest, option OI +5.5% on the day, the most call OI sits at $107.00, the most put OI at $104.00, max pain $105.00.

Options

Sep 30 open interest · 19 expiries listed

LQD options carry 2.81M contracts of open interest across 19 expiries, 25% of it in the Oct 16 contract, with 1.28 puts per call.

Open interest by expirythe next 8 of 19 expiries · share of all open interest
Option open interest by expiry, the next 8 expiries
ExpiryCall OI · on the dayPut OI · on the dayPuts per callShare of OI %Strikes
Oct 22 days52.5K−23329.9K+270.572.948
Oct 99 days14.6K+1.28K8.42K+6770.580.8248
Oct 1616 days335K+967361K+12.7K1.082558
Oct 2323 days9.19K07000.010.3350
Oct 3030 days2.45K+57.88K−2.74K3.210.3744
Nov 637 days17016+10.940.0046
Nov 2051 days368K+1.85K279K−3.14K0.762338
Dec 1879 days347K+3.88K346K+24.9K1.002538

71% of open interest sits beyond the Oct 16 contract · 58 strikes listed for it · 2.81M contracts open in all

Monthly contractOct 16 expiry · 16 days

The Oct 16 contract holds 335K calls and 361K puts, the most call OI at $107.00 and the most put OI at $104.00; max pain $105.00, +2.8% from the close.

Call OI, contracts
335K+967 on the day
Put OI, contracts
361K+12.7K on the day
Puts per call, by OI
1.08all expiries 1.28
Max pain
$105.00+2.8% from the close
Strikes listed
58for this expiry
Open interest by strike, contractstop three strikes each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
49.7K
$109.00
49.9K
$107.00
49.1K
$105.00
$104.00
79.2K
$102.00
55.9K
$101.00
66.9K
Open interest added on the day, contractsthree largest additions each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
+180
$103.00
+495
$102.50
+110
$102.00
$101.50
+610
$101.00
+15K
$100.50
+6
Close $ · S&P 500 rebased to the first close126 sessions to Sep 30 · axis fixed at 4 × ATR-14 around the last close
131 sessions on file · from Mar 25
LQD close over the last 126 sessions, with S&P 500 rebased to the first close99.61114.30129.00axis spans 30%S&P 500LQDApr 1Jul 2Sep 30126 sessions from Apr 1 to Sep 30; the price axis spans 30 percent.

Shareholding

quarter to Jun 2026 · SEC Form 13F

No open-market insider buying or selling in the last 90 days.

Held by 13F managers
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Shares held
595M−4.8% on Mar 2026 among managers filing both
Managers holding
1,0721,062 a quarter earlier
Largest holder
—BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/
Largest 10 holderspercent of shares outstanding · change in shares against the previous quarter
Largest 13F holders of LQD
ManagerSharesOf outstandingValueChange on quarter
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/51.3M—$5.60B−282K
BlackRock, Inc.38.5M—$4.20B−4.61M
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co38.2M—$4.17Bunchanged
MORGAN STANLEY34.9M—$3.80B+5.22M
Wealthfront Advisers LLC24.9M—$2.71B+3.4M
Financial Engines Advisors L.L.C.22.8M—$2.49B+1.01M
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC21.2M—$2.31Bunchanged
Nuveen, LLC20.5M—$2.23B−1.5M
Japan Science & Technology Agency17M—$1.86Bunchanged
Allianz SE15.7M—$1.72Bunchanged

Corporate actions

exchange records

Nothing upcoming on record; the last was a dividend of $0.44 a share, ex-date Sep 1, 2026.

Actionsex-dates · upcoming first, then the last eight · dividends in dollars a share, splits as ratios
Corporate actions of LQD, upcoming first, then the most recent
Ex-dateActionAmount or ratioRecord date
recent
Sep 1, 2026dividend$0.44—
Aug 3, 2026dividend$0.46—
Jul 1, 2026dividend$0.38—
Jun 1, 2026dividend$0.41—
May 1, 2026dividend$0.42—
Apr 1, 2026dividend$0.45—
Calendardividends by ex-date
Dividends in 365 days
—a share · ex-dates inside the year
Last dividend
$0.44ex-date Sep 1, 2026

Price history

131 sessions on record · to Sep 30 · end of day

LQD is −2.9% over 20 sessions against the S&P 500's +0.1%, 7.4% below its 52-week high, realised volatility 7.0% annualised.

Returns against S&P 500longest window first · S&P 500 over the same sessions
Returns of the stock and S&P 500 over six windows, longest first
WindowFrom $LQD %S&P 500 %Difference pp
120 sessionssince Apr 9$109.49▼ −6.7%▲ +12%−19
60 sessionssince Jul 7$107.88▼ −5.3%▲ +2.0%−7.3
20 sessionssince Sep 1$105.22▼ −2.9%▲ +0.11%−3.0
5 sessionssince Sep 23$103.89▼ −1.6%▼ −0.67%−0.98
1 sessionsince Sep 29$102.41▼ −0.22%▼ −0.21%−0.01
Averages of the closeclose against each average
5-session average
$102.68close −0.49% from it
20-session average
$104.31close −2.0% from it
50-session average
$105.50close −3.1% from it
Range and volumetrue range over 14 sessions · high to low over 20 · volume against the 20-session average
Average true range, 14
$0.640.63% of the close
Average day's range, 20
$0.460.45% of the close
Volume against 20 sessions
1.44×46M vs 32.6M average
Volatility and co-movement with S&P 500annualised from daily returns
Realised volatility, 20
7.0%≈ ±0.44% a session · moved more than that on 5 of 20
Realised volatility, 60
6.1%≈ ±0.38% a session · moved more than that on 18 of 60
Beta to S&P 500, 60
0.30moved with S&P 500 on 44 of 60 sessions
Up and down sessionscloses above and below the previous close
Last 20 sessions
6 up · 12 downof 18
Last 60 sessions
22 up · 36 downof 58
Best session, 250
▲ +0.85%Jun 11
Worst session, 250
▼ −1.1%Sep 23

Short-sale volume

25 sessions · to Sep 30, 2026

Short sales were 43% of reported volume on Sep 30, 2026, against 59% over the last 25 sessions.

Last 10 sessionsshare of the day's reported volume
LQD daily short-sale volume
SessionShort volumeReported volumeShort share
Sep 30, 20268.1M19M42.7%
Sep 29, 202613.6M24.1M56.4%
Sep 28, 202616.6M21.4M77.6%
Sep 25, 202612.3M20M61.2%
Sep 24, 202613.6M17.5M77.9%
Sep 23, 202610.3M15.3M67.2%
Sep 22, 20268.45M11M77.0%
Sep 21, 20265.87M10.3M56.9%
Sep 18, 20267.47M12.9M57.8%
Sep 17, 20267.19M11.3M63.6%

Filings

SEC EDGAR · newest first
LQD SEC filings
FiledFormReport date
Sep 23, 2026NPORT-PJul 31, 2026
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About iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

SEC and exchange records
Company
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
Exchange
ARCX
SEC CIK
1100663
Sessions on record
131
Price source
End of day · delayed
Computed
1 Oct, 10:34 pm IST

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