NAIL ETF — Direxion Daily Homebuilders & Supplies Bull 3X Shares

Direxion Daily Homebuilders & Supplies Bull 3X Shares (NAIL)

Updated October 16, 2026.

NAIL is an ETF that tracks the Dow Jones U.S. Select Home Construction Index. its distribution rate is 1.71%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.25%, its expense ratio is 0.96%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 11/100 (High risk). Total return is -28.5% over the past 11.2 years, 369.0 points behind SPY at 340.5%.

Direxion Daily Homebuilders & Supplies Bull 3X Shares is an ETF that seeks to deliver three times the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Home Construction Index, which tracks U.S. homebuilders and suppliers of building materials and related products. The fund has a modest distribution rate with quarterly distributions and carries an expense ratio of 0.96%; as a leveraged product designed for daily tracking, it is intended for short-term tactical positioning rather than buy-and-hold investing. This ETF appeals to investors seeking amplified exposure to the homebuilding sector, though the leverage mechanism means it carries substantially higher risk than the underlying index.

NAIL performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is -28.5% over the past 11.2 years, 369.0 points behind SPY at 340.5%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -57.0%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 68.1%.

NAIL key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

11 · High risk

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.19%

Issuer

Direxion

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

08/19/2015

Expense ratio

0.96%

Distribution rate

1.71%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

1.25%

Last close

$27.11 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$509,995,708

Average volume

3121367.0

Dividend

$0.116

Ex-dividend date

09/22/2026

Payment date

09/29/2026

Beta

3.9

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.71%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (1.25%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Direxion or company page; Index: Dow Jones U.S. Select Home Construction Index; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

NAIL risks and drawbacks

NAIL's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 68.1%.

Who may consider NAIL — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (NAIL pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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