I’ve been trading since the 80s, and I thought I’d seen every flavor of Wall Street nonsense.
Then I took a closer look at what YieldMax is doing with its high-yield ETFs.
And man, what a mess.
These funds are advertising yields that look like lottery winnings — one is showing a 143% yield, another is advertising a 707% yield. But here’s what they don’t tell you in big letters: that’s not a dividend yield, that’s a derivative yield. It’s like a Ponzi scheme, really.
The chart tells the real story. Look at some of these funds — down from 15, 14, all the way to the dirt. Now, you would think if that was a stock, there’d be a bounce somewhere in there, but the way this thing is structured, that’s not the case.
It just keeps bleeding.
The Reverse Split Shell Game
Now YieldMax is doing reverse splits on some of these poorly performing funds. You know what that means? It raises the price up higher just to fall even further.
And the whole time, they’re taking a point to manage all that money.
The worst part? This is like a trap for elderly people or people that wanted to buy yield. They got their yield but they got killed on their investment.
I wonder if they’re gonna get a good Christmas bonus, all those guys. They’ve only driven all these funds into the dirt.
I even saw a newsletter publisher — someone in the tech space — who wrote an article saying everybody should sell everything they got including their Bitcoin and put 100% into YieldMax MSFT Option Income Strategy ETF (MSTY). Had a very compelling case, if you believe in BS.
Tax Loss Harvesting Is Coming
Here’s another problem stacking up: YieldMax is set up to see a rush to liquidity out of its funds as people take tax loss harvesting.
That’s going to create even more selling pressure on funds that are already bleeding out.
I wonder where the SEC just steps in.
Look, I’m all for creative strategies and high-yield income plays when they make sense. But this? This isn’t a strategy — it’s a structural trap dressed up with advertised yields that sound too good to be true.
Because they are.
If you’re chasing yield, do it the right way. Sell puts on names you’d be happy to own. Run the wheel on solid stocks. Build real income from real premium.
Don’t fall for fool’s gold just because someone slapped a 707% sticker on it.
Trade well,
Jack Carter
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