AdvisorShares STAR Global Buy-Write ETF
VEGA NYSE Arca
The AdvisorShares STAR Global Buy-Write ETF is a low volatility, moderate risk, global balanced portfolio that strategically allocates to the capital markets, tactically overweights regions, sectors, or securities and employs option strategies to create additional sources of income for total return...
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- Fund size
- 12.9M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 2.04% per year
- Dividend yield
- 0.00% Yearly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 10.0% Low Risk
- Beta
- 0.59 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 47.3053.58
How VEGA has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, VEGA returned +10.2% with dividends reinvested — dividends added 0.0 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±10% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −6.9% on Mar 30, 2026 — 33 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 2% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.59 means VEGA has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average52.82 +0.2%
- 26-day average52.82 +0.2%
- 50-day average52.75 +0.3%
- 200-day average51.19 +3.4%
The price is above 4 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Smart Betas · DownsideProtection/UpsideLimits — tracking the Not Applicable.
- Assets under management12.9MUSD
- Expense ratio2.04%per year
- Holdings20
- Risk score4.7Medium
Launched September 2012. Fund data as of Feb 27, 2020.
Where VEGA shows up
Curated themes and indices that hold VEGA. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.
About AdvisorShares STAR Global Buy-Write ETF
The AdvisorShares STAR Global Buy-Write ETF is a low volatility, moderate risk, global balanced portfolio that strategically allocates to the capital markets, tactically overweights regions, sectors, or securities and employs option strategies to create additional sources of income for total return and enhancements to risk management. The Portfolio Manager writes (sells) covered call options against a portion of its underlying holdings creating option premium; generally, 50% to 75% of VEGA’s positions will have covered options. When equity volatility is high, as gauged by the VIX’s 200-day moving average, VEGA reinvests its cash positions back into the capital markets. When volatility is low, the Portfolio Manager may allocate a portion of VEGA’s cash position to protective put options for downside risk management
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 20 holdings
- Ticker
- VEGA
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US00768Y7682
- CUSIP
- 00768Y768
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Smart Betas
- Industry
- DownsideProtection/UpsideLimits
- Benchmark
- Not Applicable
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 27, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.