BITA

iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF

iShares · $95.5m in assets, October 8, 2026

Holds bitcoin and sells monthly call options on it, turning part of bitcoin's upside into premium income.

BITA, the iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, is a $96 million ETF whose main story is the income overlay.

BITA · the ETFFRI OCT 2Market price total return
+25.1%Total return since launch, June 2026
30.6%Volatility since launch

The narrative it carries

Its main narrative, at 0.7 of its exposure.

The income overlay →

ETFs built to pay income: dividend stocks, municipal bonds, preferred shares and covered calls.

The income overlay · the narrative this week
46.0WARM level, 15 of 22
last four weeks
629ETFs carry it
36.6%held by the top five
VIGlargest holder, 10.5%
$1,095 bncapital, 3rd of 22

The band is where this narrative’s level sits among the 22 this week. QUIET means less talked about, not falling.

Who owns the capital
VIG 10.5%SCHD 9.9%VYM 7.7%MUB 4.3%VTEB 4.2%624 other ETFs 63.4%36.6%top five
#ETFSHAREASSETS1 YEARCOST
1VIG10.5%$114.51bn+10.1%0.04%
2SCHD9.9%$107.89bn+23.9%0.06%
3VYM7.7%$83.99bn+13.8%0.04%
4MUB4.3%$46.62bn−2.0%0.05%
5VTEB4.2%$45.69bn−2.2%0.03%
624 other ETFs63.4%
BITA: 0.0%

Share is each ETF’s slice of the capital carrying this narrative. 1 year is market price total return; cost is the expense ratio. See all 629 ETFs on the narrative page →

Also carries: Crypto conviction →

Bitcoin, ether and the companies around them, held through ETFs.

Exposure 0.3 · level 57.0 WARM, 4th of 22 · BITA holds 0.0% of its capital

FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN

1M3MYTD1Y3Y*5Y*
BITA+8.2%+31.4%––––
The income overlayits narrative−2.7%−0.8%+8.8%+10.8%+14.5%+8.8%
The marketbroad US ETFs+0.8%+2.6%+14.6%+16.8%+22.9%+12.9%

1M, 3M, 1Y, 3Y, 5Y: one month to five years. YTD: year to date. * A year, annualised. A dash means the ETF has not traded for the whole period. Since it started trading on June 16, 2026: +25.1%.

$10,000 invested June 30, 2026

BITA $13,696The income overlay $9,984The market $10,193
$0$10,000$20,000Jun 2026$0$10,000$20,000Jun 2026

Total return on the market price, with each distribution reinvested on its ex-date. Not the NAV return the issuer publishes; the two differ when the ETF trades above or below the value of its holdings. The narrative is the asset-weighted return of the unlevered ETFs that carry it. The market is the asset-weighted return of broad US index ETFs. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Common questions

What story is BITA selling?

BITA’s main story is the income overlay, which covers ETFs built to pay income: dividend stocks, municipal bonds, preferred shares and covered calls. Its second is crypto conviction.

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Narrative figures are from the weekly board. Performance is market price total return as of October 2, 2026. Assets are StoryVector’s weekly figure. Classification and measurement. Not investment advice. How the measurement works →