GLDI ETF Analysis: Credit Suisse X-Links Gold | NASDAQ
Commodities Focused | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 169m USD | 12M Return: 12.9% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 7.64M
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Seasonality 10.5 years of data
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The Credit Suisse X-Links Gold Shares Covered Call ETN (GLDI) tracks an index designed to implement a covered call strategy on the SPDR Gold Trust (GLD). The fund generates returns through two primary components: fluctuations in the price of gold shares and the collection of notional premiums from selling monthly call options against those shares. This structure aims to provide income and mitigate downside risk, though it caps potential upside during significant gold price rallies.
The commodities-focused ETN sector utilizes derivative overlays to enhance yield in asset classes that do not traditionally pay dividends or interest. The covered call business model is particularly sensitive to market volatility, as higher price swings typically increase the premiums collected from option sales. Investors can examine the historical yield patterns of this strategy on ValueRay.
As a micro-cap exchange-traded note, GLDI carries the credit risk of the issuing institution, Credit Suisse, in addition to the market risk of the underlying gold assets. Unlike physical gold ETFs, this instrument is a senior unsecured debt obligation that relies on a mathematical formula to replicate the performance of its target index minus internal trading costs.
- Spot gold price volatility drives underlying SPDR Gold Trust performance
- Monthly call option premium income fluctuates with gold market implied volatility
- Federal Reserve interest rate policy impacts non-yielding gold asset demand
- Credit Suisse credit risk affects ETN senior unsecured debt obligations
As of July 28, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 142.37 with a total of 43,249 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +2.21%, over one month by +2.47%, over three months by -7.57% and over the past year by +12.89%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 137.60 (which is 3.4% or 1.9 ATR below the current price).
Credit Suisse X-Links Gold has no consensus analysts rating.