Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for HODL in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
Oct 12 close
HODL trades at $23.39, up 0.6% on the day and sitting above both its 50-day average of $21.61 and its 200-day average of $20.89, with the 50-day above the 200-day. Over the past month the trust has gained 7%, and it is up 28.1% over three months and 12.7% over six months, though it remains down 31.7% over the past year. It sits well off its 52-week high of $34.68 and above its 52-week low of $16.40. The GekkoIndex reads 56.5, placing HODL in the Neutral zone, up from a reading five points lower over the past five sessions. No Gekko Fair Value estimate is available for comparison against the current price.
There is no confirmed earnings date on the calendar for this trust, and no insider, Congress, or unusual options activity has been recorded in the respective 90-day and 30-day windows. Typical daily movement runs around 2.4%, with a typical 20-day swing near 8.1%, figures worth keeping in mind given the trust's recent volatility. Historically, a Neutral GekkoIndex reading has been followed by an average 20-day return of -0.4%, a figure worth noting alongside the current trend above both moving averages.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
VanEck Bitcoin Trust scores 1 supportive, 1 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 2 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
1 supportive1 mixed0 headwinds
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $23.39 is above the 50-day ($21.61) and 200-day ($20.89) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
See the chart56.5, Neutral
Reading 56.5 is in the Neutral zone.
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No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
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No confirmed report date on the calendar.
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Not enough years of history for a seasonal read.
A description of current data, not a recommendation. How this page works
VanEck Bitcoin Trust closed at $23.39 on Oct 12, 2026, −31.7% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $16.40 to $34.68.
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VanEck Bitcoin Trust is built to track the price of Bitcoin, after accounting for the costs of running the fund. It does not try to beat Bitcoin's performance or generate returns above and beyond what the underlying asset delivers on its own. In that sense, it offers a way to follow Bitcoin's value without the Trust itself taking an active role in trying to outperform it.
The Trust operates as a passively managed vehicle, meaning its managers do not make discretionary bets or adjust holdings in an attempt to add extra return. Instead, the structure is designed simply to mirror Bitcoin's market movements net of expenses, leaving the Trust's performance closely tied to that of Bitcoin itself.
Shares of VanEck Bitcoin Trust are listed on the CBOE under the ticker HODL.
VanEck Bitcoin Trust’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 56.5, in the Neutral zone, up 5.9 points over five sessions.
Up 5.9 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 38 | +9.0% | +12.5% | ||
| Accumulation | 241 | +5.7% | +1.5% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 364 | +0.9% | −0.4% | ||
| Distribution | 38 | −8.3% | −3.0% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average HODL share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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No open-market insider purchases were filed for VanEck Bitcoin Trust, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for HODL in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
No trades in HODL were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
VanEck Bitcoin Trust’s market cap is $1.64B.
VanEck Bitcoin Trust’s market cap is $1.64B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $23.39.
VanEck Bitcoin Trust’s 52-week high is $34.68 and its 52-week low is $16.40; it closed at $23.39 on Oct 12, 2026, −31.7% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $107.32 on Nov 26, 2024.
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 1 of the 2 items with data read as supportive (trend), 1 as mixed (gekkoindex). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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