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VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF

GDXJ
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Snapshot
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Inception Date
Nov 10, 2009
Expense Ratio
0.52%
Type
Global Equities
Fund Owner
Van Eck Associates Corporation
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$198,217,722
AUM
$3,772,325,402
Associated Index
MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Passive/Active
Passive
Fractionable on Composer
Yes
Prospectus
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Top 10 Holdings

PAAS
Pan American Silver Corp
6.87%
KGC
Kinross Gold Corp.
6.7%
AGI
Alamos Gold Inc. - Ordinary Shares - Class A
6.04%
BTG
B2gold Corp
5.61%
EVN
Evolution Mining Limited
5.11%
EDV
Endeavour Mining Plc
3.18%
PE&OLES
Industrias Penoles S.A.B. DE C.V.
2.89%
SSRM
SSR Mining Inc
2.83%
1818
Zhaojin Mining Industry Co., Ltd. - Ordinary Shares - Class H
2.17%
OR
Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd
2.17%
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What is GDXJ?

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index (MVGDXJTR), which is intended to track the overall performance of small-capitalization companies that are involved primarily in the mining for gold and/or silver.

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GDXJ
Performance Measures**

for the time period Nov 11, 2009 to Dec 4, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return: 22.2%

The percent change in the value over the most recent 1-month period.

3M Trailing Return: 29.4%

The percent change in the value over the most recent 3-month period.

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown: -88.7%

The greatest percent loss from peak to trough in value over the time period.

Standard Deviation: 79.2%

The typical amount that daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio: 0.37

The annualized arithmetic mean of the daily returns divided by the annualized standard deviation of the daily returns for the selected time period.

Calmar Ratio: 0.12

The annualized return divided by the max drawdown for the selected time period.

ETFs related toGDXJ

ETFs correlated to GDXJ include JNUG, GDX, GDXU

GDXJ
VanEck ETF Trust - VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF
JNUG
Direxion Shares ETF Trust - Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares
GDX
VanEck ETF Trust - VanEck Gold Miners ETF
GDXU
Bank of Montreal - MicroSectors Gold Miners 3X Leveraged ETN
NUGT
Direxion Shares ETF Trust - Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bull 2X Shares
SIL
Global X Funds - Global X Silver Miners ETF
SILJ
ETF Managers Group LLC - ETFMG Prime Junior Silver Miners ETF
RING
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF
GLTR
abrdn ETF - abrdn Physical Precious Metals Basket Shares ETF
GLD
SSgA Active Trust - SPDR Gold Shares ETF
UGL
ProShares Trust - ProShares Ultra Gold 2x Shares

What is ETF correlation?

Correlation is a measure of the strength of the relationship between two ETFs. It quantifies the degree to which prices of the two ETFs typically move together.

Here, correlation is measured over the past year with the Pearson correlation coefficient (Pearon’s r), which ranges from -1 to 1.

Using ETF correlations in portfolio and strategy construction

ETF correlations can help you create investing strategies and portfolios. Use them to:

  • •Build a diversified portfolio from uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETFs with the aim of minimizing portfolio risk.
  • •Compare correlated or related ETFs to find one with a lower expense ratio or higher trading volume.
  • •Create an investing strategy that hedges an ETF with an uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETF.

Trading Strategies
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Category

Tactical rotation, Momentum & trend, Risk-on/risk-off, Leveraged ETFs, Macro regime, Volatility filter

OOS Cumulative Return

121.95%

V2.2c | Commander BND Monthly | Trades Monthly - K-1 Free

Category

Tactical allocation, Momentum/RSI, Risk-on/risk-off, Leveraged ETFs, Bond-led timing, Multi-asset, Downside risk control

OOS Cumulative Return

103.3%

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FAQ

GDXJ is a Global Equities ETF. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index (MVGDXJTR), which is intended to track the overall performance of small-capitalization companies that are involved primarily in the mining for gold and/or silver.

GDXJ tracks the MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index.

No, GDXJ is not actively managed. It is passively managed. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.

Yes, GDXJ is passively managed. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested.

The 1-month return on GDXJ is -0.0393%. This is the percent change in the value of GDXJ over the most recent 1-month period. The 3-month return on GDXJ is -0.0525%. This is the percent change in the value of GDXJ over the most recent 3-month period.

The standard deviation of GDXJ for the past year is 0.3991%. Standard deviation is the typical amount that the daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.

ETFs similar to GDXJ include IXN, IXJ, and SMH.

ETFs correlated to GDXJ include JNUG, GDX, and GDXU.

ETFs that are inversely correlated to GDXJ include JDST, GDXD, and DUST.

Disclaimers

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