VANECK JUNIOR GOLD MINERS ETF
Symbol: GDXJ
Exchange: NYSE
Sector: Basic_Materials
Category: Equity Precious Metals
Inception date: 10/11/2009
Latest date: 19/10/2026
Current price: $108.36
Expense ratio: 0.52%
Period performance
Adjusted cumulative ETF performance, normalized to the first available adjusted price in the selected period.
Performance metrics
Period total return
-11.67%
Ann. -92.63% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
70.68%
Sharpe ratio
-1.362
VaR 95%
-7.20%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
18.22%
Ann. 36.43% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
69.27%
Sharpe ratio
0.473
VaR 95%
-7.30%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
-17.63%
Ann. 57.97% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
60.48%
Sharpe ratio
0.898
VaR 95%
-7.15%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
4.45%
Ann. 121.05% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
51.59%
Sharpe ratio
2.276
VaR 95%
-5.52%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
110.38%
Ann. 79.82% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
44.19%
Sharpe ratio
1.724
VaR 95%
-4.49%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
229.16%
Ann. 48.66% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
40.81%
Sharpe ratio
1.103
VaR 95%
-3.88%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Daily returns for period 12M
Daily simple returns from the same adjusted closes used by the performance chart: 20/10/2025 - 19/10/2026.
Average daily return
0.081%
Best day
9.643%
Worst day
-13.634%
Days with data
250
Recent price history (last 90 days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19/10/2026 | $109.17 | $109.83 | $108.14 | $108.36 | 2,364,600 |
| 16/10/2026 | $109.02 | $112.40 | $108.58 | $109.91 | 3,371,800 |
| 15/10/2026 | $106.26 | $109.70 | $105.27 | $109.61 | 5,339,700 |
| 14/10/2026 | $107.09 | $108.07 | $103.67 | $104.75 | 6,523,800 |
| 13/10/2026 | $113.41 | $113.53 | $109.62 | $110.63 | 2,595,500 |
| 12/10/2026 | $113.01 | $113.19 | $112.21 | $112.92 | 2,284,700 |
| 09/10/2026 | $113.02 | $114.80 | $112.64 | $114.43 | 3,796,000 |
| 08/10/2026 | $109.26 | $111.58 | $108.90 | $110.90 | 3,252,900 |
| 07/10/2026 | $109.86 | $110.51 | $107.82 | $109.14 | 5,128,100 |
| 06/10/2026 | $113.23 | $114.52 | $111.61 | $113.55 | 2,112,700 |