VANECK JUNIOR GOLD MINERS ETF
Symbol: GDXJ
Exchange: NYSE
Sector: Basic_Materials
Category: Equity Precious Metals
Inception date: 10/11/2009
Latest date: 16/07/2026
Current price: $92.65
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
-19.04%
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
-28.42%
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
-27.66%
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
40.44%
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
98.06%
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
154.13%
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: 16/07/2025 - 16/07/2026.
Average daily return
0.193%
Best day
8.525%
Worst day
-13.634%
Days with data
251
Recent price history (last 90 days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/07/2026 | $94.30 | $94.76 | $92.06 | $92.65 | 5,829,800 |
| 15/07/2026 | $97.61 | $98.72 | $94.59 | $96.55 | 3,722,300 |
| 14/07/2026 | $99.83 | $100.83 | $97.72 | $98.37 | 5,013,400 |
| 13/07/2026 | $96.98 | $97.49 | $94.66 | $95.40 | 5,175,500 |
| 10/07/2026 | $98.35 | $99.80 | $97.45 | $98.88 | 2,554,100 |
| 09/07/2026 | $97.85 | $99.58 | $97.01 | $99.00 | 4,306,200 |
| 08/07/2026 | $96.56 | $97.60 | $93.23 | $95.60 | 4,881,100 |
| 07/07/2026 | $103.00 | $103.56 | $98.02 | $98.93 | 4,815,000 |
| 06/07/2026 | $105.38 | $105.94 | $102.43 | $103.91 | 3,597,900 |
| 02/07/2026 | $101.97 | $105.08 | $100.69 | $102.91 | 6,392,500 |