VANECK JUNIOR GOLD MINERS ETF
Symbol: GDXJ
Exchange: NYSE ARCA
Sector: Basic_Materials
Category: Equity Precious Metals
Inception Date: 10/11/2009
Latest Date: 02/04/2026
Current Price: $122.19
Expense Ratio: 0.51%
Assets Under Management
$12.1B
5.22% daily change
Period Performance
Adjusted cumulative ETF performance normalized to the first available adjusted price of the selected period.
Adjusted Return
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Performance Metrics
Return
-21.18%
Volatility
70.68%
Sharpe Ratio
-1.362
VaR 95%
-7.20%
CVaR 95%:
-8.29%
Max Drawdown:
-26.47%
Sortino Ratio:
-2.083
Calmar Ratio:
-3.50
Return
7.94%
Volatility
69.27%
Sharpe Ratio
0.473
VaR 95%
-7.30%
CVaR 95%:
-10.11%
Max Drawdown:
-32.92%
Sortino Ratio:
0.553
Calmar Ratio:
1.11
Return
25.46%
Volatility
60.48%
Sharpe Ratio
0.898
VaR 95%
-7.15%
CVaR 95%:
-9.52%
Max Drawdown:
-32.92%
Sortino Ratio:
1.050
Calmar Ratio:
1.76
Return
120.35%
Volatility
51.59%
Sharpe Ratio
2.276
VaR 95%
-5.52%
CVaR 95%:
-8.51%
Max Drawdown:
-32.92%
Sortino Ratio:
2.736
Calmar Ratio:
3.68
Return
221.85%
Volatility
44.19%
Sharpe Ratio
1.724
VaR 95%
-4.49%
CVaR 95%:
-6.81%
Max Drawdown:
-32.92%
Sortino Ratio:
2.201
Calmar Ratio:
2.42
Return
227.00%
Volatility
40.81%
Sharpe Ratio
1.103
VaR 95%
-3.88%
CVaR 95%:
-6.10%
Max Drawdown:
-32.92%
Sortino Ratio:
1.490
Calmar Ratio:
1.48
Daily Returns for Period 12M
Daily simple returns calculated over the official metric window from the same adjusted price series used in the chart: 02/04/2025 - 02/04/2026.
Average Daily Return
0.368%
Best Day
10.495%
09/04/2025
Worst Day
-13.634%
30/01/2026
Days with Data
251
Recent Price History (Last 90 Days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/04/2026 | $116.13 | $124.14 | $116.13 | $122.19 | 4,852,100 |
| 01/04/2026 | $123.62 | $128.12 | $121.87 | $125.25 | 6,292,100 |
| 31/03/2026 | $113.74 | $120.18 | $113.64 | $120.04 | 9,639,400 |
| 30/03/2026 | $113.28 | $114.06 | $109.06 | $110.61 | 4,410,400 |
| 27/03/2026 | $107.16 | $112.69 | $106.13 | $110.58 | 6,380,800 |
| 26/03/2026 | $108.66 | $112.35 | $105.85 | $105.92 | 6,919,100 |
| 25/03/2026 | $115.26 | $115.91 | $111.88 | $113.29 | 6,269,600 |
| 24/03/2026 | $107.33 | $110.46 | $105.93 | $109.79 | 6,107,300 |
| 23/03/2026 | $107.03 | $112.50 | $106.59 | $110.03 | 12,880,800 |
| 20/03/2026 | $109.57 | $109.88 | $102.88 | $104.77 | 8,325,300 |