100 Highest Expense Ratio ETFs

While "plain vanilla" passively-managed ETFs offer expense ratios under 10 basis points, many ETFs that implement more complex investment strategies (such as leveraged investing or hedge fund strategies) charge higher fees. Below are the 100 ETFs with the highest expense ratios in the industry. Even the ETFs included on this list feature expense ratios below the average for traditional actively-managed mutual funds, which approximates 1.4%. You may also wish to peruse our list of the 100 ETFs with the lowest expense ratios.

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Symbol
Name
Expense Ratio
ETFdb Category
CANE Sugar Fund 2.32% Agricultural Commodities
VEGA STAR Global Buy-Write ETF 2.01% Long-Short
HDGE Active Bear ETF 1.85% Inverse Equities
GIVE Global Echo ETF 1.70% Diversified Portfolio
XMPT Market Vectors CEF Municipal Income ETF 1.67% National Munis
USLV 3x Long Silver ETN 1.65% Leveraged Commodities
UGAZ 3x Long Natural Gas ETN 1.65% Leveraged Commodities
TVIX Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN 1.65% Volatility
DSLV 3x Inverse Silver ETN 1.65% Leveraged Commodities
DGAZ 3x Inverse Natural Gas ETN 1.65% Leveraged Commodities
TVIZ Daily 2x VIX Medium-Term ETN 1.65% Volatility
QEH QAM Equity Hedge ETF 1.64% Hedge Fund
DBIZ Pring Turner Business Cycle ETF 1.62% All Cap Equities
MATH Meidell Tactical Advantage ETF 1.58% Diversified Portfolio
NAGS Natural Gas Fund 1.50% Oil & Gas
AGLS Accuvest Global Long Short ETF 1.50% Long-Short
SSAM Rockledge SectorSAM ETF 1.50% Long-Short
THHY Market Vectors Treasury-Hedged High Yield Bond ETF 1.45% High Yield Bonds
GTAA Cambria Global Tactical ETF 1.41% Diversified Portfolio
RRGR Global Alpha & Beta ETF 1.40% Diversified Portfolio
HYLD Peritus High Yield ETF 1.35% High Yield Bonds
UOIL 3x Long Brent Crude ETN 1.35% Leveraged Commodities
UWTI 3x Long Crude ETN 1.35% Leveraged Commodities
IPLT 2x Inverse Platinum ETN 1.35% Leveraged Commodities
DGLD 3x Inverse Gold ETN 1.35% Leveraged Commodities
LPLT 2x Long Platinum ETN 1.35% Leveraged Commodities
UGLD 3x Long Gold ETN 1.35% Leveraged Commodities
XIV Daily Inverse VIX Short-Term ETN 1.35% Volatility
DOIL 3x Inverse Brent Crude ETN 1.35% Leveraged Commodities
ZIV Daily Inverse VIX Medium-Term ETN 1.35% Volatility
DWTI 3x Inverse Crude ETN 1.35% Leveraged Commodities
GSGO ALPS/GS Momentum Builder Growth Markets Equities and U.S. Treasuries Index ETF 1.29% Emerging Markets Equities
GSC GS Connect S&P GSCI Enh Commodity TR ETN 1.25% Commodities
ACCU Accuvest Global Opportunities ETF 1.25% Global Equities
AADR WCM/BNY Mellon Focused Growth ADR ETF 1.25% Global Equities
GSAX ALPS/GS Momentum Builder Asia ex-Japan Equities and U.S. Treasuries Index ETF 1.22% Asia Pacific Equities
HYLS High Yield Long/Short ETF 1.19% High Yield Bonds
OFF ETRACS Fisher-Gartman Risk Off ETN 1.15% Diversified Portfolio
CVOL C-Tracks ETN Citi Volatility Index Total Return 1.15% Volatility
GSMA ALPS/GS Momentum Builder Multi-Asset Index ETF 1.14% Diversified Portfolio
DBBR MSCI Brazil Hedged Equity Fund 1.13% Latin America Equities
FWDD Madrona Forward Domestic ETF 1.12% Large Cap Blend Equities
FWDI Madrona Forward International ETF 1.12% Foreign Large Cap Equities
TWTI Oil Trendpilot ETN 1.10% Oil & Gas
KORZ Direxion Daily South Korea Bear 3X Shares 1.10% Asia Pacific Equities
BRZS Direxion Daily Brazil Bear 3x Shares 1.10% Latin America Equities
TCHI China Trendpilot ETN 1.10% China Equities
BRZU Direxion Daily Brazil Bull 3x Shares 1.08% Latin America Equities
CSMN Market Neutral Equity ETN 1.05% Long-Short
DBGR db X-trackers MSCI Germany Hedged Equity Fund 1.04% Europe Equities
DBA DB Agriculture Fund 1.01% Agricultural Commodities
TNDQ NASDAQ-100 Trendpilot ETN 1.00% Large Cap Growth Equities
SOYB Soybean Fund 1.00% Agricultural Commodities
TRND US Large Cap Trendpilot ETN 1.00% Large Cap Blend Equities
TBAR Gold Trendpilot ETN 1.00% Precious Metals
WEAT Wheat Fund 1.00% Agricultural Commodities
ALTL US Large Cap Alternator ETN 1.00% Large Cap Blend Equities
CRUD WTI Crude Oil Fund 1.00% Oil & Gas
CORN Corn Fund 1.00% Agricultural Commodities
TRNM US Mid Cap Trendpilot ETN 1.00% Mid Cap Blend Equities
CHEP U.S. Market Neutral Value Fund 0.99% Long-Short
TTFS TrimTabs Float Shrink ETF 0.99% All Cap Equities
MES Market Vectors Gulf States Index ETF 0.98% Emerging Markets Equities
UPV Ultra MSCI Europe 0.95% Leveraged Equities
UMDD UltraPro MidCap400 0.95% Leveraged Equities
ITLT DB 3x Italian Treasury Bond Futures ETN 0.95% Leveraged Bonds
FWDB Madrona Forward Global Bond ETF 0.95% Total Bond Market
GASX Daily Natural Gas Related Bear 3x Shares 0.95% Leveraged Equities
GDAY Ultra Australian Dollar 0.95% Leveraged Currency
FAZ Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares 0.95% Leveraged Equities
EWV UltraShort MSCI Japan 0.95% Leveraged Equities
DRN Daily Real Estate Bull 3x Shares 0.95% Leveraged Real Estate
EDC Daily Emerging Markets Bull 3X Shares 0.95% Leveraged Equities
EFZ Short MSCI EAFE 0.95% Inverse Equities
JFT KEYnotes First Trust Enh 130/30 LgCp ETN 0.95% Long-Short
MVV Ultra MidCap400 0.95% Leveraged Equities
SMK UltraShort MSCI Mexico 0.95% Leveraged Equities
SPXS Daily S&P 500 Bear 3x Shares 0.95% Leveraged Equities
SSO Ultra S&P500 0.95% Leveraged Equities
SEF Short Financials 0.95% Inverse Equities
RXL Ultra Health Care 0.95% Leveraged Equities
QID UltraShort QQQ 0.95% Leveraged Equities
REK Short Real Estate 0.95% Leveraged Real Estate
SVXY Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF 0.95% Volatility