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.

Symbol
Name
Expense Ratio
ETFdb Category
HDGE Active Bear ETF 1.85% Inverse Equities
DSLV 3x Inverse Silver ETN 1.65% Leveraged Commodities
TVIX Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN 1.65% Volatility
USLV 3x Long Silver ETN 1.65% Leveraged Commodities
TVIZ Daily 2x VIX Medium-Term ETN 1.65% Volatility
MATH Meidell Tactical Advantage ETF 1.60% Diversified Portfolio
CRUD WTI Crude Oil Fund 1.54% Oil & Gas
DENT Dent Tactical ETF 1.50% Global Equities
SSAM Rockledge SectorSAM ETF 1.50% Long-Short
NAGS Natural Gas Fund 1.50% Oil & Gas
AGLS Accuvest Global Long Short ETF 1.50% Long-Short
XMPT Market Vectors CEF Municipal Income ETF 1.43% National Munis
CORN Corn Fund 1.42% Agricultural Commodities
HYLD Peritus High Yield ETF 1.35% High Yield Bonds
FFVX ETRACS Daily Short 6-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN 1.35% Volatility
IPLT 2x Inverse Platinum ETN 1.35% Leveraged Commodities
AAVX ETRACS Daily Short 1-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN 1.35% Volatility
LPAL 2x Long Palladium ETN 1.35% Leveraged Commodities
BBVX ETRACS Daily Short 2-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN 1.35% Volatility
LPLT 2x Long Platinum ETN 1.35% Leveraged Commodities
EEVX ETRACS Daily Short 5-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN 1.35% Volatility
UGLD 3x Long Gold ETN 1.35% Leveraged Commodities
IPAL 2x Inverse Palladium ETN 1.35% Leveraged Commodities
XIV Daily Inverse VIX Short-Term ETN 1.35% Volatility
DDVX ETRACS Daily Short 4-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN 1.35% Volatility
DGLD 3x Inverse Gold ETN 1.35% Leveraged Commodities
CCVX ETRACS Daily Short 3-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN 1.35% Volatility
ZIV Daily Inverse VIX Medium-Term ETN 1.35% Volatility
GTAA Cambria Global Tactical ETF 1.29% Diversified Portfolio
ACCU Accuvest Global Opportunities ETF 1.25% Global Equities
GSC GS Connect S&P GSCI Enh Commodity TR ETN 1.25% Commodities
AADR WCM/BNY Mellon Focused Growth ADR ETF 1.25% Global Equities
OFF ETRACS Fisher-Gartman Risk Off ETN 1.15% Diversified Portfolio
CVOL C-Tracks ETN Citi Volatility Index Total Return 1.15% Volatility
FWDI Madrona Forward International ETF 1.12% Foreign Large Cap Equities
FWDD Madrona Forward Domestic ETF 1.12% Large Cap Blend Equities
TWTI Oil Trendpilot ETN 1.10% Oil & Gas
CSMN Market Neutral Equity ETN 1.05% Long-Short
TRNM US Mid Cap Trendpilot ETN 1.00% Mid Cap Blend Equities
TRND US Large Cap Trendpilot ETN 1.00% Large Cap Blend Equities
TNDQ NASDAQ-100 Trendpilot ETN 1.00% Large Cap Growth Equities
TBAR Gold Trendpilot ETN 1.00% Precious Metals
WEAT Wheat Fund 1.00% Agricultural Commodities
SOYB Soybean Fund 1.00% Agricultural Commodities
CANE Sugar Fund 1.00% Agricultural Commodities
MES Market Vectors Gulf States Index ETF 0.99% Emerging Markets Equities
TTFS TrimTabs Float Shrink ETF 0.99% All Cap Equities
SQQQ UltraPro Short QQQ 0.95% Leveraged Equities
SRS UltraShort Real Estate 0.95% Leveraged Real Estate
ALT Diversified Alternatives Trust 0.95% Hedge Fund
SVXY Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF 0.95% Volatility
UCD Ultra DJ-UBS Commodity 0.95% Leveraged Commodities
UST Ultra 7-10 Year Treasury 0.95% Leveraged Bonds
UMX Ultra MSCI Mexico Investable Market 0.95% Leveraged Equities
UVG Ultra Russell1000 Value 0.95% Leveraged Equities
UXJ Ultra MSCI Pacific ex-Japan 0.95% Leveraged Equities
UVT Ultra Russell2000 Value 0.95% Leveraged Equities
UKK Ultra Russell2000 Growth 0.95% Leveraged Equities
UCO Ultra DJ-UBS Crude Oil 0.95% Leveraged Commodities
UBT Ultra 20+ Year Treasury 0.95% Leveraged Bonds
TYO Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bear 3x Shares 0.95% Leveraged Bonds
UCC Ultra Consumer Services 0.95% Leveraged Equities
UVXY Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF 0.95% Volatility
XPP Ultra FTSE/Xinhua China 25 0.95% Leveraged Equities
TYD Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bull 3x Shares 0.95% Leveraged Bonds
RWM Short Russell2000 0.95% Inverse Equities
FWDB Madrona Forward Global Bond ETF 0.95% Total Bond Market
EUO UltraShort Euro 0.95% Leveraged Currency
ERY Daily Energy Bear 3X Shares 0.95% Leveraged Equities
BIB Ultra Nasdaq Biotechnology 0.95% Leveraged Equities
IGS Short Investment Grade Corporate 0.95% Inverse Bonds
LHB Daily Latin America 3x Bear Shares 0.95% Leveraged Equities
JFT KEYnotes First Trust Enh 130/30 LgCp ETN 0.95% Long-Short
EET Ultra MSCI Emerging Markets 0.95% Leveraged Equities
EDZ Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3X Shares 0.95% Leveraged Equities
CURE Daily Healthcare Bull 3X Shares 0.95% Leveraged Equities
CSM Credit Suisse 130/30 0.95% Long-Short
DOG Short Dow30 0.95% Inverse Equities
BIS UltraShort Nasdaq Biotechnology 0.95% Leveraged Equities
DUST Daily Gold Miners Bear 3x Shares 0.95% Leveraged Equities
DUG UltraShort Oil & Gas 0.95% Leveraged Equities
LTL Ultra Telecommunications ProShares 0.95% Leveraged Equities
MVV Ultra MidCap400 0.95% Leveraged Equities
SFK UltraShort Russell1000 Growth 0.95% Leveraged Equities
SEF Short Financials 0.95% Inverse Equities
SH Short S&P500 0.95% Inverse Equities
SICK Daily Healthcare Bear 3X Shares 0.95% Leveraged Equities
SJF UltraShort Russell1000 Value 0.95% Leveraged Equities
SIJ UltraShort Industrials 0.95% Leveraged Equities
SDOW UltraPro Short Dow30 0.95% Leveraged Equities
SDK UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth 0.95% Leveraged Equities
NUGT Daily Gold Miners Bull 3x Shares 0.95% Leveraged Equities
MWJ Daily Mid Cap Bull 3X Shares 0.95% Leveraged Equities
REW UltraShort Technology 0.95% Leveraged Equities
RUSL Daily Russia Bull 3x Shares 0.95% Leveraged Equities
SCO UltraShort DJ-UBS Crude Oil 0.95% Leveraged Commodities
RXD UltraShort Health Care 0.95% Leveraged Equities
SOXS Daily Semiconductor Bear 3x Shares 0.95% Leveraged Equities

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