100 Highest YTD ETF Returns

The following table lists the top 100 exchange-traded funds in terms of year-to-date returns. These are the 100 ETFs that have had the highest percentage return since the beginning of the current calendar year. You may also wish to see the 100 ETFs with the lowest YTD returns.

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Symbol
Name
YTD Return
AUM
Avg Volume
DUST Daily Gold Miners Bear 3x Shares 210.19% $88.8 M 754,152
DSXJ Double Short US 10 Year Treasury Futures ETNs 100.85% $8.0 M 307
DSLV 3x Inverse Silver ETN 88.00% $32.6 M 206,770
CURE Daily Healthcare Bull 3X Shares 80.18% $34.2 M 27,863
FINU UltraPro Financials 78.56% $9.8 M 3,005
SOXL Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares 77.43% $62.4 M 287,848
FAS Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares 76.02% $1,227.6 M 8,138,876
EIPL Monthly 2x Leveraged ETRACS Next Generation Internet ETN 71.34% $4.0 M 446
BIB Ultra Nasdaq Biotechnology 69.42% $115.3 M 39,503
MIDU Daily Mid Cap Bull 3x Shares 66.28% $53.1 M 88,440
RETL Daily Retail Bull 3x Shares 65.84% $13.9 M 7,579
DRN Daily Real Estate Bull 3x Shares 65.26% $143.3 M 230,065
UMDD UltraPro MidCap400 65.22% $28.0 M 29,075
TAN Solar ETF 63.30% $92.1 M 193,205
UDOW UltraPro Dow30 62.36% $66.9 M 225,570
URTY UltraPro Russell2000 59.68% $113.5 M 226,333
SPXL Daily S&P 500 Bull 3x Shares 59.63% $250.0 M 1,341,370
UPRO UltraPro S&P 500 59.60% $373.4 M 1,520,987
TNA Daily Small Cap Bull 3X Shares 59.26% $415.2 M 10,749,421
ROLA Long Extended Russell 1000 TR Index ETN 57.33% $13.1 M 643
ERX Daily Energy Bull 3X Shares 55.30% $180.6 M 685,183
DGLD 3x Inverse Gold ETN 55.21% $11.1 M 100,078
EZJ Ultra MSCI Japan 53.61% $41.4 M 20,533
QCLN NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund 52.64% $41.7 M 47,222
ZSL UltraShort Silver 50.79% $145.8 M 520,330
RXL Ultra Health Care 49.64% $76.4 M 12,979
UGE Ultra Consumer Goods 47.79% $21.2 M 1,157
UYG Ultra Financials 46.81% $823.7 M 537,097
UVU Ultra Russell MidCap Value 46.22% $9.4 M 1,155
MLPL E-TRACS 2x Leveraged Long Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index 45.17% $185.7 M 82,527
UCC Ultra Consumer Services 45.10% $17.2 M 2,426
TQQQ UltraPro QQQ 45.10% $234.1 M 1,886,484
DBJP MSCI Japan Hedged Equity Fund 44.59% $90.0 M 84,214
RTLA Long Extended Russell 2000 TR Index ETN 43.90% $9.3 M 586
SDYL ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged S&P Dividend ETN 43.37% $16.5 M 18,665
UVG Ultra Russell1000 Value 43.14% $7.6 M 1,256
UKW Ultra Russell MidCap Growth 42.82% $11.4 M 608
XIV Daily Inverse VIX Short-Term ETN 42.13% $385.4 M 16,260,773
SVXY Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF 41.76% $60.5 M 813,608
DXJ Japan Hedged Equity Fund 41.40% $10,309.8 M 4,946,346
KWT Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF 41.33% $14.6 M 6,305
USD Ultra Semiconductors 40.50% $35.2 M 18,833
MVV Ultra MidCap400 40.31% $109.0 M 259,471
GEX Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy ETF 39.86% $64.6 M 33,987
DZZ DB Gold Double Short ETN 39.82% $91.1 M 793,783
UKK Ultra Russell2000 Growth 39.60% $10.5 M 9,605
DDM Ultra Dow30 39.13% $264.3 M 288,286
BXUB Barclays Long B Leveraged S&P 500 TR ETN 38.79% $3.3 M 717
SAA Ultra SmallCap600 38.61% $28.3 M 4,819
PBW WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio 38.24% $167.1 M 388,960
UWM Ultra Russell2000 37.85% $173.6 M 843,117
UGAZ 3x Long Natural Gas ETN 37.59% $28.9 M 438,746
UXI Ultra Industrials 37.55% $22.6 M 4,311
UKF Ultra Russell1000 Growth 37.17% $19.3 M 859
SSO Ultra S&P500 37.10% $2,490.2 M 6,829,019
GLL UltraShort Gold 36.63% $199.9 M 428,727
URE Ultra Real Estate 36.52% $441.6 M 108,190
UWC Ultra Russell3000 36.39% $6.6 M 255
DVYL ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Dow Jones Select Dividend Index ETN 36.36% $14.9 M 6,862
UVT Ultra Russell2000 Value 36.01% $10.0 M 4,879
UPW Ultra Utilities 36.01% $16.7 M 10,154
IDXJ Market Vectors Indonesia Small-Cap ETF 35.59% $10.7 M 16,759
TECL Daily Technology Bull 3x Shares 35.50% $129.1 M 114,575
YCS UltraShort Yen 35.43% $582.8 M 674,165
DZK Daily Developed Markets Bull 3x Shares 34.71% $32.8 M 11,948
BBH Market Vectors Biotech ETF 34.65% $328.1 M 106,113
DIG Ultra Oil & Gas 33.11% $164.8 M 170,037
SFLA Long Extended S&P 500 TR Index ETN 32.99% $4.7 M 1,138
KRU Ultra KBW Regional Banking 31.83% $3.0 M 714
ZIV Daily Inverse VIX Medium-Term ETN 31.64% $49.4 M 111,483
PBD Global Clean Energy Portfolio 31.31% $68.9 M 26,411
IBB Nasdaq Biotechnology 31.00% $3,274.4 M 595,925
MATL Daily Basic Materials Bull 3X Shares 30.89% $3.8 M 5,962
GASL Daily Natural Gas Related Bull 3x Shares 30.33% $25.5 M 158,970
KBWI KBW Insurance Portfolio 30.15% $2.8 M 1,105
ICLN S&P Global Clean Energy Index Fund 29.85% $36.1 M 20,841
EIPO ETRACS Next Generation Internet ETN 29.71% $7.2 M 881
FBT NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund 29.29% $348.9 M 51,657
KBWC KBW Capital Markets Portfolio 29.10% $14.8 M 12,765
XTN SPDR S&P Transportation ETF 28.95% $48.7 M 15,397
PBE Dynamic Biotech &Genome 28.94% $163.2 M 16,751
QLD Ultra QQQ 28.90% $521.3 M 2,257,248
LTL Ultra Telecommunications ProShares 28.83% $5.7 M 589
FJP Japan AlphaDEX Fund 28.24% $20.6 M 4,843
KBWY KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Portfolio 27.89% $117.7 M 54,516
IAI Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers Index Fund 27.68% $96.4 M 80,408
CSD Spin-Off ETF 27.29% $148.4 M 70,462
BOIL Ultra DJ-UBS Natural Gas 27.19% $35.4 M 185,760
PBS Dynamic Media 25.76% $160.1 M 146,663
MLPN Cushing 30 MLP Index ETN 25.43% $518.0 M 177,205
XRT SPDR S&P Retail ETF 25.22% $902.3 M 4,654,274
FXG Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund 25.19% $593.3 M 169,073
BOM DB Base Metals Dble Shrt ETN 25.11% $4.9 M 3,988
EWJ MSCI Japan Index Fund 25.03% $12,204.4 M 39,748,023