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	209.43%	$84.4 M	748,148
DSLV	3x Inverse Silver ETN	98.81%	$30.6 M	202,081
DSXJ	Double Short US 10 Year Treasury Futures ETNs	90.86%	$7.6 M	313
CURE	Daily Healthcare Bull 3X Shares	87.49%	$34.6 M	29,680
BIB	Ultra Nasdaq Biotechnology	72.38%	$113.9 M	42,202
FINU	UltraPro Financials	69.57%	$9.5 M	3,359
SOXL	Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares	68.76%	$68.1 M	283,438
FAS	Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares	67.76%	$1,195.0 M	8,071,648
EIPL	Monthly 2x Leveraged ETRACS Next Generation Internet ETN	64.82%	$3.8 M	431
RETL	Daily Retail Bull 3x Shares	64.51%	$16.4 M	7,633
UDOW	UltraPro Dow30	61.45%	$66.4 M	231,008
MIDU	Daily Mid Cap Bull 3x Shares	58.23%	$47.8 M	87,309
ZSL	UltraShort Silver	57.76%	$143.2 M	527,416
UMDD	UltraPro MidCap400	56.88%	$26.7 M	28,078
DGLD	3x Inverse Gold ETN	56.81%	$11.0 M	102,000
ROLA	Long Extended Russell 1000 TR Index ETN	56.00%	$13.0 M	663
SPXL	Daily S&P 500 Bull 3x Shares	55.53%	$246.9 M	1,353,912
TAN	Solar ETF	55.50%	$107.2 M	208,284
UPRO	UltraPro S&P 500	55.29%	$365.9 M	1,546,573
UGAZ	3x Long Natural Gas ETN	54.09%	$30.1 M	421,800
URTY	UltraPro Russell2000	53.16%	$108.8 M	226,652
RXL	Ultra Health Care	52.61%	$76.8 M	12,500
TNA	Daily Small Cap Bull 3X Shares	52.50%	$387.9 M	10,549,150
QCLN	NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund	49.19%	$41.2 M	40,561
MLPL	E-TRACS 2x Leveraged Long Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index	48.79%	$190.3 M	80,031
ERX	Daily Energy Bull 3X Shares	48.31%	$169.5 M	693,402
DRN	Daily Real Estate Bull 3x Shares	47.10%	$144.7 M	240,320
RTLA	Long Extended Russell 2000 TR Index ETN	44.17%	$9.3 M	600
UCC	Ultra Consumer Services	44.12%	$25.4 M	2,487
UGE	Ultra Consumer Goods	43.93%	$20.7 M	1,107
UYG	Ultra Financials	41.82%	$807.6 M	524,242
UVU	Ultra Russell MidCap Value	40.70%	$9.1 M	1,112
SFLA	Long Extended S&P 500 TR Index ETN	40.61%	$4.9 M	1,148
TQQQ	UltraPro QQQ	40.54%	$227.6 M	1,888,558
DZZ	DB Gold Double Short ETN	40.49%	$82.8 M	828,091
UVG	Ultra Russell1000 Value	40.06%	$7.5 M	1,288
SDYL	ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged S&P Dividend ETN	39.93%	$16.1 M	19,284
EZJ	Ultra MSCI Japan	39.56%	$50.7 M	25,370
DDM	Ultra Dow30	38.74%	$262.9 M	290,348
UKW	Ultra Russell MidCap Growth	38.47%	$11.1 M	584
XIV	Daily Inverse VIX Short-Term ETN	38.34%	$354.2 M	16,255,958
GEX	Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy ETF	38.13%	$66.9 M	35,302
SVXY	Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF	37.80%	$73.4 M	821,102
KWT	Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF	37.59%	$14.9 M	6,020
DBJP	MSCI Japan Hedged Equity Fund	37.57%	$106.9 M	97,503
BOIL	Ultra DJ-UBS Natural Gas	37.31%	$37.6 M	180,498
USD	Ultra Semiconductors	36.73%	$34.2 M	18,395
UKK	Ultra Russell2000 Growth	36.60%	$10.2 M	9,892
DXJ	Japan Hedged Equity Fund	36.55%	$10,781.2 M	5,509,547
GLL	UltraShort Gold	36.49%	$183.8 M	436,916
BBH	Market Vectors Biotech ETF	36.39%	$330.7 M	114,916
IDXJ	Market Vectors Indonesia Small-Cap ETF	36.34%	$11.1 M	16,606
MVV	Ultra MidCap400	35.91%	$105.8 M	253,570
UWC	Ultra Russell3000	35.51%	$6.5 M	262
BXUB	Barclays Long B Leveraged S&P 500 TR ETN	35.37%	$3.2 M	720
UXI	Ultra Industrials	34.76%	$22.2 M	4,184
SSO	Ultra S&P500	34.75%	$2,504.6 M	6,709,169
SAA	Ultra SmallCap600	34.63%	$27.6 M	4,929
UKF	Ultra Russell1000 Growth	34.32%	$19.0 M	831
UWM	Ultra Russell2000	34.23%	$169.0 M	830,248
YCS	UltraShort Yen	34.21%	$595.9 M	692,630
PBW	WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio	33.58%	$170.7 M	404,436
IBB	Nasdaq Biotechnology	32.10%	$3,211.0 M	614,372
DVYL	ETRACS Monthly Pay 2x Leveraged Dow Jones Select Dividend Index ETN	32.07%	$14.4 M	6,647
UVT	Ultra Russell2000 Value	31.07%	$9.8 M	4,980
UPW	Ultra Utilities	30.48%	$16.1 M	10,139
TECL	Daily Technology Bull 3x Shares	30.08%	$123.6 M	110,213
PBE	Dynamic Biotech &Genome	29.86%	$162.6 M	17,950
DIG	Ultra Oil & Gas	29.13%	$155.6 M	164,116
FBT	NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund	28.99%	$344.9 M	52,111
ZIV	Daily Inverse VIX Medium-Term ETN	28.82%	$48.4 M	113,050
PBD	Global Clean Energy Portfolio	28.64%	$69.1 M	34,453
XTN	SPDR S&P Transportation ETF	27.76%	$48.0 M	15,323
KBWI	KBW Insurance Portfolio	27.64%	$5.4 M	1,125
URE	Ultra Real Estate	27.43%	$423.8 M	110,011
EIPO	ETRACS Next Generation Internet ETN	27.41%	$7.1 M	1,067
CSD	Spin-Off ETF	27.29%	$152.8 M	70,070
KRU	Ultra KBW Regional Banking	26.85%	$2.9 M	735
MLPN	Cushing 30 MLP Index ETN	26.47%	$531.5 M	185,597
KBWC	KBW Capital Markets Portfolio	26.31%	$14.5 M	12,479
QLD	Ultra QQQ	26.27%	$521.9 M	2,294,869
DZK	Daily Developed Markets Bull 3x Shares	26.07%	$32.5 M	12,719
MLPG	E-TRACS Alerian Natural Gas MLP Index	25.69%	$31.8 M	7,698
FJP	Japan AlphaDEX Fund	25.65%	$20.9 M	5,045
XRT	SPDR S&P Retail ETF	25.57%	$997.8 M	4,409,354
XBI	SPDR S&P Biotech ETF	25.55%	$893.6 M	229,234
PJP	Dynamic Pharmaceuticals	25.46%	$516.7 M	111,381
XPH	SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF	25.27%	$399.3 M	29,317
AMJ	Alerian MLP Index ETN	25.12%	$6,087.2 M	1,390,386
BOM	DB Base Metals Dble Shrt ETN	25.02%	$4.9 M	3,584
GASL	Daily Natural Gas Related Bull 3x Shares	24.87%	$23.1 M	157,939
MATL	Daily Basic Materials Bull 3X Shares	24.79%	$3.7 M	5,608
IAI	Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers Index Fund	24.76%	$94.7 M	77,173
PTH	Dynamic Healthcare	24.50%	$63.1 M	9,802