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.
| Symbol |
Name |
YTD Return |
AUM |
Avg Volume |
|
DUST
|
Daily Gold Miners Bear 3x Shares
|
50.94%
|
$16.4 M
|
245,775
|
|
GASX
|
Daily Natural Gas Related Bear 3x Shares
|
45.74%
|
$1.4 M
|
27,825
|
|
ITLT
|
DB 3x Italian Treasury Bond Futures ETN
|
40.16%
|
$30.7 M
|
1,950
|
|
KOLD
|
UltraShort DJ-UBS Natural Gas
|
37.69%
|
$12.7 M
|
44,806
|
|
XIV
|
Daily Inverse VIX Short-Term ETN
|
31.64%
|
$305.0 M
|
8,809,822
|
|
UMX
|
Ultra MSCI Mexico Investable Market
|
31.30%
|
$1.5 M
|
1,065
|
|
SVXY
|
Short VIX Short-Term Futures ETF
|
30.83%
|
$25.2 M
|
200,414
|
|
RETL
|
Daily Retail Bull 3x Shares
|
30.49%
|
$7.8 M
|
3,311
|
|
BIB
|
Ultra Nasdaq Biotechnology
|
30.31%
|
$23.4 M
|
5,250
|
|
FBT
|
NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund
|
29.94%
|
$253.7 M
|
69,831
|
|
AAVX
|
ETRACS Daily Short 1-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN
|
29.39%
|
$11.2 M
|
3,524
|
|
IVOP
|
Inverse S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (II)
|
28.32%
|
$4.4 M
|
1,426
|
|
TQQQ
|
UltraPro QQQ
|
26.61%
|
$179.2 M
|
1,823,205
|
|
EGPT
|
Egypt Index ETF
|
25.68%
|
$44.1 M
|
36,528
|
|
VNM
|
Market Vectors Vietnam ETF
|
23.57%
|
$314.8 M
|
274,778
|
|
BBH
|
Market Vectors Biotech ETF
|
23.17%
|
$102.5 M
|
43,956
|
|
ITB
|
Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction Index Fund
|
21.63%
|
$649.3 M
|
1,942,591
|
|
TYH
|
Daily Technology Bull 3X Shares
|
21.21%
|
$135.8 M
|
637,858
|
|
BBVX
|
ETRACS Daily Short 2-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN
|
19.69%
|
$11.5 M
|
1,838
|
|
XBI
|
SPDR S&P Biotech ETF
|
18.51%
|
$575.6 M
|
229,641
|
|
UCC
|
Ultra Consumer Services
|
18.14%
|
$9.3 M
|
1,739
|
|
DDVX
|
ETRACS Daily Short 4-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN
|
18.07%
|
$11.4 M
|
574
|
|
QLD
|
Ultra QQQ
|
17.78%
|
$620.3 M
|
6,344,847
|
|
ERY
|
Daily Energy Bear 3X Shares
|
17.68%
|
$67.4 M
|
2,000,647
|
|
GXG
|
InterBolsa FTSE Colombia 20 ETF
|
17.00%
|
$196.3 M
|
131,063
|
|
BZQ
|
UltraShort MSCI Brazil
|
15.88%
|
$19.7 M
|
17,565
|
|
DRN
|
Daily Real Estate Bull 3x Shares
|
15.81%
|
$80.7 M
|
294,345
|
|
SCO
|
UltraShort DJ-UBS Crude Oil
|
15.79%
|
$117.9 M
|
1,439,923
|
|
FAS
|
Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares
|
15.42%
|
$1,193.5 M
|
7,831,131
|
|
IBB
|
Nasdaq Biotechnology
|
15.38%
|
$1,920.1 M
|
515,677
|
|
XHB
|
SPDR Homebuilders ETF
|
15.38%
|
$1,419.4 M
|
8,042,814
|
|
IGEM
|
Industrials GEMS ETF
|
15.31%
|
$1.6 M
|
2,623
|
|
EPHE
|
MSCI Philippines Investable Market Index Fund
|
15.06%
|
$138.5 M
|
149,383
|
|
ROM
|
Ultra Technology
|
14.48%
|
$88.1 M
|
31,981
|
|
KME
|
SPDR KBW Mortgage Finance ETF
|
14.39%
|
$3.6 M
|
722
|
|
ITLY
|
DB Italian Treasury Bond Futures ETN
|
14.21%
|
$37.9 M
|
748
|
|
TUR
|
MSCI Turkey Investable Market Index Fund
|
13.98%
|
$373.2 M
|
282,025
|
|
AXFN
|
MSCI ACWI ex US Financials Sector Index Fund
|
13.76%
|
$1.9 M
|
1,044
|
|
BUNT
|
3x German Bund Futures ETN
|
13.58%
|
$44.1 M
|
21,059
|
|
DTO
|
DB Crude Oil Dble Short ETN
|
12.89%
|
$123.9 M
|
295,958
|
|
THD
|
MSCI Thailand Index Fund
|
12.76%
|
$773.1 M
|
318,483
|
|
JFT
|
KEYnotes First Trust Enh 130/30 LgCp ETN
|
12.68%
|
$3.2 M
|
642
|
|
MOM
|
U.S. Market Neutral Momentum Fund
|
12.62%
|
$5.1 M
|
3,666
|
|
UWC
|
Ultra Russell3000
|
12.40%
|
$3.9 M
|
974
|
|
FEFN
|
MSCI Far East Financials Sector Index Fund
|
12.02%
|
$2.2 M
|
489
|
|
CURE
|
Daily Healthcare Bull 3X Shares
|
11.86%
|
$4.0 M
|
1,623
|
|
KBWP
|
KBW Property & Casualty Insurance Portfolio
|
11.85%
|
$5.6 M
|
4,133
|
|
LHB
|
Daily Latin America 3x Bear Shares
|
11.81%
|
$9.2 M
|
18,198
|
|
URE
|
Ultra Real Estate
|
11.76%
|
$327.9 M
|
241,416
|
|
WSTE
|
Waste Management ETF
|
11.76%
|
$1.3 M
|
1,433
|
|
COLX
|
Market Vectors Colombia ETF
|
11.69%
|
$1.8 M
|
1,163
|
|
CCVX
|
ETRACS Daily Short 3-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN
|
11.44%
|
$10.6 M
|
835
|
|
EEVX
|
ETRACS Daily Short 5-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN
|
11.43%
|
$10.8 M
|
700
|
|
UYG
|
Ultra Financials
|
11.43%
|
$713.7 M
|
1,189,422
|
|
AGRG
|
Aggressive Growth ETF
|
11.39%
|
$4.8 M
|
1,100
|
|
DUG
|
UltraShort Oil & Gas
|
11.31%
|
$81.5 M
|
634,223
|
|
AXID
|
MSCI ACWI ex US Industrials Sector Index Fund
|
11.22%
|
$2.5 M
|
1,324
|
|
BDCL
|
E-TRACS 2xLeveraged Long Wells Fargo Business Development Company ETN
|
10.98%
|
$36.2 M
|
37,030
|
|
PEJ
|
Dynamic Leisure & Entertainment Portfolio
|
10.81%
|
$57.6 M
|
36,733
|
|
HGEM
|
Health Care GEMS ETF
|
10.58%
|
$1.8 M
|
939
|
|
ZIV
|
Daily Inverse VIX Medium-Term ETN
|
10.51%
|
$7.7 M
|
22,783
|
|
MORT
|
Market Vector Mortgage REIT Income ETF
|
10.44%
|
$39.5 M
|
18,833
|
|
HVOL
|
Russell 1000 High Volatility ETF
|
10.32%
|
$4.5 M
|
313
|
|
BXUB
|
Barclays Long B Leveraged S&P 500 TR ETN
|
10.18%
|
$4.3 M
|
1,103
|
|
UKF
|
Ultra Russell1000 Growth
|
10.10%
|
$12.5 M
|
1,254
|
|
RXL
|
Ultra Health Care
|
10.10%
|
$41.0 M
|
3,983
|
|
FFVX
|
ETRACS Daily Short 6-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN
|
10.06%
|
$10.1 M
|
189
|
|
KBWB
|
KBW Bank Portfolio
|
10.02%
|
$22.2 M
|
436,877
|
|
SSDD
|
ETRACS ISE Solid State Drive Index ETN
|
9.89%
|
$11.6 M
|
1,130
|
|
TNDQ
|
NASDAQ-100 Trendpilot ETN
|
9.88%
|
n/a
|
15,805
|
|
SCIF
|
India Small-Cap Index ETF
|
9.85%
|
$43.9 M
|
54,680
|
|
RTL
|
FTSE NAREIT Retail Index Fund
|
9.74%
|
$16.0 M
|
8,351
|
|
RUSS
|
Daily Russia Bear 3x Shares
|
9.70%
|
$8.2 M
|
46,405
|
|
UPRO
|
UltraPro S&P 500
|
9.48%
|
$260.3 M
|
2,544,064
|
|
HMTM
|
Russell 1000 High Momentum ETF
|
9.37%
|
$5.0 M
|
652
|
|
SFLA
|
Long Extended S&P 500 TR Index ETN
|
9.30%
|
$7.0 M
|
638
|
|
IGV
|
S&P North American Technology-Software Index Fund
|
9.22%
|
$582.9 M
|
103,545
|
|
BGU
|
Daily Large Cap Bull 3X Shares
|
9.19%
|
$194.6 M
|
902,766
|
|
QQQ
|
QQQ
|
9.10%
|
$30,444.6 M
|
52,417,828
|
|
RWW
|
Financials Sector Fund
|
9.08%
|
$7.8 M
|
4,286
|
|
IGU
|
Ultra Investment Grade Corporate
|
9.00%
|
$2.5 M
|
8,974
|
|
PMR
|
Dynamic Retail
|
8.99%
|
$64.9 M
|
48,831
|
|
HYD
|
Market Vectors High Yield Municipal Index ETF
|
8.98%
|
$605.3 M
|
285,872
|
|
IAT
|
Dow Jones U.S. Regional Banks Index Fund
|
8.98%
|
$135.0 M
|
60,505
|
|
IPD
|
SPDR S&P International Consumer Discretionary Sector ETF
|
8.95%
|
$8.0 M
|
5,588
|