The following table lists the bottom 100 exchange-traded funds in terms of year-to-date returns. These are the 100 ETFs that have had the lowest percentage return since the beginning of the current calendar year. You may also wish to see the 100 ETFs with the highest YTD returns.
| Symbol |
Name |
YTD Return |
AUM |
Avg Volume |
|
UVXY
|
Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF
|
-55.67%
|
$17.3 M
|
340,495
|
|
TVIX
|
Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN
|
-55.62%
|
$445.4 M
|
5,129,978
|
|
DSLV
|
3x Inverse Silver ETN
|
-50.95%
|
$7.0 M
|
91,316
|
|
INDZ
|
Daily India Bear 3x Shares
|
-48.83%
|
$2.2 M
|
7,497
|
|
CVOL
|
C-Tracks ETN Citi Volatility Index Total Return
|
-45.12%
|
$5.5 M
|
18,843
|
|
RUSS
|
Daily Russia Bear 3x Shares
|
-44.80%
|
$5.5 M
|
44,405
|
|
RTSA
|
Short Extended Russell 2000 TR Index ETN
|
-42.25%
|
$4.5 M
|
14,938
|
|
BRIS
|
Daily BRIC Bear 3x Shares
|
-39.80%
|
$1.9 M
|
3,158
|
|
SOXS
|
Daily Semiconductor Bear 3x Shares
|
-38.57%
|
$26.3 M
|
150,421
|
|
ZSL
|
UltraShort Silver
|
-37.62%
|
$208.5 M
|
7,009,732
|
|
EDZ
|
Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3X Shares
|
-35.91%
|
$144.5 M
|
2,153,013
|
|
BOIL
|
Ultra DJ-UBS Natural Gas
|
-34.93%
|
$19.4 M
|
153,833
|
|
LHB
|
Daily Latin America 3x Bear Shares
|
-34.76%
|
$5.5 M
|
41,183
|
|
YANG
|
Daily China Bear 3x Shares
|
-34.40%
|
$9.9 M
|
46,605
|
|
VIXY
|
VIX Short-Term Futures ETF
|
-32.76%
|
$36.4 M
|
141,886
|
|
VIIX
|
VIX Short-Term ETN
|
-32.68%
|
$23.0 M
|
18,911
|
|
VXX
|
S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN
|
-32.59%
|
$836.3 M
|
17,359,832
|
|
BZQ
|
UltraShort MSCI Brazil
|
-32.19%
|
$12.5 M
|
82,417
|
|
VXAA
|
ETRACS 1-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN
|
-32.02%
|
$5.8 M
|
4,210
|
|
SFSA
|
Short Extended S&P 500 TR Index ETN
|
-31.97%
|
$9.2 M
|
10,178
|
|
COWS
|
Daily Agribusiness Bear 3x Shares
|
-30.93%
|
$1.1 M
|
5,590
|
|
MATS
|
Daily Basic Materials Bear 3X Shares
|
-30.89%
|
$2.4 M
|
8,905
|
|
TZA
|
Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares
|
-29.83%
|
$803.8 M
|
25,520,289
|
|
SRTY
|
UltraPro Short Russell2000
|
-29.79%
|
$54.3 M
|
1,203,302
|
|
FAZ
|
Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares
|
-29.61%
|
$924.5 M
|
18,459,734
|
|
TVIZ
|
Daily 2x VIX Medium-Term ETN
|
-29.31%
|
$7.5 M
|
3,310
|
|
TYP
|
Daily Technology Bear 3X Shares
|
-28.83%
|
$30.0 M
|
446,094
|
|
BXDC
|
Barclays Short C Leveraged Inverse S&P 500 TR ETN
|
-28.26%
|
$8.0 M
|
18,110
|
|
SQQQ
|
UltraPro Short QQQ
|
-28.24%
|
$118.1 M
|
2,125,651
|
|
SMDD
|
UltraPro Short MidCap400
|
-27.15%
|
$9.0 M
|
163,933
|
|
DUST
|
Daily Gold Miners Bear 3x Shares
|
-27.09%
|
$10.7 M
|
209,683
|
|
IPLT
|
2x Inverse Platinum ETN
|
-27.08%
|
$2.2 M
|
4,103
|
|
DGLD
|
3x Inverse Gold ETN
|
-26.47%
|
$2.2 M
|
9,800
|
|
VZZB
|
Long Enhanced S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN
|
-25.71%
|
$1.6 M
|
16,512
|
|
VXBB
|
ETRACS 2-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN
|
-25.62%
|
$6.6 M
|
3,123
|
|
BIS
|
UltraShort Nasdaq Biotechnology
|
-25.52%
|
$3.6 M
|
4,675
|
|
EEV
|
UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets
|
-25.38%
|
$72.5 M
|
405,238
|
|
FXP
|
Ultrashort FTSE/Xinhua China
|
-24.53%
|
$156.3 M
|
355,462
|
|
BOM
|
DB Base Metals Dble Shrt ETN
|
-24.35%
|
$13.4 M
|
34,481
|
|
DPK
|
Daily Developed Markets Bear 3x Shares
|
-24.32%
|
$13.1 M
|
56,521
|
|
MWN
|
Daily Mid Cap Bear 3X Shares
|
-24.06%
|
$12.4 M
|
34,278
|
|
SMN
|
UltraShort Basic Materials
|
-23.62%
|
$53.0 M
|
825,757
|
|
SSG
|
UltraShort Semiconductors
|
-23.01%
|
$14.2 M
|
35,848
|
|
DRV
|
Daily Real Estate Bear 3x Shares
|
-22.85%
|
$24.9 M
|
192,012
|
|
DZZ
|
DB Gold Double Short ETN
|
-22.57%
|
$77.8 M
|
1,622,457
|
|
SKK
|
UltraShort Russell2000 Growth
|
-21.93%
|
$13.7 M
|
12,363
|
|
GLL
|
UltraShort Gold
|
-21.30%
|
$139.7 M
|
814,292
|
|
TWM
|
UltraShort Russell2000
|
-21.11%
|
$240.1 M
|
2,916,627
|
|
SMK
|
UltraShort MSCI Mexico
|
-21.10%
|
$1.9 M
|
1,296
|
|
JPX
|
UltraShort MSCI Pacific ex-Japan
|
-20.99%
|
$2.1 M
|
1,188
|
|
BGZ
|
Daily Large Cap Bear 3X Shares
|
-20.89%
|
$169.9 M
|
2,030,879
|
|
SKF
|
UltraShort Financials
|
-20.45%
|
$295.9 M
|
1,797,643
|
|
REW
|
UltraShort Technology
|
-20.39%
|
$10.7 M
|
16,676
|
|
EMSA
|
Short Enhanced MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETN
|
-20.39%
|
$6.6 M
|
2,747
|
|
VXCC
|
ETRACS 3-Month S&P 500 VIX Futures ETN
|
-19.76%
|
$7.6 M
|
2,387
|
|
QID
|
UltraShort QQQ
|
-19.68%
|
$583.3 M
|
4,281,338
|
|
SPXU
|
UltraPro Short S&P500
|
-19.50%
|
$531.0 M
|
11,923,901
|
|
EPV
|
UltraShort MSCI Europe ETF
|
-19.27%
|
$132.3 M
|
312,641
|
|
SDD
|
UltraShort SmallCap600
|
-19.22%
|
$12.2 M
|
10,097
|
|
SIJ
|
UltraShort Industrials
|
-18.67%
|
$5.7 M
|
6,700
|
|
MZZ
|
UltraShort MidCap400
|
-18.49%
|
$35.6 M
|
145,263
|
|
SDK
|
UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth
|
-18.44%
|
$2.1 M
|
3,044
|
|
SJH
|
UltraShort Russell2000 Value
|
-18.35%
|
$4.6 M
|
5,187
|
|
UNG
|
United States Natural Gas Fund LP
|
-18.27%
|
$951.7 M
|
17,959,906
|
|
ERY
|
Daily Energy Bear 3X Shares
|
-17.42%
|
$98.3 M
|
3,979,052
|
|
RETS
|
Daily Retail Bear 2X Shares
|
-17.21%
|
$0.8 M
|
5,882
|
|
EFU
|
UltraShort MSCI EAFE
|
-16.65%
|
$19.7 M
|
110,083
|
|
HDGE
|
Active Bear ETF
|
-16.35%
|
$122.2 M
|
208,083
|
|
VXZ
|
S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN
|
-16.17%
|
$184.6 M
|
310,808
|
|
FSA
|
2x T-Bond Bull/S&P 500 Bear
|
-15.96%
|
$2.6 M
|
657
|
|
VIXM
|
VIX Mid-Term Futures ETF
|
-15.92%
|
$79.7 M
|
40,551
|
|
SRS
|
UltraShort Real Estate
|
-15.78%
|
$127.0 M
|
510,113
|
|
SDOW
|
UltraPro Short Dow30
|
-15.67%
|
$74.0 M
|
704,411
|
|
FOL
|
2x Oil Bull/S&P 500 Bear
|
-15.64%
|
$1.8 M
|
3,457
|
|
SFK
|
UltraShort Russell1000 Growth
|
-15.59%
|
$4.7 M
|
9,127
|
|
TWQ
|
UltraShort Russell3000
|
-15.47%
|
$1.7 M
|
3,549
|
|
IPAL
|
2x Inverse Palladium ETN
|
-14.68%
|
$1.7 M
|
3,876
|
|
VIIZ
|
VIX Medium-Term ETN
|
-14.46%
|
$7.1 M
|
1,097
|
|
DEE
|
DB Commodity Double Short ETN
|
-14.36%
|
$2.3 M
|
1,263
|
|
SJL
|
UltraShort Russell MidCap Value
|
-13.94%
|
$1.5 M
|
4,234
|
|
SCC
|
UltraShort Consumer Services
|
-13.68%
|
$10.4 M
|
16,521
|
|
SDS
|
UltraShort S&P500
|
-13.43%
|
$1,989.8 M
|
22,757,436
|
|
EUM
|
Short MSCI Emerging Markets
|
-13.33%
|
$195.7 M
|
231,697
|
|
RSW
|
Inverse 2x S&P 500 ETF
|
-13.33%
|
$39.4 M
|
66,943
|
|
ROSA
|
Short Extended Russell 1000 TR Index ETN
|
-13.30%
|
$2.4 M
|
482
|
|
EWV
|
UltraShort MSCI Japan
|
-13.11%
|
$15.1 M
|
10,352
|
|
YXI
|
Short FTSE/Xinhua China
|
-12.84%
|
$11.8 M
|
11,687
|
|
DUG
|
UltraShort Oil & Gas
|
-12.72%
|
$84.1 M
|
1,033,813
|
|
SBM
|
Short Basic Materials
|
-12.57%
|
$6.8 M
|
12,056
|
|
BOS
|
DB Base Metals Short ETN
|
-12.51%
|
$14.0 M
|
22,430
|
|
SJF
|
UltraShort Russell1000 Value
|
-12.34%
|
$1.8 M
|
4,776
|