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.
This data may include leveraged and inverse ETFs. To exclude leveraged and inverse ETFs from the table
below, click here.
| Symbol |
Name |
YTD Return |
AUM |
Avg Volume |
|
NUGT
|
Daily Gold Miners Bull 3x Shares
|
-83.77%
|
$310.6 M
|
6,132,669
|
|
TVIX
|
Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN
|
-72.06%
|
$146.9 M
|
9,499,104
|
|
UVXY
|
Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF
|
-71.77%
|
$382.7 M
|
29,526,211
|
|
USLV
|
3x Long Silver ETN
|
-65.68%
|
$86.0 M
|
1,036,773
|
|
CVOL
|
C-Tracks ETN Citi Volatility Index Total Return
|
-62.66%
|
$1.7 M
|
4,814
|
|
FSG
|
2x Gold Bull/S&P 500 Bear
|
-56.27%
|
$2.8 M
|
4,187
|
|
DGAZ
|
3x Inverse Natural Gas ETN
|
-54.74%
|
$51.0 M
|
1,086,557
|
|
GLDX
|
Gold Explorers ETF
|
-51.54%
|
$25.4 M
|
40,131
|
|
SOXS
|
Daily Semiconductor Bear 3x Shares
|
-51.11%
|
$50.2 M
|
362,802
|
|
UGLD
|
3x Long Gold ETN
|
-48.95%
|
$23.7 M
|
151,313
|
|
AGQ
|
Ultra Silver
|
-48.93%
|
$480.9 M
|
1,658,752
|
|
FAZ
|
Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares
|
-47.93%
|
$554.7 M
|
5,650,229
|
|
FINZ
|
UltraPro Short Financials
|
-47.11%
|
$2.0 M
|
2,334
|
|
BIS
|
UltraShort Nasdaq Biotechnology
|
-45.85%
|
$4.6 M
|
5,102
|
|
GRN
|
Global Carbon ETN
|
-45.65%
|
$0.6 M
|
2,325
|
|
TVIZ
|
Daily 2x VIX Medium-Term ETN
|
-45.56%
|
$0.6 M
|
3,502
|
|
GDXJ
|
Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF
|
-45.22%
|
$1,415.0 M
|
4,555,056
|
|
SMDD
|
UltraPro Short MidCap400
|
-44.56%
|
$5.7 M
|
24,140
|
|
MIDZ
|
Daily Mid Cap Bear 3x Shares
|
-44.44%
|
$9.9 M
|
26,004
|
|
DRV
|
Daily Real Estate Bear 3x Shares
|
-44.06%
|
$11.6 M
|
88,895
|
|
TZA
|
Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares
|
-43.43%
|
$878.7 M
|
9,228,596
|
|
SRTY
|
UltraPro Short Russell2000
|
-43.33%
|
$64.6 M
|
665,744
|
|
SILJ
|
PureFunds ISE Junior Silver ETF
|
-42.99%
|
$1.7 M
|
9,395
|
|
GGGG
|
Pure Gold Miners ETF
|
-42.99%
|
$2.9 M
|
2,858
|
|
VIIX
|
VIX Short-Term ETN
|
-42.13%
|
$18.2 M
|
655,595
|
|
VXX
|
S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN
|
-42.06%
|
$1,328.8 M
|
52,755,168
|
|
ERY
|
Daily Energy Bear 3X Shares
|
-41.84%
|
$81.1 M
|
605,197
|
|
VIXY
|
VIX Short-Term Futures ETF
|
-41.45%
|
$214.8 M
|
2,444,332
|
|
SDOW
|
UltraPro Short Dow30
|
-41.36%
|
$117.7 M
|
401,313
|
|
SIL
|
Silver Miners ETF
|
-41.32%
|
$204.0 M
|
186,638
|
|
SPXS
|
Daily S&P 500 Bear 3x Shares
|
-41.28%
|
$201.7 M
|
3,099,203
|
|
GDX
|
Market Vectors TR Gold Miners
|
-41.11%
|
$5,233.1 M
|
21,950,377
|
|
RING
|
MSCI Global Gold Miners Fund
|
-40.80%
|
$28.3 M
|
58,927
|
|
SPXU
|
UltraPro Short S&P500
|
-40.74%
|
$547.3 M
|
5,364,279
|
|
BXDB
|
Barclays Short B Leveraged Inverse S&P 500 TR ETN
|
-40.61%
|
$2.8 M
|
367
|
|
SLVP
|
MSCI Global Silver Miners Fund
|
-39.83%
|
$3.8 M
|
5,885
|
|
PSAU
|
Global Gold and Precious Metals Portfolio
|
-39.43%
|
$20.8 M
|
14,756
|
|
EWV
|
UltraShort MSCI Japan
|
-39.23%
|
$9.4 M
|
37,090
|
|
FSA
|
2x T-Bond Bull/S&P 500 Bear
|
-38.76%
|
$1.2 M
|
1,240
|
|
GASX
|
Daily Natural Gas Related Bear 3x Shares
|
-38.38%
|
$7.9 M
|
145,671
|
|
RXD
|
UltraShort Health Care
|
-37.41%
|
$3.3 M
|
2,360
|
|
KOLD
|
UltraShort DJ-UBS Natural Gas
|
-37.31%
|
$25.9 M
|
167,905
|
|
SQQQ
|
UltraPro Short QQQ
|
-35.96%
|
$202.2 M
|
1,933,902
|
|
SKF
|
UltraShort Financials
|
-34.53%
|
$120.2 M
|
476,732
|
|
UGL
|
Ultra Gold
|
-34.37%
|
$193.3 M
|
256,878
|
|
DGP
|
DB Gold Double Long ETN
|
-34.33%
|
$236.5 M
|
344,113
|
|
SCC
|
UltraShort Consumer Services
|
-33.85%
|
$5.8 M
|
2,903
|
|
FOL
|
2x Oil Bull/S&P 500 Bear
|
-33.75%
|
$1.3 M
|
812
|
|
JUNR
|
Junior Miners ETF
|
-33.58%
|
$3.3 M
|
3,097
|
|
SSG
|
UltraShort Semiconductors
|
-33.40%
|
$9.2 M
|
26,468
|
|
SKK
|
UltraShort Russell2000 Growth
|
-32.17%
|
$5.6 M
|
10,057
|
|
SZK
|
UltraShort Consumer Goods
|
-32.02%
|
$4.7 M
|
1,295
|
|
SJH
|
UltraShort Russell2000 Value
|
-31.92%
|
$2.6 M
|
6,136
|
|
MZZ
|
UltraShort MidCap400
|
-31.85%
|
$17.2 M
|
57,779
|
|
DPK
|
Daily Developed Markets Bear 3x Shares
|
-31.57%
|
$8.6 M
|
37,394
|
|
SDK
|
UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth
|
-31.44%
|
$1.2 M
|
1,155
|
|
TECS
|
Daily Technology Bear 3x Shares
|
-31.32%
|
$21.4 M
|
56,172
|
|
TWM
|
UltraShort Russell2000
|
-31.01%
|
$356.2 M
|
2,078,948
|
|
SDD
|
UltraShort SmallCap600
|
-30.97%
|
$5.7 M
|
7,970
|
|
SIJ
|
UltraShort Industrials
|
-30.47%
|
$4.7 M
|
3,272
|
|
SFK
|
UltraShort Russell1000 Growth
|
-30.16%
|
$4.3 M
|
1,238
|
|
TWQ
|
UltraShort Russell3000
|
-29.79%
|
$1.0 M
|
620
|
|
DXD
|
UltraShort Dow30
|
-29.74%
|
$271.2 M
|
848,208
|
|
YCL
|
Ultra Yen
|
-29.42%
|
$3.0 M
|
11,303
|
|
SRS
|
UltraShort Real Estate
|
-29.31%
|
$59.6 M
|
116,578
|
|
SDS
|
UltraShort S&P500
|
-29.24%
|
$1,885.8 M
|
10,850,690
|
|
SDP
|
UltraShort Utilities
|
-29.02%
|
$2.1 M
|
5,252
|
|
SJF
|
UltraShort Russell1000 Value
|
-28.98%
|
$1.0 M
|
622
|
|
DUG
|
UltraShort Oil & Gas
|
-28.66%
|
$74.9 M
|
671,903
|
|
DBS
|
DB Silver Fund
|
-27.68%
|
$38.3 M
|
15,148
|
|
TLL
|
UltraShort Telecommunications
|
-27.41%
|
$1.3 M
|
1,363
|
|
MSXX
|
PureFunds ISE Mining Services ETF
|
-26.95%
|
$0.9 M
|
6,590
|
|
USV
|
E-TRACS UBS Bloomberg CMCI Silver ETN
|
-26.86%
|
$4.8 M
|
40,210
|
|
EMT
|
Dow Jones Emerging Markets Metals & Mining Titans Index Fund
|
-26.76%
|
$7.4 M
|
4,178
|
|
SLV
|
Silver Trust
|
-26.39%
|
$7,098.9 M
|
11,969,188
|
|
SIVR
|
Physical Silver Shares
|
-26.32%
|
$402.5 M
|
279,517
|
|
LGEM
|
Basic Materials GEMS ETF
|
-26.17%
|
$3.2 M
|
3,905
|
|
SJL
|
UltraShort Russell MidCap Value
|
-25.69%
|
$0.8 M
|
1,300
|
|
RUSL
|
Daily Russia Bull 3x Shares
|
-25.59%
|
$25.1 M
|
50,838
|