All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
GDX total return snapshot: GDX returned +74.13% over the past year and −0.87% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 22, 2006, GDX is up +169.10% in nominal total return, or +5.07%/yr, and is currently −26.61% below its total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.
| Mon 2006-05-22? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDX × |
−0.87%
2026-05-22 |
+74.13%
2026-05-22 |
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| VanEck Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Mon 2006-05-22? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDX × |
+169.10%
+5.07%/yr |
+0.10%/yr
(R2=0.000) |
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| VanEck Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Mon 2006-05-22? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDX × |
$10,000.00
2006-05-22 |
$26,909.83
2026-05-22 |
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| VanEck Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | GDX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −0.87% |
| 2025 | +154.77% |
| 2024 | +10.64% |
| 2023 | +9.98% |
| 2022 | −9.01% |
| 2021 | −9.52% |
| 2020 | +23.66% |
| 2019 | +39.82% |
| 2018 | −8.77% |
| 2017 | +11.99% |
| 2016 | +52.92% |
| 2015 | −24.71% |
| 2014 | −12.44% |
| 2013 | −54.02% |
| 2012 | −8.87% |
| 2011 | −16.09% |
| 2010 | +33.92% |
| 2009 | +36.73% |
| 2008 | −26.07% |
| 2007 | +16.77% |
| 2006 | +7.51% |
| Mon 2006-05-22? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDX × |
−26.61%
from 2026-02-27 peak |
−80.57%
2016-01-19 from 2011-09-08 peak |
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| VanEck Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDX × | +74.13% |
+144.41% +56.38%/yr |
+176.33% +40.32%/yr |
+131.92% +18.31%/yr |
+289.83% +14.57%/yr |
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| VanEck Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||