All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
GDXJ total return snapshot: GDXJ returned +81.78% over the past year and −1.90% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 11, 2009, GDXJ is up +55.31% in nominal total return, or +2.70%/yr, and is currently −28.54% below its total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.
| Wed 2009-11-11? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × |
−1.90%
2026-05-22 |
+81.78%
2026-05-22 |
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| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Wed 2009-11-11? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × |
+55.31%
+2.70%/yr |
−1.66%/yr
(R2=0.025) |
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| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Wed 2009-11-11? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × |
$10,000.00
2009-11-11 |
$15,531.32
2026-05-22 |
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| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | GDXJ |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −1.90% |
| 2025 | +172.28% |
| 2024 | +15.67% |
| 2023 | +7.12% |
| 2022 | −14.53% |
| 2021 | −21.25% |
| 2020 | +30.40% |
| 2019 | +40.44% |
| 2018 | −11.02% |
| 2017 | +8.22% |
| 2016 | +72.97% |
| 2015 | −19.14% |
| 2014 | −22.36% |
| 2013 | −60.78% |
| 2012 | −16.80% |
| 2011 | −33.96% |
| 2010 | +66.99% |
| 2009 | +1.18% |
| Wed 2009-11-11? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × |
−28.54%
from 2026-02-27 peak |
−88.66%
2016-01-19 from 2011-04-08 peak |
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| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × | +81.78% |
+161.57% +61.79%/yr |
+210.67% +45.90%/yr |
+124.31% +17.53%/yr |
+254.10% +13.47%/yr |
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| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||