All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
GDXJ total return snapshot: GDXJ returned +54.26% over the past year and −9.55% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 11, 2009, GDXJ is up +43.19% in nominal total return, or +2.18%/yr, and is currently −34.11% below its total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.
Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026
| Wed 2009-11-11💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × |
−9.55%
2026-07-02 |
+54.26%
2026-07-02 |
||||
| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Wed 2009-11-11💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × |
+43.19%
+2.18%/yr |
−1.42%/yr
(R2=0.018) |
||||
| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Wed 2009-11-11💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × |
$10,000.00
2009-11-11 |
$14,319.37
2026-07-02 |
||||
| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | GDXJ |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −9.55% |
| 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 Thu 2026-07-02 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × |
−34.11%
from 2026-02-27 peak |
−88.66%
2016-01-19 from 2011-04-08 peak |
||||
| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDXJ × | +54.26% |
+156.57% +60.18%/yr |
+205.06% +45.03%/yr |
+134.73% +18.61%/yr |
+165.17% +10.24%/yr |
|
| VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||