

iShares Bloomberg Roll Select Commodity Strategy ETF
$64.87+0.23 (+0.36%)
- 0.29%
- $739M
- +39.3%
- 9.72%
- 0.1M sh
- $64.29
- low $47.63high $66.16
The ETF.net CMDY Grade
Score 72 out of 100
- 3 of 23
Score 72 of 100 falls in the A band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.A93 out of 100Rank 2 of 23Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C53 out of 100Rank 12 of 23Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C44 out of 100Rank 16 of 23Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A84 out of 100Rank 2 of 15Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B69 out of 100Rank 6 of 23
Our read on CMDY
ACommodities without the worst of the futures math. CMDY tracks the Roll Select version of the Bloomberg commodity index, where contract choice is written into the rules to ease rolling costs, and charges 0.29% to do it.
The fund seeks to track an index representing a broad range of commodity exposures, using enhanced roll selection on a total-return basis.
Why people hold it
- The name is the strategy. Enhanced roll selection is baked into the index it tracks, so which futures contract to hold is a rule, not an afterthought.
- 0.29% a year sits in the low-fee tier of broad commodity funds, next to BCI, CERY and BCD, and well under what the category typically charges.
- One ticker, a broad basket of roughly 60 futures positions, run on a total-return basis that counts collateral income alongside commodity price moves.
- Live since 2018 under the iShares roof, and one of the stronger implementations in its broad-basket commodity peer group.
Worth knowing
- Moderately traded rather than a volume monster. Spreads can run wider than the mega-cap index funds, which shows up most on large or hurried orders.
- It is structured as a commodity pool, not a plain stock fund, so the tax paperwork and reporting work differently. Check the details before filing season.
- Distributions land annually or semiannually, not monthly, and the roll rule addresses futures mechanics only. Commodity prices still swing hard on their own.
CMDY Holdings
- Other
- 105
- 31%
- Blk Csh Fnd Treasury Sl Agency
Sectors
- Communication100.0%
Geography
- United States90.97%
- Canada4.39%
- Australia1.83%
- Singapore1.66%
- Ireland1.15%
CMDY Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | CMDY |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +32.6% |
| 1 month | −1.0% |
| 3 months | +13.5% |
| 1 year | +39.3% |
| 3 years | +16.3% |
| 5 years | +10.2% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | CMDY |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +32.6% | |
| 2025 | +15.9% | |
| 2024 | +5.5% | |
| 2023 | −9.3% | |
| 2022 | +14.5% | |
| 2021 | +26.5% | |
| 2020 | +1.1% |
CMDY in the news
CMDY Dividends
- 9.72%
- $6.29
- $6.29 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
CMDY Risk
- 13.0%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.81
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −26.6%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.90
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
CMDY Cost
- The middle half of Broad Commodity Futures funds
- Median 0.70%
1 of the 22 Broad Commodity Futures funds charge less.
Other funds in Broad Commodity Futures
- ACERYState Street SPDR Bloomberg Enhanced Roll Yield Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETFExpense ratio 0.28%1 year return +48.8%
- ABCDabrdn Bloomberg All Commodity Longer Dated Strategy K-1 Free ETFExpense ratio 0.30%1 year return +34.0%
- BCOMTiShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETFExpense ratio 0.49%1 year return +55.5%
- BSDMFSimplify DBi CTA Managed Futures Index ETFExpense ratio 0.35%1 year return —
- BCOMDirexion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETFExpense ratio 0.72%1 year return +26.1%



