Roundhill Investments - Gold Miners WeeklyPay ETF
$41.68−2.03 (−4.65%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.99%
- Fund size
- $85M
- 1Y return
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- Yield · Last 12 months
- Data unavailable
- Holdings
- 4
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $43.58
- 52W range
The ETF.net GDXW Grade
Score 56 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.CScore 48Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.BScore 63Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 43Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 75Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.Not scoredDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 56Category rank
Our read on GDXW
BGold miners with the leverage dial turned down: GDXW targets 1.2x GDX's weekly total return, resetting Friday to Friday instead of daily, and pays cash out every week.
GDXW seeks weekly distributions and weekly returns equal to 1.2 times the calendar-week total return of the VanEck Gold Miners ETF, before fees and expenses.
Why people hold it
- Leverage resets once a week (Friday close to Friday close), so the compounding math plays out over weeks rather than the daily grind most leveraged funds run on.sec.govroundhillinvestments.com
- At 0.99% a year, it undercuts the typical leveraged bull fund, and it sits in the upper half of that peer group on our review.roundhillinvestments.com
- No options selling here. Exposure comes from total return swaps plus common stock, with weekly distributions built into the design.roundhillinvestments.comsec.gov
Worth knowing
- Weekly payouts are not free income. Roundhill notes distributions may exceed the fund's income and gains, making part of them a return of capital.roundhillinvestments.com
- The 1.2x multiplier magnifies GDX's down weeks too, and miners swing hard. The fund is non-diversified and leans on swap counterparties.sec.govroundhillinvestments.com
- Launched in October 2025, so the track record is short. The prospectus says it suits investors who actively monitor their holdings.roundhillinvestments.comsec.gov
GDXW Holdings
- Stocks
- 4
- 215%
- 92189F106 TRS 120226 NM
GDXW 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 Sep 22, 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 | GDXW |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +10.0% |
| 1 month | −6.3% |
| 3 months | +22.5% |
| 1 year | — |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 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 | GDXW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +10.0% | |
| 2025 | +21.2% |
GDXW in the news
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GDXW Dividends
- $0.40 per share
- Weekly
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | $0.40 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | $0.46 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | $0.43 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 | $0.61 |
| Aug 24, 2026 | Aug 25, 2026 | $0.42 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | Aug 18, 2026 | $0.48 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Aug 11, 2026 | $0.31 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 4, 2026 | $0.39 |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Jul 28, 2026 | $0.24 |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Jul 14, 2026 | $0.42 |
| Jul 6, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.27 |
GDXW Risk
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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.
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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.
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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.
- 0.52
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
GDXW Cost
- The middle half of Leveraged Single-Stock Income funds
- Median 0.99%
2 of the 17 Leveraged Single-Stock Income funds charge less.