GraniteShares YieldBOOST Gold Miners ETF
$12.03−0.04 (−0.33%)
- Expense ratio
- 1.07%
- Fund size
- $6M
- 1Y return
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- Yield · Last 12 months
- Data unavailable
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $12.02
- 52W range
The ETF.net NUGY Grade
Score 32 of 100 sits in the D 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.FScore 8Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 60Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 50Category 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.CScore 42Category rank
Our read on NUGY
DNUGY doesn't own gold or a single miner. It sells put options on a 2x daily gold miners ETF, harvesting premium from one of the most volatile corners of the gold trade, with only capped exposure to the leveraged fund itself.
NUGY seeks income by primarily selling put options on leveraged ETFs designed to track a 2x daily version of the Arca Gold Miners Index, with secondary capped exposure to that leveraged ETF.
Why people hold it
- Unusual engine: income is generated by selling puts on a leveraged fund built to deliver 2x the daily move of gold miners, not by holding the miners.
- Anchored to a named, published benchmark, the Arca Gold Miners Index (GDM), so the underlying exposure is defined rather than discretionary.
- Standard 1940 Act fund wrapper: regular 1099 reporting, no K-1 to wait on at tax time.
Worth knowing
- Fee of 1.07% sits above the gold-income cohort median and above peers such as IAUI (0.79%) and YGLD (0.53%).
- Selling puts swaps upside for premium: a miners rally largely passes the fund by, while a slide arrives through a 2x daily product.
- The issuer discloses payouts can include return of capital (principal coming back to you), and a late-2025 launch leaves a short track record.
NUGY Holdings
- Other
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- 101%
- US TBill 02/04/2027
NUGY 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 | NUGY |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −4.7% |
| 1 month | −3.6% |
| 3 months | −0.8% |
| 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 | NUGY |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −4.7% | |
| 2025 | +2.3% |
NUGY in the news
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NUGY Dividends
- $0.13 per share
- Weekly
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | $0.13 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | $0.14 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Sep 9, 2026 | $0.14 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Aug 25, 2026 | $0.17 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | Aug 18, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Aug 11, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Aug 4, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Jul 24, 2026 | Jul 28, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Jul 17, 2026 | Jul 21, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Jul 10, 2026 | Jul 14, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Jul 2, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.17 |
NUGY 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.
- 0.38
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
NUGY Cost
- The middle half of Gold & Metals Option Income funds
- Median 0.93%
10 of the 12 Gold & Metals Option Income funds charge less.