VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ)Equity Precious Metals | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
110.63 USD
-2.29
(-2.028%) ⇩
(Oct. 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 110.49 -0.14 (-0.139%) ⇩ (Oct. 13, 2026, 4:15 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 3:04 a.m. EDT
The investment case for GDXJ remains unalluring despite the sector's inclusion in broader indices. Fundamentally, the asset is trading at a discount to its moving averages, reflecting a market that has priced in a lack of immediate catalysts for junior miners. While the dividend yield offers a modest cushion, it does not compensate for the structural headwinds facing smaller exploration companies in the current macro environment. Technically, the stock is stuck in a consolidation phase, hovering below its 50-day and 200-day averages, which dampens any near-term momentum thesis. The statistical forecast model offers no guidance, showing a flat prediction with low confidence, confirming that the price action is currently noise rather than a trend. Options activity reinforces this indecision. Traders are building massive walls of Open Interest far out of the money in both directions, indicating a bet on volatility rather than a directional bias. There is no clear 'smart money' flow pushing the price up or down aggressively. Until there is a definitive shift in gold prices or a resolution in the operational landscape for junior miners, the outlook remains neutral. The risk-reward profile does not justify a strong entry at these levels. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.191916 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.192787 |
| AutoETS | 0.192788 |
| AutoTheta | 0.241244 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 35% |
| H-stat | 2.64 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.012 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.41 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Trailing P/E | 12.74 |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 3:04 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for significant volatility rather than a specific directional breakout. Call Open Interest walls are heavy at strikes significantly above the current price (135, 155, 160), while Put Open Interest is concentrated just below the current level (110, 120) and at deep out-of-the-money strikes (55, 60, 70). This distribution suggests a 'straddle' mentality where traders expect a large move—either a sharp correction to test the lows or a rally to test the highs—but lack a strong consensus on which way the trend will go immediately.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.21% | 2.21% | 1.83% | 1.58% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | 2.649 | 2.207500 |
| 2024-12-23 | 1.114 | 2.562098 |
| 2023-12-18 | 0.274 | 0.732620 |
| 2022-12-19 | 0.183 | 0.537287 |
| 2021-12-20 | 0.745 | 1.868573 |
| 2020-12-21 | 0.855 | 1.576037 |
| 2019-12-23 | 0.164 | 0.414560 |
| 2018-12-20 | 0.136 | 0.467354 |
| 2017-12-18 | 0.011 | 0.034396 |
| 2016-12-19 | 1.507 | 5.300739 |
| 2015-12-21 | 0.139 | 0.717234 |
| 2014-12-22 | 0.178 | 0.800720 |
| 2012-12-24 | 3.000 | 3.892060 |
| 2011-12-23 | 6.344 | 6.524064 |
| 2010-12-23 | 11.716 | 7.665533 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 179.44 |
| All Time Low | 16.87 |
| Ask | 111.12 |
| Ask Size | 100 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 3,153,050 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 4,443,404 |
| Average Volume | 4,443,404 |
| Average Volume10Days | 3,153,050 |
| Beta3 Year | 0.97 |
| Bid | 110.21 |
| Bid Size | 100 |
| Category | Equity Precious Metals |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 113.49 |
| Day Low | 109.62 |
| Dividend Yield | 2.33 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 8.682211 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | PCX |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 120.5548 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -9.924805 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.082326084 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 8.9751005 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 157.49 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -46.86001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.29754275 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 87.35 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 23.279999 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.266514 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 87.35 - 157.49 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,257,949,800,000 |
| Five Year Average Return | 0.24858959 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSEArca |
| Fullday Change | -2.369995 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -2.0988266 |
| Fullday Price | 110.4906 |
| Fund Family | VanEck |
| Fund Inception Date | 1,257,811,200 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Legal Type | Exchange Traded Fund |
| Long Business Summary | The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the index. The index includes companies that generate at least 50% of their revenues from gold and/or silver mining/royalties/streaming or have mining projects with the potential to generate at least 50% of their revenues from gold and/or silver when developed. It is non-diversified. |
| Long Name | VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF |
| Market | us_market |
| Market State | POST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_79345080 |
| Nav Price | 113.83 |
| Net Assets | 8,368,538,600.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 0.52 |
| Open | 113.405 |
| Phone | 888-658-8287 |
| Post Market Change | -0.13939667 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.1260026 |
| Post Market Price | 110.4906 |
| Post Market Time | 1,791,922,513 |
| Previous Close | 112.92 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -2.29 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -2.02799 |
| Regular Market Day High | 113.49 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 109.62 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 109.62 - 113.49 |
| Regular Market Open | 113.405 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 112.92 |
| Regular Market Price | 110.63 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,791,921,600 |
| Regular Market Volume | 2,567,790 |
| Short Name | VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | GDXJ |
| Three Year Average Return | 0.5471097 |
| Total Assets | 8,368,538,624 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing P E | 12.742146 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | 15.8966 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | 15.8966 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 119.5474 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -8.917404 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.07459304 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 2,567,790 |
| Yield | 0.0233 |
| Ytd Return | -0.3064 |