VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ)Equity Precious Metals | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
95.40 USD
-3.48
(-3.519%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 95.46 +0.06 (0.063%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 7:58 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 5:01 a.m. EDT
The investment case for GDXJ remains fractured despite a strong multi-year recovery. Fundamentally, the asset has delivered a robust +38% gain over the last nine years with no recent annual declines, supported by a healthy 2.7% yield that has grown significantly over the past two years. However, the technical picture is deteriorating; the stock is trading well below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, reflecting persistent selling pressure that has dragged the price down from its yearly highs. While the long-term business quality appears sound enough to warrant a 'hold' or slight buy rating, the immediate outlook is murky. Options activity reveals a market waiting for a catalyst, with heavy speculation on a bounce to the $110–$125 zone, yet the statistical forecast models currently lean slightly negative due to this technical weakness. Until the price reclaims its key moving averages, the momentum remains insufficient to justify a high-conviction entry, leaving investors in a wait-and-see posture. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.053083 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.079228 |
| AutoETS | 0.079230 |
| MSTL | 0.085254 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 42% |
| H-stat | 0.96 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.747 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.53 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Trailing P/E | 12.88 |
As of July 11, 2026, 5:01 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a volatile range-bound market rather than a decisive breakout. Call volume is heavily skewed toward out-of-the-money strikes (110–145), suggesting bets on a rally to test resistance levels, while put volume clusters around the 80–100 range, indicating a floor expectation. The massive IV spike at extreme strikes (175 calls, 70 puts) highlights fear of a sharp gap event, but the lack of significant open interest at these extremes suggests this is speculative noise rather than a structured hedge. The dominance of OTM call open interest implies the market views upside potential as the primary driver of volatility.
| 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 | 0.0 |
| Ask Size | 500 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 4,380,470 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 5,664,288 |
| Average Volume | 5,664,288 |
| Average Volume10Days | 4,380,470 |
| Beta3 Year | 0.96 |
| Bid | 0.0 |
| Bid Size | 100 |
| Category | Equity Precious Metals |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 97.44 |
| Day Low | 94.66 |
| Dividend Yield | 2.7 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 7.405856 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | PCX |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 109.8644 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -14.464401 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.13165686 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 44.18198 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 157.49 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -62.090004 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.39424726 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 63.9 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 31.5 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.49295774 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 63.9 - 157.49 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,257,949,800,000 |
| Five Year Average Return | 0.175789 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSEArca |
| 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 | PREPRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_79345080 |
| Nav Price | 98.85 |
| Net Assets | 7,078,292,000.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 0.52 |
| Open | 96.975 |
| Phone | 888-658-8287 |
| Post Market Change | 0.05999756 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.06289052 |
| Post Market Price | 95.46 |
| Post Market Time | 1,783,987,128 |
| Previous Close | 98.88 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -3.48 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -3.51941 |
| Regular Market Day High | 97.44 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 94.66 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 94.66 - 97.44 |
| Regular Market Open | 96.975 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 98.88 |
| Regular Market Price | 95.4 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,800 |
| Regular Market Volume | 4,365,928 |
| Short Name | VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | GDXJ |
| Three Year Average Return | 0.3761944 |
| Total Assets | 7,078,291,968 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing P E | 12.881698 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | -17.29652 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | -17.29652 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 115.22225 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -19.82225 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.17203492 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 4,365,928 |
| Yield | 0.027 |
| Ytd Return | -13.98057 |