ETF 1-Month Performance Leaders & Laggards — October 13, 2026
Query: ETF top gainers and losers in 1 month · data as of 2026-10-13
Rebuilt the ETF 1-month performance screen from fresh data (as of 2026-10-13): a 15-row "Top ETF 1-Month Gainers" table (led by tanker shipping BWET, Brazil EWZS/EWZ, rate-hedge PFIX, and a semiconductor/AI complex) and a 15-row "Top ETF 1-Month Losers" table (led by cannabis MSOS, rare-earth REMX, bitcoin mining WGMI, drones, Turkey and uranium/silver miners). Each table shows symbol, fund name, ETF type, theme, 1D/1M/6M returns, top holdings, distance from 52-week high and % above the 150-day SMA, with fresh qualitative row comments and a new market-takeaway narrative merged into content.json.
ETF performance extremes through October 13, 2026: leaders cluster in tanker shipping, Brazil country funds, rate hedges and the semiconductor/AI complex, while the laggard list is dominated by cannabis, rare-earth & critical-minerals miners, crypto-mining and drone/defense speculative themes.
Top ETF 1-Month Gainers
| Symbol | Fund Name | ETF Type | ETF Theme | 1D Return | 1M Return | 6M Return | Top Holdings | % from 52W High | % above 150D SMA | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BWET | Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF | theme | Tanker Shipping | -1.09% | 29.79% | 487.75% | AGPXX | -1.36% | 221.70% | Tanker freight rates are the whole story here: rates track the product/ crude tanker spot market plus ton-mile disruption, so a single geopolitical rerouting headline can move the fund violently in either direction. Extreme, thinly-traded vehicle — sizing and slippage matter more than the screen rank. |
| EWZS | iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF | country | Brazil Small Cap | -4.62% | 23.94% | 2.66% | TOTS3.SA, ASAI3.SA, CSMG3.SA, ALOS3.SA, LREN3.SA, MULT3.SA, STNE, GOAU4, ISAE4, SMFT3.SA | -4.62% | 18.65% | Small-cap Brazil adds domestic-demand beta (retailers, banks, education, homebuilders) on top of the country's commodity export engine, so it amplifies moves in Brazilian rates and the real. Smaller and less liquid than the large-cap Brazil funds — concentration risk in a handful of domestic names. |
| PFIX | Simplify Interest Rate Hedge ETF | other | Interest Rate Hedge | -0.34% | 19.26% | 42.56% | SBIL | -8.29% | 25.75% | Built to profit when long rates rise: it pairs Treasury exposure with interest-rate options, so it is a portfolio hedge rather than a growth holding. With the long end currently repricing higher on term-premium and fiscal-supply concerns, this is one of the few places a hawkish rate shock pays. |
| EWZ | iShares MSCI Brazil ETF | country | Brazil | -1.54% | 13.65% | 3.71% | VALE3.SA, ITUB4, NU, PETR4, PETR3.SA, BBDC4, B3SA3.SA, WEGE3.SA, AXIA3.SA, BPAC11 | -1.54% | 16.36% | The deep, liquid way to own Brazil — iron ore and oil exporters plus a bank oligopoly. It is a commodity-and-policy dual bet: the fiscal path drives local rates and the real, while China's construction cycle drives the miners. Watch the central bank's easing path as the key catalyst. |
| SMHX | VanEck Fabless Semiconductor ETF | theme | Fabless Semiconductors | 0.20% | 11.86% | 35.29% | NVDA, AVGO, AMD, MRVL, ALAB, QCOM, CRDO, CDNS, MPWR, ARM | -12.10% | 9.27% | Pure-play fabless exposure concentrates on AI accelerator and custom-silicon designers, skipping the capital-intensive foundries and equipment makers. That narrows the driver to design-win cycles and hyperscaler capex, making it higher-beta but also less exposed to the fabrication capex air-pocket now pressuring semicap. |
| UNG | United States Natural Gas Fund LP | commodity | Natural Gas | 4.49% | 10.45% | 8.05% | — | -32.49% | 4.30% | Natural gas remains the most weather-sensitive commodity there is, so the fund trades off heating/cooling demand, storage builds and LNG export flows rather than broad commodity beta. Structurally the vehicle suffers from roll costs in contango, which erodes long holds. |
| SPRX | Spear Alpha ETF | theme | Disruptive Growth | -1.07% | 9.51% | 7.17% | ALAB, ARM, NET, COHR, LRCX, LITE, SPCX, KLAC, MKSI, CIEN | -21.61% | -1.30% | Actively managed and concentrated in high-beta disruption names across AI hardware, optical networking and semis equipment — effectively a leveraged expression of the AI capex trade. Positioned meaningfully off its high, so it carries both recovery torque and drawdown risk. |
| SMH | VanEck Semiconductor ETF | theme | Semiconductors | -0.49% | 8.61% | 30.12% | NVDA, TSM, AMD, AVGO, MU, AMAT, INTC, TXN, KLAC, ASML | -12.08% | 7.78% | The flagship semiconductor vehicle: memory and logic leaders carry the AI capex cycle while equipment names lag. Concentrated enough that TSMC/ Nvidia-related news flow dominates returns, and the recent give-back in capital equipment is the key thing to watch for whether the trend holds. |
| BAI | iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active ETF | theme | AI Innovation | -1.20% | 8.23% | 16.84% | MU, AMD, NVDA, TSM, AVGO, LRCX, INTC, SPCX, SNOW, LITE | -14.66% | 4.81% | Active AI sleeve that weights memory and custom silicon alongside the mega-cap compute names — a differentiated tilt versus cap-weighted tech ETFs. Its performance depends on the broadening of AI spending from a handful of hyperscalers into memory, networking and power-adjacent semis. |
| CANE | Teucrium Sugar Fund ETV | commodity | Sugar | 0.65% | 8.12% | 30.87% | FGTXX | 0.00% | 20.43% | Single-commodity sugar exposure driven by Brazilian cane/ ethanol economics, global harvest weather and crude-linked ethanol parity. Tiny, niche and thinly traded — the fund's moves are far more about supply shocks than any equity narrative. |
| CIBR | First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF | theme | Cybersecurity | -0.31% | 7.42% | 71.31% | CRWD, FTNT, PANW, CSCO, AVGO, OKTA, NET, FFIV, ZS, RBRK | -2.30% | 25.93% | Cybersecurity is one of the few software verticals with non-discretionary budget status; the holdings blend platform consolidators with endpoint and identity specialists. Notably resilient in a tape punishing high-multiple software, helped by government and enterprise renewal cycles. |
| CHPX | Global X AI Semiconductor & Quantum ETF | theme | AI Semiconductors & Quantum | -0.61% | 7.30% | 39.64% | MU, TSM, NVDA, AVGO, AMD, 2454.TW, ASML, MRVL, 000660.KQ, INTC | -12.04% | 10.02% | Blends AI-levered semis with quantum-computing names, so it carries two very different risk profiles — a real earnings cycle plus a long-duration speculative theme that has been among the market's worst performers. Expect wide dispersion versus plain semiconductor funds. |
| IETC | iShares U.S. Tech Independence Focused ETF | theme | Tech Independence | -0.10% | 7.15% | 19.64% | NVDA, AVGO, AMD, MU, AAPL, GOOGL, LRCX, PLTR, AMZN, META | -2.91% | 9.48% | An intentional domestic-sourcing tilt — US-listed tech with revenue anchored to the American market, avoiding foreign demand and FX drag. Effectively a quality/large-cap tech proxy with a supply-chain-onshoring angle. |
| XLK | State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF | sector | Technology | -0.04% | 6.64% | 32.99% | NVDA, AAPL, MSFT, AMD, AVGO, MU, INTC, PLTR, CSCO, LRCX | -2.83% | 12.40% | The default, deepest-liquidity way to own US Technology, cap-weighted toward the mega-cap compute names. When tech leadership narrows to a few AI beneficiaries, this concentrates rather than diversifies that exposure — a feature in up-trends and a vulnerability on reversal. |
| XNTK | State Street SPDR NYSE Technology ETF | theme | Technology | -0.42% | 6.57% | 31.27% | MU, INTC, MRVL, AMD, CRWD, LRCX, AMAT, ASML, ANET, TSM | -3.72% | 10.95% | Equal-weighted technology, which shifts weight away from the mega-caps toward mid-cap semis and hardware names. Historically outperforms when leadership broadens beyond a handful of giants; underperforms when the largest names run alone. |
Top ETF 1-Month Losers
| Symbol | Fund Name | ETF Type | ETF Theme | 1D Return | 1M Return | 6M Return | Top Holdings | % from 52W High | % above 150D SMA | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSOS | AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF | theme | US Cannabis | -2.38% | -16.67% | 5.67% | CURA.TO, TRLV | -38.71% | -10.23% | The purest US cannabis vehicle is hostage to federal policy — rescheduling, SAFER-style banking access and tax treatment (280E) — rather than near-term earnings. State-level growth has cooled and capital access stays constrained, so the fund is effectively an option on Washington. |
| REMX | VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF | theme | Rare Earth Metals | -1.25% | -16.65% | -41.85% | SQM, ALB, MP, PLS.AX, LYC.AX, 600111.SS, 601958.SS, 600549.SS, 7610.TW, ALM | -47.55% | -31.69% | Rare-earth and strategic-metals exposure hinges on China's export controls and Western onshoring subsidy flows; individual names are heavily tied to magnet and defense supply chains. Small basket, high policy sensitivity, and the theme has round-tripped hard after a violent run. |
| WGMI | CoinShares Bitcoin Mining ETF | theme | Bitcoin Mining | -3.05% | -15.65% | -20.37% | CIFR, NBIS, CRWV, HUT, KEEL.TO, IREN, HIVE.TO, MARA, RIOT, CLSK | -47.50% | -25.59% | Bitcoin miners have become leveraged, high-beta plays on the coin itself and now compete with AI data-center demand for power and sites. Hardware costs, halving economics and electricity pricing all squeeze margins — this is among the most volatile corners of the market. |
| DRNZ | REX Drone ETF | theme | Drones | -0.96% | -14.55% | -30.35% | AVAV, NXSN.TA, ONDS, UMAC, 278A.T, DRO.AX, RCAT, PLTR, ELS.AX, AVEX | -40.17% | -24.49% | Defense-drone exposure sits at the intersection of conflict-driven demand and speculative small-cap defense tech. Contract timing is lumpy and many holdings are pre-profit, so the fund moves on headlines and procurement news rather than steady earnings. |
| TUR | iShares MSCI Turkey ETF | country | Turkey | 0.86% | -14.26% | -18.72% | ASELS.IS, TUPRS.IS, BIMAS.IS, AKBNK.IS, THYAO.IS, KCHOL.IS, EREGL.IS, YKBNK.IS, TCELL.IS, SAHOL.IS | -22.04% | -12.77% | Turkey is a monetary-policy and currency story first: high nominal rates, unorthodox policy history and lira depreciation drive returns for foreign holders. Banks and industrials dominate, so domestic credit conditions matter more than the global cycle. |
| STCE | Schwab Crypto Thematic ETF | theme | Cryptocurrency | -1.13% | -13.25% | -8.13% | BTDR, HIVE.TO, CLSK, GLXY, DJT, BMNR, MARA, HUT, COIN, MSTR | -45.92% | -11.98% | Crypto-thematic equity basket spanning miners, exchanges and treasury-holding companies — it layers equity beta on top of coin beta, so drawdowns compound. Company-specific balance sheets (debt used to buy coins) amplify the swings. |
| JEDI | Defiance Drone and Modern Warfare ETF | theme | Drone & Modern Warfare | -2.71% | -13.09% | -21.27% | ONDS, RDW, UMAC, LUNR, ASTS, RCAT, EVTL, RKLB, BKSY, JOBY | -47.57% | -20.71% | Modern-warfare basket with drones, space and defense-tech startups; several holdings are unprofitable and reliant on equity issuance. High reliance on government procurement budgets and geopolitical tension cycles makes revenue timing hard to model. |
| DAPP | VanEck Digital Transformation ETF | theme | Digital Transformation | -1.25% | -13.08% | -5.14% | COIN, XYZ, BMNR, CRCL, IREN, HUT, MSTR, RIOT, MARA, CLSK | -34.50% | -8.93% | Digital-asset infrastructure names — exchanges, stablecoin issuers and crypto-linked financials — effectively a leveraged play on trading volumes and token prices. Regulation and rate expectations drive the group more than company fundamentals. |
| PALL | abrdn Physical Palladium Shares ETF | commodity | Palladium | -1.12% | -12.27% | -29.47% | — | -45.19% | -17.19% | Palladium is an autocatalyst metal tied to internal-combustion vehicle production and substitution toward cheaper platinum; it also has a history of supply squeezes from a single dominant producer. Industrial demand has been structurally eroding, hence the persistent downtrend. |
| URNM | Sprott Uranium Miners ETF | theme | Uranium Miners | -1.44% | -12.09% | -31.11% | CCO.TO, U-U.TO, NXE.TO, 1164.HK, KAP, UEC, PDN.AX, YCA.L, EFR.TO, DML.TO | -47.01% | -22.50% | Uranium miners carry long-dated contracting cycles for reactors against short-term spot volatility. A break to new relative lows signals the market is discounting delays in utility contracting despite a supportive long-term nuclear demand backdrop. |
| SETM | Sprott Critical Materials ETF | theme | Critical Materials | -2.49% | -11.58% | -25.81% | FCX, CCO.TO, LYC.AX, PLS.AX, KAP, TECK-B.TO, ALB, UEC, HL, SQM | -31.03% | -17.08% | Critical-materials basket spans rare earths, lithium, copper and uranium miners under one roof — pure policy-onshoring exposure without the leverage of a single commodity. Diversification within the theme also means it lacks a clean catalyst. |
| URA | Global X Uranium ETF | theme | Uranium | -0.90% | -11.40% | -29.26% | CCO.TO, NXE.TO, OKLO, UEC, KAP, PDN.AX, EFR.TO, SMR, LEU | -39.52% | -19.51% | Broader uranium vehicle including enrichment, fuel-cycle and reactor/SMR developers, so it blends commodity producers with speculative advanced-nuclear names. The SMR sleeve adds long-duration technology risk on top of the fuel price cycle. |
| SLVR | Sprott Silver Miners & Physical Silver ETF | theme | Silver Miners & Physical | -2.64% | -10.71% | -13.37% | AG.TO, PSLV, AYA.TO, WPM.TO, SVM.TO, EXK, ABRA.TO, USA.TO, GGD.TO, VZLA.TO | -37.55% | -10.12% | Silver miners offer dual exposure to the metal's precious and industrial demand profiles, with notably high operating leverage to price moves. A strong dollar and soft industrial demand have been the immediate pressure points. |
| SILJ | Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF | theme | Junior Silver Miners | -2.77% | -10.46% | -19.53% | HL, CDE, AG.TO, WPM.TO, SSRM.TO, BOL.ST, AYA.TO, EXK, BVN, PPTA.TO | -34.76% | -8.92% | Junior silver miners are the highest-torque expression of the metal — thin balance sheets, financing risk and cost inflation hit hardest when prices stall. Historically the group moves several times the underlying metal in both directions. |
| BITQ | Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF | theme | Crypto Industry | -1.31% | -10.24% | 11.38% | MSTR, COIN, CRCL, SECZ, BMNR, CLSK, PURR, MARA, HUT, CIFR | -23.10% | -3.84% | Crypto-innovator basket weighting exchanges, treasury-companies and mining infrastructure; it behaves as a high-beta proxy for token prices with added equity-market risk. Treasury-holding companies introduce reflexive exposure to their own share-price premium. |
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What is leading the ETF tape
The leaderboard is a narrow, high-conviction list rather than a broad risk-on rotation. Freight economics (tanker shipping) and Brazilian equities — the two most commodity-and-policy sensitive blocks — occupy the top alongside a rate-hedge fund, which is a tell: the same market paying up for a long-rate hedge is bidding emerging-market commodity exporters. Below that, the gainers table is almost entirely a semiconductor and AI-capex cluster (fabless designers, memory-heavy chip funds, and tech-sector index vehicles), which mirrors the sector-level Technology leadership over the past month. Notably, the sector index funds in the list sit within a few percent of their 52-week highs, while the more concentrated AI hardware funds are meaningfully below theirs — evidence that the month's gains came from a handful of mega-cap compute names rather than the broader complex, and that semiconductor capital equipment has been giving back ground even as the theme stays positive.
What is lagging
The laggard table is a clean read on which speculative, long-duration or policy-dependent corners are being defunded. Cannabis, rare-earth/critical-minerals, crypto mining and crypto-equity, drones and defense-tech, uranium and silver miners all share one trait: their narratives depend on future policy or future financing rather than current cash generation. With the dollar strong and rates sticky at the long end, these high-torque groups are the first to be sold — and the technicals agree, with most names in established downtrends and well below their 150-day averages. Turkey is the outlier: a country fund caught by a weakening lira and domestic policy risk rather than a speculative theme.
How to read these tables together
The spread between the two lists is essentially a duration trade — cash-generating, near-term-earnings exposure at the top, promise-and-policy stories at the bottom. But the sequencing matters for what comes next. Several of the month's leaders are already extended and have begun to give ground session-by-session, while the bottom list has round-tripped after prior violent runs, which historically is where mean-reversion bounces start once the dollar and long yields stabilize. The practical takeaway: treat the leaders as a momentum book requiring trend confirmation, and the laggards as a watchlist whose turn comes only on a signal from rates and the currency.
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