Trending ETFs
Query: Trending ETFs sorted by 1Y performance · data as of 2026-09-15
Screened 34 uptrending ETFs (ta_uptrend flag) sorted by 1Y return desc, with columns for symbol, ETF name, theme, 1M/6M/1Y returns, % from 150D MA, technical pattern, and top holdings. Enriched with qualitative comments and a takeaway narrative reflecting the commodity/inflation bid vs. AI-hardware rotation.
Uptrending ETFs ranked by 1-year performance. Covering 34 funds with an active technical uptrend as of September 15, 2026.
Uptrending ETFs
| Symbol | ETF Name | ETF Theme | 1M Return | 6M Return | 1Y Return | % from 150D MA | Technical Pattern | Top Holdings | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BWET | Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF | Tanker Shipping | 91.49% | 893.13% | 5124.76% | 254.19% | Uptrend | AGPXX | Outsized return highlights how scarce tanker capacity has become — the structural supply-constraint trade in its most concentrated equity form. Extreme run means position sizing and re-entry levels matter more than the thesis. |
| ZCSH | The Zcash ETF Shares | Zcash | 142.05% | 349.33% | 1751.43% | 164.77% | Uptrend | — | Privacy-coin exposure caught the crypto re-rating even as the CLARITY Act failed its cloture vote — a reminder these tokens trade on policy dependency as much as adoption. |
| EWY | iShares MSCI South Korea ETF | South Korea | -1.81% | 32.60% | 129.41% | 6.68% | Uptrend | 000660.KQ, 005930.KQ, 402340.KQ, 009150.KQ, 105560.KQ, 005380.KQ, 055550.KQ, 086790.KQ, 012450.KQ, 006400.KQ | A crowded AI-export play (Samsung, SK Hynix) that has gone vertical. Korea's 131% annual run is the single hottest country beta in the cross-asset table. |
| UGA | United States Gasoline Fund LP | Gasoline | 20.65% | 50.64% | 124.44% | 34.61% | Uptrend | — | — |
| USO | United States Oil Fund | Crude Oil | 27.85% | 40.71% | 120.79% | 31.82% | Uptrend | — | Pure WTI beta riding the $85 crude regime — a direct expression of the structural inflation bid rather than a demand story. |
| AIS | VistaShares Artificial Intelligence Supercycle ETF | Artificial Intelligence | -9.06% | 46.07% | 100.36% | 6.33% | Uptrend | 000660.KQ, MU, AMD, MRVL, TSM, SMTC, VRT, SIMO, INTC, 601138.SS | — |
| ARKG | ARK Genomic Revolution ETF | Genomics | 9.80% | 79.70% | 86.37% | 36.20% | Uptrend | TXG, TWST, TEM, CRSP, PSNL, ABSI, NTRA, ILMN, LLY, CDNA | Biotech/health-care rotation remains the market's best two-way idea; ARKG's genomics tilt gives more torque than broad health care. |
| CRAK | VanEck Oil Refiners ETF | Oil Refiners | 11.05% | 38.55% | 85.29% | 28.77% | Uptrend | MPC, VLO, PSX, RIGD, DINO, PKN.WA, NESTE.HE, TUPRS.IS, 5020.T, MOL.BD | — |
| SMH | VanEck Semiconductor ETF | Semiconductors | -7.78% | 37.62% | 78.69% | 4.34% | Uptrend | NVDA, TSM, AVGO, MU, AMD, ASML, LRCX, AMAT, ADI, TXN | The flagship semiconductor vehicle is still in a golden cross, but the last month's memory/semicap selloff shows hardware is rotating into 'owning the output' names. |
| EWT | iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF | Taiwan | -0.37% | 48.09% | 77.58% | 15.71% | Uptrend | 2330.TW, 2454.TW, 2308.TW, 2317.TW, 3711.TW, 2383.TW, 1303.TW, 3037.TW, 2303.TW, 3017.TW | Taiwan is the cleanest way to own the AI foundry complex (TSMC), up 79% over a year while the hardware complex corrects in the short term. |
| IGPT | Invesco AI and Next Gen Software ETF | AI & Software | -3.43% | 48.52% | 75.17% | 12.28% | Uptrend | NVDA, META, AMD, MU, GOOGL, 000660.KQ, SNDK, INTC, 2454.TW, STX | — |
| VLUE | iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF | Value Factor | -2.28% | 37.32% | 69.31% | 12.73% | Uptrend | MU, CSCO, GM, VZ, T, BAC, F, CMCSA, PFE, DIS | Value's quiet comeback — a defensive tilt that benefits from the recent rotation away from long-duration growth. |
| XBI | State Street SPDR S&P Biotech ETF | Biotech | -2.15% | 24.43% | 64.40% | 9.49% | Uptrend | MRNA, TWST, APGE, KYMR, HALO, NTRA, PRAX, ORKA, RVMD, TVTX | — |
| COLO | Global X MSCI Colombia ETF | Colombia | 4.45% | 35.48% | 64.25% | 20.30% | Uptrend | PFCIBEST.CL, ECOPETROL.CL, ISA.CL, CIBEST, PFDAVIGRP, CEMARGOS.CL, GEB.CL, PFAVAL, GRUPOARGOS.CL, CORFICOLCF.CL | — |
| GSG | iShares GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund | Broad Commodities | 14.41% | 21.44% | 63.22% | 18.57% | Uptrend | — | Broad commodity index capturing the same +11% monthly move across the complex; a funds-diversified way to own the inflation bid. |
| ARTY | iShares Future AI & Tech ETF | Artificial Intelligence & Tech | -6.74% | 44.68% | 62.87% | 11.95% | Uptrend | NVDA, 2330.TW, MU, AMD, AVGO, SMCI, 3443.TW, 035420.KS, CRWV, PLTR | — |
| COPX | Global X Copper Miners ETF | Copper Miners | -1.30% | 7.90% | 62.67% | 1.64% | Upward channel (32%), Uptrend | HBM.TO, BHP.AX, TECK-B.TO, FM.TO, SCCO, FCX, ANTO.L, KGH.WA, GLEN.L, 5713.T | Copper miners are the electrification-and-grid hedge, though short-term pullback shows copper itself lagging oil in the current commodity rotation. |
| TCAI | Tortoise AI Infrastructure ETF | AI Infrastructure | -12.69% | 19.93% | 60.01% | -2.46% | Uptrend | DELL, VRT, MU, SNDK, CIEN, STX, PWR, NVT, WDC, CEG | — |
| ICOP | iShares Copper and Metals Mining ETF | Copper Mining | -0.06% | 12.76% | 58.62% | 3.08% | Uptrend | GMEXICOB.MX, AAL.L, FCX, BHP.AX, EVN.AX, TECK-B.TO, RIO, SCCO, FM.TO, ANTO.L | — |
| XOP | State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF | Oil & Gas Exploration & Production | 10.64% | 20.38% | 57.03% | 18.06% | Uptrend | PBF, DK, DINO, MPC, VLO, PARR, PSX, PR, CRGY, CLMT | The E&P complex leads all US sectors (+11% 1M) and many names carry 50%+ free-cash-flow yields — the most cash-generative corner of the inflation trade. |
| PDBC | Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF | Diversified Commodities | 12.23% | 18.93% | 56.88% | 16.33% | Uptrend | IUGXX | — |
| DBC | Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund | Commodities | 12.27% | 19.73% | 56.54% | 16.72% | Uptrend | AGPXX, BRNF6, TBLL, WINZ26 | — |
| EPU | iShares MSCI Peru and Global Exposure ETF | Peru | -0.19% | 10.46% | 56.40% | 4.58% | Upward channel (13%), Uptrend | SCCO, BAP, HOC.L, BVN, 1208.HK, VOLCABC1, CVERDEC1.LM, WPM.TO, FERREYC1.LM, FVI.TO | — |
| COMT | iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll Strategy ETF | Commodity Index | 13.70% | 17.83% | 54.63% | 15.94% | Uptrend | XTSLA | — |
| XLE | State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF | Energy | 6.49% | 15.44% | 53.46% | 13.82% | Uptrend | XOM, CVX, COP, MPC, PSX, VLO, SLB, EOG, WMB, KMI | The only green US sector over the past month; 80% of constituents above their 50-day makes Energy the market's sole structural uptrend. |
| AIA | iShares Asia 50 ETF | Asia 50 | -1.30% | 23.44% | 53.42% | 7.02% | Uptrend | 2330.TW, 005930.KQ, 0700.HK, 9988.HK, 2454.TW, 000660.KQ, D05.SI, 00939, 2308.TW, 1299.HK | — |
| HGER | Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF | Commodity Strategy | 7.82% | 18.41% | 52.87% | 15.05% | Uptrend | — | — |
| XTL | State Street SPDR S&P Telecom ETF | Telecommunications | -6.90% | 11.30% | 52.00% | -1.60% | Uptrend | ANET, MSI, T, CMCSA, VSAT, LITE, VZ, UI, FFIV, IRDM | — |
| SLX | VanEck Steel ETF | Steel | -1.28% | 18.91% | 51.35% | 4.19% | Uptrend | BHP, RIO, VALE, NUE, MT, 5401.T, STLD, RIO.AX, PKX, RS | — |
| EMXC | iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF | Emerging Markets ex China | -0.34% | 21.13% | 49.44% | 5.67% | Uptrend | 2330.TW, 005930.KQ, 000660.KQ, 2454.TW, 2308.TW, 005935, 2317.TW, HDFCBANK.NS, ICICIBANK.NS, RELIANCE.NS | A clean way to own EM growth while screening out China's -15% annual drag. |
| CHAT | Roundhill Generative AI & Technology ETF | Generative AI | -9.00% | 30.82% | 49.18% | 4.97% | Uptrend | NVDA, GOOGL, 000660.KQ, 2513.HK, MU, NBIS, ASML, AMZN, 005930.KQ, ALAB | — |
| VFLO | VictoryShares Free Cash Flow ETF | Free Cash Flow | 1.46% | 38.43% | 46.79% | 20.14% | Upward channel (24%), Uptrend | ADBE, CRM, EXPE, ACN, DVN, NEM, INTU, CDE, MRK, THC | A quality factor variant — free cash flow screens favor energy and health care, both of which are the market's current winners. |
| BCI | abrdn Bloomberg All Commodity Strategy K-1 Free ETF | Broad Commodity | 9.04% | 12.91% | 46.67% | 11.61% | Uptrend | — | — |
| XCEM | Columbia EM Core ex-China ETF | Emerging Markets ex-China | -1.19% | 20.44% | 45.14% | 5.24% | Uptrend | 2330.TW, 005930.KQ, 000660.KQ, 2454.TW, 2308.TW, 2317.TW, 009150.KQ, 006400.KQ, IBN, 3711.TW | — |
Takeaway
This screen surfaces the funds still in an active technical uptrend, ranked by 1-year performance. The list is dominated by two regime forces: the structural commodity/inflation bid (Energy, oil, copper, broad commodities) and the AI/tech complex (semiconductors, Taiwan, generative AI) — with EM ex-China and value/quality factors filling the middle.
Notable structure: the very top of the list (tanker shipping, Zcash) reflects extreme, concentrate moves that are more about scarce supply and policy swings than durable trend. The sustainable uptrends are the broad commodity complex (an entire block of funds up 46–63% over a year) and the foundry-linked Asia plays (South Korea, Taiwan) that continue to power the AI buildout even as US hardware corrects short term.
Read on the tape: energy and commodities are the only sectors still making new highs on a month when the average US stock fell and breadth deteriorated. The AI/hardware complex, by contrast, is in a golden-cross uptrend but consolidating — memory and semcap down 15–16% in a month as the market rotates from owning the tools to owning the output. That mix of 'extended but intact' (commodities) and 'downtrend within uptrend' (hardware) is the core tension to weigh before adding.
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