ETF 1-Month Performance Leaders & Laggards — October 9, 2026
Query: ETF top gainers and losers in 1 month · data as of 2026-10-09
Rebuilt the ETF 1-month performance screen (as of 2026-10-09): Top 15 gainers — led by BWET tanker shipping, EWZS/EWZ Brazil, and CIBR/SKYY/IGV software & cybersecurity — and Top 15 losers — rare-earth, uranium and silver/palladium miner funds plus Turkey, bitcoin mining, drones, VIX and cannabis vehicles. Each table shows symbol, ETF name/type/theme, 1D/1M/6M returns, top holdings, % from 52W high and % above 150D SMA, sorted by 1M return (descending for gainers, ascending for losers), with fresh per-row commentary and leading/lagging narratives. DXJ excluded as a pricing artifact.
One-month ETF performance leaders and laggards as of October 9, 2026. Gainers cluster in tanker shipping, Brazil country funds, and cybersecurity/software and AI-infrastructure themes; losers cluster in rare-earth, uranium and precious-metal miners plus policy-sensitive country and niche funds. Returns are percentage points.
Top 1M ETF Gainers
| Symbol | ETF 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 | -1.43% | 53.58% | 622.15% | AGPXX | -1.43% | 235.00% | Pure-play tanker freight fund; gains track spot crude/product tanker rates and route disruptions rather than equity beta. Extremely volatile and rate-driven — position sizing matters more than direction, since the underlying freight cycle can reverse within weeks. |
| EWZS | iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF | country | Brazil Small Cap | 4.41% | 25.64% | 8.67% | TOTS3.SA, CSMG3.SA, ASAI3.SA, LREN3.SA, ALOS3.SA, STNE, MULT3.SA, GOAU4, ISAE4, SMFT3.SA | 0.00% | 24.31% | Brazil small caps are the highest-beta expression of the Brazil rally; domestic rate-cut expectations plus a softer dollar have driven the re-rating. Small caps carry more liquidity and political risk than the large-cap EWZ, so the move can round-trip quickly if fiscal headlines sour. |
| CIBR | First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF | theme | Cybersecurity | 3.58% | 16.83% | 81.26% | PANW, CRWD, FTNT, CSCO, AVGO, NET, OKTA, ZS, FFIV, RBRK | 0.00% | 29.74% | Cybersecurity is the market's preferred AI-adoption toll collector — budget line items remain non-discretionary even as broader IT spend is scrutinized. Concentration in platform leaders means the fund behaves like a handful of high-multiple growth names rather than a diversified basket. |
| PFIX | Simplify Interest Rate Hedge ETF | other | Interest Rate Hedge | -2.67% | 15.57% | 38.16% | SBIL | -8.32% | 26.37% | A convex hedge on long-duration rates rather than a growth vehicle; it rallies when yields spike and bleeds in calm markets. Useful as portfolio insurance, but the negative carry and roll make it a tactical, not buy-and-hold, position. |
| ARKG | ARK Genomic Revolution ETF | theme | Genomics | 4.08% | 13.05% | 92.28% | TXG, TWST, TEM, CRSP, PSNL, ABSI, NTRA, ILMN, LLY, CDNA | -9.64% | 35.68% | Genomics has re-rated alongside the broader health-care turn, helped by improving life-science tools demand and M&A speculation across gene editing and diagnostics. Speculative, pre-profit heavy — high dispersion between winners and laggards. |
| EWZ | iShares MSCI Brazil ETF | country | Brazil | 2.23% | 12.91% | 6.35% | VALE3.SA, NU, ITUB4, PETR4, PETR3.SA, BBDC4, B3SA3.SA, WEGE3.SA, AXIA3.SA, ABEV3.SA | 0.00% | 18.45% | Large-cap Brazil captures the same macro tailwind as EWZS with better liquidity and more financials/energy weight. Watch the domestic rate path and commodity prices, which drive most of the fund's earnings base. |
| SKYY | First Trust Cloud Computing ETF | theme | Cloud Computing | 2.79% | 11.67% | 57.09% | NTNX, ANET, P, MSFT, MDB, AMZN, TEAM, GOOGL, NET, IBM | 0.00% | 26.82% | Cloud infrastructure software is monetizing AI adoption regardless of which model vendor wins; investors are favoring recurring-revenue 'landlords' over capex-heavy builders. Multiple expansion is the main driver, so it is sensitive to any hawkish rate surprise. |
| IGV | iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF | theme | Software | 2.81% | 11.33% | 50.92% | PLTR, PANW, MSFT, CRWD, CRM, ORCL, NOW, ADBE, FTNT, INTU | -3.77% | 19.81% | The broad software proxy — sits directly on the enterprise-budget and AI-monetization theme. Heavy mega-cap software weighting means the fund tracks a narrow leadership group rather than the whole software complex. |
| SMHX | VanEck Fabless Semiconductor ETF | theme | Fabless Semiconductors | -0.25% | 10.49% | 46.16% | NVDA, AVGO, AMD, SNPS, QCOM, MRVL, CDNS, ALAB, MPWR, ARM | -9.48% | 13.12% | Pure-play fabless exposure strips out capital-intensive foundry and memory economics, concentrating on design-cycle winners. Benefits from AI accelerator and edge-silicon demand, but carries high export-control and single-customer concentration risk. |
| SPRX | Spear Alpha ETF | theme | Disruptive Growth | 1.25% | 10.21% | 20.15% | ALAB, COHR, NET, ARM, LITE, LRCX, SPCX, MKSI, CIEN, KLAC | -16.16% | 5.80% | Actively managed disruptive-growth basket spanning optics, semis and software; the active tilt means its result depends on manager positioning as much as the theme. Smaller AUM implies wider spreads and sharper moves. |
| FOTO | Tuttle Capital Pure Play Photonics ETF | theme | Photonics | 2.46% | 10.14% | — | TLDR, LITE, IPGP, COHR, FN, CIEN, LASR, VIAV, MKSI, NOVT | -28.75% | — | Photonics is the optical-interconnect layer of the AI data-center buildout; demand for higher-bandwidth transceivers is the swing factor. A narrow, somewhat illiquid niche where supply announcements can move the whole basket. |
| BAI | iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active ETF | theme | AI Innovation | 1.24% | 9.47% | 26.88% | MU, NVDA, AVGO, AMD, TSM, LRCX, SPCX, SNOW, LITE, 2383.TW | -11.14% | 9.55% | Active AI basket holding the compute supply chain — semis, memory, foundry — which is the more cyclical, headline-sensitive leg of the AI trade. Tracks capex commitments from a handful of hyperscalers. |
| BSOL | Bitwise Solana Staking ETF | theme | Solana Staking | -0.53% | 9.29% | 30.37% | — | -41.53% | 26.49% | Solana staking adds a yield layer on top of token price exposure, which softens drawdowns modestly but does not remove crypto beta. Highly correlated with the other Solana funds — holding more than one is redundant. |
| GSOL | Grayscale Solana Staking ETF | other | Solana | -0.48% | 8.89% | 29.60% | — | -51.56% | 26.06% | Trust structure with no staking yield, so it is the purest Solana price expression but structurally lags staking peers in an uptrend. Fee drag is a persistent headwind versus the staking vehicles. |
| SOLZ | Solana ETF | theme | Solana | -0.74% | 8.75% | 26.03% | — | -53.16% | 24.14% | Most liquid Solana beta vehicle; its performance is a direct function of crypto risk appetite, which has been supported by a weaker rate outlook. Watch for correlation clustering with bitcoin miners and other high-beta crypto names. |
What is leading
What is leading
The one-month leaderboard is dominated by three unrelated forces: freight economics, a Brazil re-rating, and the secular software/security complex.
- Brazil is the clearest macro trade. Both EWZS (small cap) and EWZ (large cap) sit near the top, driven by domestic rate-cut expectations, a softer trade-weighted dollar and firm commodity prices. Small caps carry the higher beta and the higher liquidity risk.
- Cybersecurity and cloud software are the market's preferred AI-adoption vehicles. The market is paying for recurring-revenue "toll collectors" — security, infrastructure software, data-center networking — rather than capex-heavy AI builders, which is why CIBR, SKYY, IGV and BAI cluster together even though their holdings differ.
- Hedges and crypto appear too. PFIX rallies on rate volatility and BSOL/GSOL/SOLZ reflect a revived appetite for high-beta crypto beta. Their presence is a reminder that the gainers list mixes genuine secular trends with tactical, mean-reverting exposure.
Positioning takeaway: the software/security cluster is the most durable of these, but its returns are multiple-driven and therefore hostage to any hawkish rate surprise. The Brazil and tanker trades are macro- and rate-driven and prone to sharp round-trips.
Top 1M ETF Losers
| Symbol | ETF Name | ETF Type | ETF Theme | 1D Return | 1M Return | 6M Return | Top Holdings | % from 52W High | % above 150D SMA | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REMX | VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF | theme | Rare Earth Metals | 0.64% | -15.81% | -35.48% | PLS.AX, ALB, MP, LYC.AX, 600111.SS, ALM, SQM, 601958.SS, 600549.SS, 7610.TW | -44.33% | -27.93% | Rare-earth and strategic-metals names sold off hard after a supply-driven spike faded; policy and export decisions from China remain the dominant swing factor. With few profitable producers, the fund is a policy-headline trade rather than an earnings story. |
| TUR | iShares MSCI Turkey ETF | country | Turkey | 0.59% | -15.29% | -17.90% | ASELS.IS, TUPRS.IS, BIMAS.IS, AKBNK.IS, THYAO.IS, KCHOL.IS, EREGL.IS, ASTOR.IS, YKBNK.IS, TCELL.IS | -21.97% | -12.83% | Turkey is being hit by a firmer dollar and local policy credibility concerns, making it one of the most policy-sensitive country vehicles. Illiquid and headline-driven, so reversals can be as sharp as the decline. |
| URNM | Sprott Uranium Miners ETF | theme | Uranium Miners | 0.89% | -14.88% | -24.62% | CCO.TO, U-U.TO, NXE.TO, DML.TO, PDN.AX, DYL.AX, KAP, EFR.TO, UEC, 1164.HK | -44.64% | -19.48% | Uranium miners remain in a corrective phase after a strong run; spot contracting activity, not reactor news, drives the equities. High beta to a single commodity theme with limited near-term fundamental catalysts. |
| REXC | Sprott Rare Earths Ex-China ETF | theme | Rare Earths | -0.35% | -13.56% | — | MP, LYC.AX, SRL.AX, NEO.TO, USAR, ILU.AX, LIN.AX, ALOY, CRML, BRE.AX | -37.87% | — | Ex-China construction of the rare-earth supply chain is strategically important but capital-intensive and unproven at scale. A long-duration policy bet where sentiment, not cash flow, sets the price. |
| URA | Global X Uranium ETF | theme | Uranium | 0.88% | -13.56% | -23.67% | CCO.TO, NXE.TO, OKLO, UEC, KAP, PDN.AX, EFR.TO, XE, LEU | -37.07% | -16.58% | The broadest uranium exposure spanning trusts and producers; the drawdown reflects the same contracting-cycle pause as the miner funds. Liquid and widely held, which amplifies moves in and out of the sector. |
| NLR | VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF | theme | Uranium & Nuclear | 0.95% | -12.29% | -24.42% | CEG, CCO.TO, PEG, FORTUM.HE, UEC, PDN.AX, NXE.TO, BWXT, LEU, DML.TO | -37.12% | -16.37% | Adds nuclear utilities to the mining exposure, dampening producer volatility but adding rate sensitivity through the utility leg. Data-center power demand is the structural bull case here. |
| SETM | Sprott Critical Materials ETF | theme | Critical Materials | 1.66% | -12.12% | -19.26% | FCX, KAP, CCO.TO, PLS.AX, LYC.AX, UEC, TECK-B.TO, ALB, BVN, SQM | -27.71% | -13.34% | Sits at the intersection of rare earths, copper and battery materials, so part of the weakness is broad materials beta as the dollar firms. Diversified within the theme but still hostage to commodity cycles. |
| WGMI | CoinShares Bitcoin Mining ETF | theme | Bitcoin Mining | 0.02% | -11.72% | -4.62% | CIFR, NBIS, HUT, KEEL.TO, IREN, RIOT, HIVE.TO, WULF, CRWV, WYFI | -44.19% | -20.87% | Bitcoin miners slipped as hash economics tightened and crypto risk appetite cooled; the group is a leveraged proxy on BTC plus energy costs. Consolidation toward AI/hosting revenue is the emerging differentiator. |
| DRNZ | REX Drone ETF | theme | Drones | -1.03% | -11.47% | -26.28% | AVAV, ONDS, NXSN.TA, UMAC, RCAT, DRO.AX, 278A.T, AVEX, ELS.AX, PLTR | -38.26% | -22.48% | Defense-drone basket hit by profit-taking after a strong run; growth depends on defense budgets and autonomy procurement. A small, newer lineup with limited liquidity and long-tailed contract timing. |
| SLVR | Sprott Silver Miners & Physical Silver ETF | theme | Silver Miners & Physical | 2.79% | -10.94% | -7.90% | AG.TO, PSLV, AYA.TO, WPM.TO, EXK, SVM.TO, ABRA.TO, USA.TO, GGD.TO, VZLA.TO | -34.93% | -6.77% | Silver miners track the metal plus operational leverage, and silver's pullback is the primary drag. High-cost producers with mine-specific risk create wide dispersion across holdings. |
| SILJ | Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF | theme | Junior Silver Miners | 2.70% | -10.60% | -12.77% | HL, CDE, AG.TO, WPM.TO, SSRM.TO, BOL.ST, EXK, AYA.TO, PPTA.TO, HYMC | -32.01% | -5.44% | Junior miners add exploration and financing risk on top of the silver price, so they amplify both the drawdown and any recovery. Financing windows tighten precisely when the metal is weak. |
| PALL | abrdn Physical Palladium Shares ETF | commodity | Palladium | 1.37% | -10.59% | -25.25% | — | -44.14% | -16.06% | Palladium remains pressured by substitution toward platinum in autocatalysts and weaker industrial demand. Structural demand erosion, not just cyclical softness, is the risk for this single-metal vehicle. |
| VIXY | VIX Short-Term Futures ETF | other | VIX Futures | -1.21% | -10.24% | -45.21% | IQMM | -58.15% | -30.74% | Contango bleed and a subdued VIX erode this volatility-futures fund over time; it is designed as a tactical hedge, not a holding. Losses here often reflect calm markets rather than a thesis failure. |
| MSOS | AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF | theme | US Cannabis | 1.64% | -10.14% | 14.81% | TRLV, CURA.TO | -35.13% | -4.88% | US cannabis suffers from rescheduling delays and capital constraints, keeping the group speculative despite improving state-level demand. A policy-catalyst trade that stalls whenever Washington goes quiet. |
| SIL | Global X Silver Miners ETF | theme | Silver Miners | 2.56% | -9.72% | -9.08% | WPM.TO, PAAS.TO, CDE, HL, PE&OLES.MX, SSRM.TO, FRES.L, OR.TO, BVN | -26.42% | -1.99% | Large-cap silver miners offer better balance sheets than the juniors but still ride the metal's direction. Watch for a rotation back into precious metals if real yields fall or the dollar rolls over. |
What is lagging
What is lagging
The laggard list is almost a single trade wearing several tickers: commodity-linked supply themes — rare earths, uranium and precious-metal miners — plus policy-sensitive country and niche bets.
- Rare earths and critical materials (REMX, REXC, SETM) sold off as the supply-scare rally faded; these are policy-headline trades with few profitable operators, so sentiment sets the price as much as earnings.
- Uranium (URNM, URA, NLR) is in a corrective phase after a strong run, waiting on renewed utility contracting.
- Silver and palladium (SLVR, SILJ, SIL, PALL) reflect a sharp metal pullback and, for palladium, genuine structural demand erosion from autocatalyst substitution.
- Country and idiosyncratic bets — TUR on dollar strength and local policy credibility, WGMI on cooling crypto risk appetite, DRNZ on defense-drone profit-taking, VIXY simply because volatility is calm, and MSOS on stalled cannabis rescheduling.
Positioning takeaway: most of these are high-beta, single-theme vehicles whose drawdowns are amplified by illiquidity and by funding pressure — many investors treat them as sources of cash when the dollar firms and real yields rise. Adding to them requires a specific catalyst (contracting cycle, policy change, or a weaker dollar), not just cheapness.
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