GDXJ - VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF
The VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) is designed to closely mirror the financial returns (both price appreciation and income generation) of the MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index (MVGDXJTR), prior to factoring in its own management fees and operational costs. This underlying index tracks the overall market performance of smaller-capitalization firms primarily engaged in the mining and production of gold and/or silver.
As of Jun 30, 2026: spot at $98.29, ATM IV 49.9%, max pain $110.00, net GEX $241.1K.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Market Cap
- $8.86B
- Beta
- 0.77
- 52-Week Range
- 63.9-157.49
- Dividend Yield
- $2.65
- IPO Date
- Nov 11, 2009
- Exchange
- AMEX
What GDXJ Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 49.0% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; positive net gamma exposure ($241.1K) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (-0.007) is roughly flat across the wings.
What This Page Covers
The GDXJ overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure.
Frequently asked GDXJ overview questions
- What is GDXJ?
- GDXJ is the ticker symbol for VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF, an listed exchange-traded fund. The VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) is designed to closely mirror the financial returns (both price appreciation and income generation) of the MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index (MVGDXJTR), prior to factoring in its own management fees and operational costs. This underlying index tracks the overall market performance of smaller-capitalization firms primarily engaged in the mining and production of gold and/or silver. Listed on AMEX. GDXJ is the ETF ticker shown on this page; ETF traders use the fund for diversified exposure to its underlying basket, for sector and factor rotation, and for hedging or replication strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the GDXJ options snapshot look like today?
- As of Jun 30, 2026, the GDXJ options snapshot shows spot at $98.29, ATM IV 49.9%, IV rank 49.0%, max pain $110.00, net GEX $241.1K, expected move 14.30%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are GDXJ's key statistics?
- VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) carries a market capitalization of $8.86B, 52-week range of 63.9-157.49. Full holdings disclosure, expense ratio, and tracking-error history live on the per-ticker fundamentals page or the sponsor's site; daily NAV and premium/discount-to-NAV are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the ETF options market prices implied volatility relative to its constituents.
- What sector or industry does GDXJ belong to?
- VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare GDXJ's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the GDXJ data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated Jun 30, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Fund-level fields (sponsor, expense ratio, holdings concentration where available) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. ETF-specific filings (N-CSR, N-PX, N-CEN) update on the SEC EDGAR cadence. FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence; for ETFs the off-exchange volume signal is dominated by authorized-participant creation and redemption rather than directional flow.