GDXU - MicroSectors Gold Miners 3X Leveraged ETN
GDXU is a note that provides 3x daily leveraged exposure. As such, it is not a buy-and-hold product, and is best designed for short-term tactical trading purposes only. Returns can vary significantly from 3x exposure to its underlying index if held for longer than a day.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management - Leveraged
- Market Cap
- $707.4M
- Beta
- 0.36
- 52-Week Range
- 64.97-540.78
- IPO Date
- Dec 3, 2020
- Exchange
- AMEX
GDXU Options Snapshot
Options pricing data for GDXU is refreshed daily after the close. When listed contracts exist, this page surfaces the latest at-the-money implied volatility, max pain strike, dealer gamma exposure (GEX), and 25-delta skew. Listed contracts and live snapshots appear once the options chain has been published by the exchange for the most recent session.
What This Page Covers
The GDXU 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 GDXU overview questions
- What is GDXU?
- GDXU is the ticker symbol for MicroSectors Gold Miners 3X Leveraged ETN, an listed exchange-traded fund. GDXU is a note that provides 3x daily leveraged exposure. As such, it is not a buy-and-hold product, and is best designed for short-term tactical trading purposes only. Listed on AMEX. GDXU 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 are GDXU's key statistics?
- MicroSectors Gold Miners 3X Leveraged ETN (GDXU) carries a market capitalization of $707.4M, 52-week range of 64.97-540.78. 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 GDXU belong to?
- MicroSectors Gold Miners 3X Leveraged ETN operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Asset Management - Leveraged 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 GDXU'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 GDXU data on this page?
- Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for GDXU, it usually reflects low options liquidity or a recently listed name. 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.