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A well-recognized face is dominating the exchange-traded fund leaderboard, with greater than half of the highest 10 ranked by annual positive factors coming from one agency: Direxion.
“All the Direxion ETFs referenced are magnified bull products and the corresponding underlying indices or individual single stocks that they track are all up +45%+ year-to-date, thus reflecting the strong performance of a magnified bullish view,” Ed Egilinsky, managing director at Direxion, advised FOX Enterprise.
High Performing ETFs year-to-date in 2025: Direxion Every day Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 2x Shares +365percentDirexion Every day Gold Miners Index Bull 2x Shares +329percentDirexion Every day PLTR Bull 2X Shares +278percentDirexion Every day MU Bull 2X Shares +257percentDirexion MSCI Every day South Korea Bull 3X Shares +244percentDirexion Every day Uranium Trade Bull 2X Shares +164%
The record tracked is compiled by VettaFi.
The uptrend kicked in after shares hit yearly lows in April concentrated in “gold miner stock indices, uranium stocks, semiconductors, and AI single stock names such as Micron and Palantir, along with defense stocks, have been leading the market higher,” he added.
Ticker Safety Final Change Change % JNUG DIREXION SHARES ETF TRUST DIRXN DLY JR GLD MIN IDX 2X 164.65 -0.88
-0.53%
NUGT DIREXION DAILY GOLD MINERS INDEX BULL 2X SHARES 151.09 +0.46
+0.31%
KORU DIREXION SHARES ETF TRUST DIREXION DAILY SO KOREA BUL 107.03 -11.55
-9.74%
PLTU DIREXION SHARES ETF TRUST DAILY PLTR BULL 2X SHS 91.88 -1.04
-1.12%
DFEN DIREXION SHARES ETF TRUST DAILY AEROSPACE & DEFENSE B 65.01 -5.42
-7.70%
URAA DIREXION SHARES ETF TRUST DAILY URANIUM INDUSTRY B 53.61 +6.28
+13.26%
Gold costs, for instance, have doubled in value this yr, topping a file $4,000 an oz. as traders load up on safer belongings amid international uncertainty and what’s seen as a long-running authorities shutdown.
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Stacked gold bars as costs hit a file in October 2025. (Mike Segar/Reuters / Reuters Photographs)
Regardless of U.S. shares hitting contemporary file highs final week, Friday’s carnage, which shaved almost 900 factors off the Dow Jones Industrial Common, got here from an sudden U.S.-China commerce spat with President Donald Trump threatening a tariff slap after China outlined rare-earth export controls. The swift reversal is a cautionary story of how shortly markets can flip.
Nonetheless, U.S. shares rebounded on Monday.
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“However, despite the strong performance year-to-date, most markets don’t trend higher indefinitely, and our products are designed as short-term trading tools for active traders and should be monitored daily,” he suggested earlier than final week’s sell-off.
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The agency’s inflows may be flashing a directionary shift.
Merchants work on the ground of the New York Inventory Alternate throughout morning buying and selling in New York Metropolis. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Photographs)
“On the flip side, most of our biggest inflows year-to-date are within bear funds, as traders are either looking for a reversal in the market as they feel it is overextended or utilizing it as a short-term hedge,” Egilinsky added.
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Whether or not market sentiment is bullish or bearish, the ETF trade itself is on monitor for an additional file yr topping $1 trillion of inflows as quickly as this week, in response to Matt Bartolini, international head of analysis strategists at State Road Funding Administration.
