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VXXiPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN

Take a bet8y track recordRanked #52 of 995 in this goal

Seeks to provide investors with exposure to the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index.

By iPath · Launched 2018

Annual Cost

0.89%

#4,833 of 6,040 · expensive

Fund Size

$472M

#1,710 of 6,040 · large

Return (1Y)

-48.7%

Track Record

8 years

#1,679 of 6,040 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$5,344-46.6%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Alternative

Strategy

Volatility strategy

Index tracked

S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index Total Return

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
56.1%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-99.6%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
-0.46Below average
Sortino (3Y)
-0.73Moderate downside risk

Listing

Exchange
Cboe BZX

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks to provide investors with exposure to the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index.
Strategy
Invests in futures contracts on the VIX Index to provide exposure to implied volatility of the S&P 500. The index targets a constant weighted average futures maturity of one month.
Inception date
January 17, 2018
Fund family
iPath

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Data updated on 2026-09-18