VXXiPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN
Seeks to provide investors with exposure to the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index.
By iPath · Launched 2018
Annual Cost
0.89%
#4,665 of 5,854 · expensive
Fund Size
$441M
#1,694 of 5,854 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
-49.9%
Track Record
8 years
#1,665 of 5,854 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$4,913-50.9%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
AlternativeRegion
North americaStrategy
Volatility strategy
Index tracked
S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index Total Return
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
57.4%High
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-99.6%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
-0.40Below average
Sortino (3Y)
-0.64Moderate 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 2026-08-04