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

Take a bet8y track recordRanked #51 of 949 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%

#4,665 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 · USD
Growth of $10,000
$4,913-50.9%

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)
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