GDX Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Vaneck Gold Miners ETF | ARCA:GDX)

VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MarketVector Global Gold Miners Index (MVGDXTR), which is intended to track the overall performance of companies involved in the gold mining industry.

Vaneck Gold Miners ETF trades on the ARCA stock market under the symbol GDX.

As of September 9, 2026, GDX stock price climbed to $99.47 with 14,074,790 million shares trading.

GDX has a beta of 1.82, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. GDX has a correlation of 0.18 to the broad based SPY ETF.

GDX has a market cap of $30.22 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

In the last 3 years, GDX traded as high as $117.18 and as low as $25.62.

GDX has outperformed the market in the last year with a return of +49.8%, while the SPY ETF gained +18.7%. In the last 3 month period, GDX beat the market returning +26.4%, while SPY returned +3.4%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks GDX has underperformed the stock market by returning -5.7%, while SPY returned -0.5%.

GDX support price is $95.62 and resistance is $101.20 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that GDX shares will trade within this expected range on the day.