OUNZ Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Van Eck Merk Gold ETF | ARCA:OUNZ)

Van Eck Merk Gold Trust (the trust ) seeks to provide investors with a convenient and cost-efficient way to buy and hold gold through an exchange traded product with the option to take physical delivery of gold if and when desired. The VanEck Merk Gold Shares provide investors with the opportunity to access the gold market through a traditional brokerage account. The Sponsor believes that investors will be able to more effectively implement strategic and tactical asset allocation strategies that use gold by investing in the Shares than by purchasing, holding and trading gold directly. The Trust is one of several exchange-traded products that seek to track the price of physical gold. Certain other financial products may gain exposure to physical gold through the use of derivatives that may be subject to counterparty and credit risks.

Van Eck Merk Gold ETF trades on the ARCA stock market under the symbol OUNZ.

As of October 22, 2026, OUNZ stock price declined to $38.68 with 465,751 million shares trading.

OUNZ has a beta of 0.85, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. OUNZ has a correlation of 0.18 to the broad based SPY ETF.

OUNZ has a market cap of $2.61 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.

In the last 3 years, OUNZ traded as high as $53.35 and as low as $18.70.

OUNZ has underperformed the market in the last year with a price return of -2.2% while the SPY ETF gained +14.9%. OUNZ has also underperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning -1.5% and -1.8%, respectively, while the SPY returned +2.3% and -1.7%, respectively.

OUNZ support price is $39.21 and resistance is $40.19 (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 OUNZ shares will trade within this expected range on the day.