Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Trading Strategies

Precious Metals


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Symbol (*)
Name
Fund Family
Investment Objective
Total Net Assets / Avg Vol (3m)


miners


Market Vectors Gold Miners
Van Eck
gold miners
10,074,400
Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners
Van Eck
small- and medium-cap gold miners
2,330,350
Daily Gold Miners Bull 2x
Direxion
2x long, gold miners
N/A
Daily Gold Miners Bear 2x
Direxion
2x short, gold miners
N/A


basket of metals

ETFS White Metals Basket Trust
ETF Securities Ltd
physical silver, platinum and palladium bullion held in vaults by the custodian (JP Morgan Chase Bank)
64,955


gold


SPDR Gold Shares
World Gold Trust Services, LLC
gold
$35,054,043,342
iShares COMEX Gold Trust
iShares
gold
$2,419,083,000
PowerShares DB Gold
PowerShares
gold
$145,031,937
ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares
ETF Securities Ltd
gold
$99,550,000
E-TRACS UBS Bloomberg CMCI Gold ETN
UBS AG
gold
$4,424,000
Sprott Physical Gold Trust
Sprott Asset Management
gold
1,178,830
Gold Double Long ETN
PowerShares
gold (2x long)
$333,429,820
Gold Double Short ETN
PowerShares
gold (2x short)
N/A
Ultra Gold ProShares
ProShares
gold 2x long
$137,410,029
Ultra Short Gold ProShares
ProShares
gold (2x short)
$48,290,000


gold and silver

PowerShares DB Precious Metals
PowerShares
gold and silver
$183,553,592
iPath DJ AIG Prec Metals TR Sub-Idx ETN
iPath
gold and silver
$8,119,500
PowerShares Global Gold & Prec Metals
PowerShares
gold and other precious metals mining
$22,958,385


silver


iShares Silver Trust
iShares
silver
$4,544,578,500
ETFS Physical Silver Shares
ETF Securities Ltd
silver
$124,944,000
PowerShares DB Silver
PowerShares
silver
$71,414,035
Sprott Physical Silver Trust
Sprott Asset Management
silver
1,717,060
Global X Silver Miners
Global X
silver
635,889
E-TRACS UBS Bloomberg CMCI Silver ETN
UBS AG
silver
$3,835,200
Ultra Silver ProShares
ProShares
silver (2x long)
665,932
UltraShort Silver
ProShares
silver (2x short)
749,771


platinum


iPath DJ AIG Platinum TR Sub-Idx ETN
iPath
platinum
$83,231,400
E-TRACS UBS Long Platinum
UBS AG
platinum
$58,347,100
E-TRACS UBS Short Platinum
UBS AG
short, platinum
$5,505,600
ETFS Physical Platinum Shares
ETF Securities Ltd
physical platinum
79,320


palladium


ETFS Physical Palladium Shares
ETF Securities Ltd
physical palladium
327,962
See Artremis for a complete list of Commodity ETFs