Currency ETFs ETF Overview

Currency ETFs invest in the currencies of various countries around the world to move with or against a currency's movement against a reference currency.

With 16 ETFs traded on the U.S. markets, Currency ETFs ETFs have total assets under management of $2.76B. The average expense ratio is 0.62%. Currency ETFs ETFs can be found in the following asset classes:

  • Currency

The largest Currency ETFs ETF is the Invesco DB U.S. Dollar Index Bullish Fund UUP with $1.21B in assets. In the last trailing year, the best-performing Currency ETFs ETF was UUP at 8.50%. The most recent ETF launched in the Currency ETFs space was the Simplify Bitcoin Strategy PLUS Income ETF MAXI on 09/29/22.

Top ETF Performers

XBTF VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF 11.86%
BTF Valkyrie Bitcoin Strategy ETF 11.38%
BITO ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF 11.33%
MAXI Simplify Bitcoin Strategy PLUS Income ETF 10.76%
FXY Invesco CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust 2.06%

Bottom ETF Performers

FXA Invesco CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust -2.36%
FXC Invesco CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust -1.28%
FXF Invesco CurrencyShares Swiss Franc Trust -0.49%
CYB WisdomTree Chinese Yuan Strategy Fund -0.27%
UUP Invesco DB U.S. Dollar Index Bullish Fund -0.18%

Top Creations

FXB Invesco CurrencyShares British Pound Sterling Trust 5.77
MAXI Simplify Bitcoin Strategy PLUS Income ETF 1.33
DEFI Hashdex Bitcoin Futures ETF 0
XBTF VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF 0
CEW WisdomTree Emerging Currency Strategy Fund 0

Top Redemptions

UUP Invesco DB U.S. Dollar Index Bullish Fund -203.52
UDN Invesco DB U.S. Dollar Index Bearish Fund -29.52
FXY Invesco CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust -24.91
BITO ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF -21.86
USDU WisdomTree Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund -18.20

AUM Winners

XBTF VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF 34.65%
MAXI Simplify Bitcoin Strategy PLUS Income ETF 26.04%
FXC Invesco CurrencyShares Canadian Dollar Trust 24.29%
DEFI Hashdex Bitcoin Futures ETF 20.52%
USDU WisdomTree Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Bullish Fund 17.89%

AUM Losers

UDN Invesco DB U.S. Dollar Index Bearish Fund -18.59%
UUP Invesco DB U.S. Dollar Index Bullish Fund -4.99%
FXA Invesco CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust -4.09%
FXY Invesco CurrencyShares Japanese Yen Trust -4.03%
FXE Invesco CurrencyShares Euro Trust -4.03%

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