VanEck Vectors® Steel ETF
SLX NYSE Arca
VanEck Vectors® Steel ETF (SLX®) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the NYSE Arca Steel Index (STEEL), which is intended to track the overall performance of companies involved in the steel sector.
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- Fund size
- 51.3M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.56% per year
- Dividend yield
- 0.00% Yearly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 24.4% Above Average
- Beta
- 1.03 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 74.66113.57
How SLX has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 30Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, SLX returned +27.9% with dividends reinvested — dividends added 0.0 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±24% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −16.3% on Mar 20, 2026 — 37 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 41% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 1.03 means SLX has moved roughly in line with the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average101.32 −1.9%
- 26-day average102.55 −3.1%
- 50-day average103.73 −4.2%
- 200-day average99.20 +0.2%
The price is above 1 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Industrial Metals · Steel — tracking the NYSE Arca Steel Index.
- Assets under management51.3MUSD
- Expense ratio0.56%per year
- Holdings27
- Risk score7.0High
Launched October 2006. Listed options available. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
Where SLX shows up
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About VanEck Vectors® Steel ETF
VanEck Vectors® Steel ETF (SLX®) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the NYSE Arca Steel Index (STEEL), which is intended to track the overall performance of companies involved in the steel sector.
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 27 holdings
- Ticker
- SLX
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US92189F2056
- CUSIP
- 92189F205
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Industrial Metals
- Industry
- Steel
- Benchmark
- NYSE Arca Steel Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 30, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.