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HODL VanEck Bitcoin ETF

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HODL lost 28.3%, against −28.3% for bitcoin.

Why did HODL return −28.3% against Bitcoin’s −28.3%?How closely does HODL track Bitcoin?What do HODL’s net flows of $0 over the last 4 trading days mean?
A spot Bitcoin trust. It holds the coin and trades like a share.VanEck ↗Expense ratio 0.20%Fund assets $1.2bn on Oct 27, 2026First traded Jan 11, 2024Benchmark BitcoinFund page at the issuer ↗SEC filings ↗Every VanEck fund ETFIQ covers

Promise check: DeliveredOver the year to Oct 28, 2026, HODL returned −28.3% against −28.3% for Bitcoin. Before its 0.20% fee, it finished 0.22 points ahead of Bitcoin.

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HODL risk and return scorecard

vs Bitcoin

Not measured: no price history kept for HODL.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data

Money in and out

Net fund flows · Oct 27, 2026
Latest day
$0
Last 4 trading days
$0
Since Oct 2026
−$1.2m
In on 1 day, out on 1. 51 days missing.
askIQ: what do these flows mean? ↗

What you earned

HODL −2.2%, Bitcoin −2.2%: total return over one month to Oct 28, 2026.
HODL−2.2%
Bitcoin−2.2%
HODL +28.3%, Bitcoin +28.3%: total return over three months to Oct 28, 2026.
HODL+28.3%
Bitcoin+28.3%
HODL +8.0%, Bitcoin +7.9%: total return over six months to Oct 28, 2026.
HODL+8.0%
Bitcoin+7.9%
HODL −6.8%, Bitcoin −6.9%: total return over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
HODL−6.8%
Bitcoin−6.9%
HODL −28.3%, Bitcoin −28.3%: total return over one year to Oct 28, 2026.
HODL−28.3%
Bitcoin−28.3%
HODL +74.2%, Bitcoin +76.1%: total return since launch to Oct 28, 2026.
HODL+74.2%
Bitcoin+76.1%
askIQ: why did HODL return −28.3% against Bitcoin’s −28.3%? ↗

Did it track the coin?

Spot Bitcoin
−28.3%
Total return, 1 year
Report
−28.3%
Bitcoin over the same days
Report
0.0 pts
Difference against Bitcoin, in percentage points
Report
702
Days it has traded
Report
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Price, 1 year

$23.05+1.1%1 day, priceClose, Oct 28, 2026

Price only. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 28, 2026. Updated every trading night. Last checked Oct 28, 2026. Report a data error

HODL returns by window: total return, cash paid and price change
WindowTotal returnBitcoinDifference, percentage points
1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026−2.2%−2.2%0.0 pts
3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026+28.3%+28.3%0.0 pts
6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026+8.0%+7.9%+0.1 pts
YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026−6.8%−6.9%+0.1 pts
1Y Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026−28.3%−28.3%0.0 pts
Since launch Jan 11, 2024 – Oct 28, 2026+74.2%+76.1%−1.9 pts
Since launch, annualised Jan 11, 2024 – Oct 28, 2026+22.0%––

Total returns, distributions reinvested. Listed Jan 2024: no 3 years windows.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.

Where every fund in this set sits

How much of what holding the coin gave did a holder of the fund keep?

Share of the coin's growth it kept
LTCN 89.0%GBTC 98.6%ETHE 99.1%HBR 99.1%LTCC 99.1%ETHA 99.6%ETHV 99.6%QETH 99.6%BRRR 99.7%, and 11 more at this point: BTCO 99.7%, BTCW 99.7%, EZBC 99.7%, FBTC 99.7%, FETH 99.7%, ARKB 99.8%, BITB 99.8%, EZET 99.8%, IBIT 99.8%, BTC 99.9%, ETHW 99.9%TETH 100.5%ETH 101.7%OBTC 105.0%BSOL 105.9%GXLM 152.3%HODL 100.0%HODL 100.0%89.0%152.3%
89.0% to 152.3% across 26

That is the share of the 26 spot crypto trusts with a full year sitting at or below HODL.

Share of the coin's own price growth a holder kept; funds on different coins are ranked together. Where the fund sits in this set, not a rating. Do not average it with another category's score.

78.8
IQ Crypto ScoreETFIQ Coin Capture Score6th of 26 · Oct 28, 2026
1.9 · lowest of 26 spot crypto trusts with a full year98.1 · highest

How much of its coin's move it captured, after costs, ranked against 26 spot crypto trusts with a full year. 100 is best. How it is computed

HODL kept 100.0% of what holding Bitcoin gave over the same days.

share of the coin's growth it kept100.0% · 79th pct
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Money in and out

Daily data · as of Oct 27, 2026

HODL: in the 17 trading days to Oct 27, 2026, net $1.2m went out, from 14 counts.

1D
$0
0.0% of $1.2bn on Oct 26, 2026
Oct 27, 2026
5D
$0
0.0% of $1.2bn on Oct 20, 2026
Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026
4 of 5 trading days counted
Since Oct 2026
−$1.2m
Oct 6, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026
Net flow each trading day
Net flow into HODL each trading day, Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026−$3.5m+$2.3mmonthly, from SEC filingsdaily, from VanEck+$3.5m−$3.5mJul 28, 2026Oct 27, 2026

HODL, net flow each trading day over the 65 sessions from Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026: money came in on 1 day and went out on 1 day, of the 14 days with daily data; the other 51 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.

In on 1 day, out on 1. 51 days missing.

Net flow into HODL each trading day, Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026−$3.5m+$2.3mmonthly, from SEC filingsdaily, from VanEck+$3.5m−$3.5mOct 28, 2025Oct 27, 2026

HODL, net flow each trading day over the 251 sessions from Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026: money came in on 1 day and went out on 1 day, of the 14 days with daily data; the other 237 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.

In on 1 day, out on 1. 237 days missing.

Net flow into HODL each trading day, Mar 26, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026−$3.5m+$2.3mmonthly, from SEC filingsdaily, from VanEck+$3.5m−$3.5mMar 26, 2025Oct 27, 2026

HODL, net flow each trading day over the 400 sessions from Mar 26, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026: money came in on 1 day and went out on 1 day, of the 14 days with daily data; the other 386 have none. Before Oct 6, 2026 ETFIQ has the fund’s monthly data only, from SEC filings: that span is shaded and draws no bars, and its months are in the month by month list.

In on 1 day, out on 1. 386 days missing.

Money in, netMoney out, netMonthly basis

Daily data starts Oct 6, 2026.

How this is computed

Computed by ETFIQ from VanEck’s daily data: each day’s change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s net asset value. Percentages are of net assets at the start of each window. Numbers are net: money in less money out. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for HODL, back to Oct 2026, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare HODL with other funds in the flows tool

Every trading day, last 3 months14 days
Oct 27, 2026 $0
Oct 26, 2026 $0 covers 2 trading days
Oct 22, 2026 $0
Oct 21, 2026 $0
Oct 20, 2026 $0
Oct 19, 2026 $0
Oct 16, 2026 $0
Oct 15, 2026 $0
Oct 14, 2026 $0
Oct 13, 2026 +$2.3m covers 2 trading days
Oct 9, 2026 $0
Oct 8, 2026 −$3.5m
Oct 7, 2026 $0
Oct 6, 2026 $0 covers 2 trading days

Most recent first.

Week by week, last year4 weeks
Oct 27, 2026 $0 2 days
Oct 22, 2026 $0 4 days
Oct 16, 2026 +$2.3m 4 days
Oct 9, 2026 −$3.5m 4 days

Net flow into HODL each week, Oct 6, 2026 to Oct 27, 2026, most recent first, each week named by its last trading day with data. Computed by ETFIQ.

Month by month, money in and money outOct 2026

HODL, net flow each month from Oct 2026 to Oct 2026: money came in in 0 months and went out in 1 month.

MonthInOutNet
Oct 2026 ETFIQ, the sum of its days, Oct 6 to Oct 27, 14 of 16 trading days+$2.3m−$3.5m−$1.2m

Most recent first.

How this is computed

Months summed from daily data: money in adds the days money came in; money out adds the days it went out.

N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.

Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s daily share counts and net asset values, and its SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Oct 27, 2026. Last checked Oct 29, 2026.

HODL key stats

52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026 (ETFIQ)$31.28 on Oct 29, 2025
52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026 (ETFIQ)$16.61 on Jun 30, 2026
Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range (ETFIQ)$23.05, 44% of the way from the low to the high
Beta to its benchmark, 1 year (ETFIQ)1.00, against bitcoin
R-squared, the same days (ETFIQ)1.00
Beta and R-squared measured over251 daily total returns, Oct 29, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026
Range, beta and R-squared computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Trading

as of Oct 27, 2026
Trading · HODLas of Oct 27, 2026
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Not scored0 of 6 measured · Oct 27, 2026
0 · Hard to tradeIQ Liquidity Score100 · Trades like a giant
Cost for your order · one way, half its 30-day median spread
Premium or discount to NAV, Oct 27 close+0.13%
−0.4%95% of days within ±0.30% · the 1% band is off this scale+0.4%
How to tradeSpread not read.
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About HODL

SponsorVanEck
HoldsBitcoinReport
Sponsor’s fee (10-Q)0.20%
Fee waiverthe whole fee, but it ended on Jul 31, 2026. The sponsor's fee above is what the trust charges now.
Net assets (issuer page, as of Oct 27, 2026)$1.2bnReport
Stakingthe chain has none, so no fund holding it can pay a staking yield
First tradedJan 11, 2024
Days traded702
Days it closed unchanged1
Quotedon an exchange, every trading day
Price$23.05
Against Bitcoin, same days0.0% behind
Reports to the SEC on10-K, not N-PORT
How we measure
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, Bitcoin moved −28.3% and HODL returned −28.3%. That leaves it 0.02 of a percentage point ahead. That difference is the fee, the custody cost, the friction of creating and redeeming shares in blocks, and whatever the market paid for the shares rather than for the coin, all of it together. It is the only number on this page the sponsor does not publish itself. HODL charges 0.20% a year and finished 0.0% behind Bitcoin, so the fee is more than the whole difference. A spot trust is not a registered investment company. It files a 10-K rather than an N-PORT, and its holding is one line: the Bitcoin it custodies.
Fund closes and coin closes from Tiingo, read at the same two dates. ETFIQ calculation. Method
IQ Investment Committee on HODL

12 seats on HODL, as of Oct 28, 2026: 2 Mixed, 3 Challenges, 6 Not enough data, 1 Does not apply.

In the tradition ofJohn BogleBogle-style Low CostChallenges
In the tradition ofBenjamin GrahamGraham-style Margin of SafetyNot enough data
In the tradition ofWarren Buffett & Charlie MungerBuffett & Munger-style QualityNot enough data
In the tradition ofPeter LynchLynch-style Growth at a Reasonable PriceNot enough data
In the tradition ofJohn TempletonTempleton-style Global ContrarianDoes not apply
In the tradition ofRay DalioDalio-style All-WeatherNot enough data
In the tradition ofHoward MarksMarks-style Cycles & RiskNot enough data
In the tradition ofStanley DruckenmillerDruckenmiller-style Macro & LiquidityChallenges
In the tradition ofDavid SwensenSwensen-style DiversificationChallenges
In the tradition ofCathie WoodWood-style Disruptive InnovationNot enough data
In the tradition ofJesse LivermoreLivermore-style Trend FollowingMixed
Uses ETFIQ’s measuresThe ETFIQ SkepticETFIQ’s own seatMixed
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Questions people ask about HODL

Does HODL track Bitcoin?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −28.3% against Bitcoin’s −28.3%, which leaves it 0.02 of a percentage point ahead. That difference carries the fee, the custody cost and the market’s pricing of the shares, and ETFIQ computes it from the fund’s own closes and the coin’s own closes over the same two dates.
Does HODL stake?
Bitcoin is a proof of work chain, so there is nothing to stake and no fund holding it can pay a staking yield.
What is HODL?
VanEck Bitcoin ETF, a spot Bitcoin trust sponsored by VanEck, first traded Jan 11, 2024. It holds the coin through a custodian rather than futures on it or shares in companies that own it.
Sources and dates
Prices, HODL and BitcoinPrices, Tiingo end of day ↗
Fee, 0.20%Sponsor’s fee, read from the 10-Q filed Aug 13, 2026 ↗
Net assets, $1.2bnIssuer page · Oct 27, 2026
All fund filingsFilings on SEC EDGAR ↗
IssuerVanEck page for HODL ↗
Sponsor’s fee, read from the 10-Q filed Aug 13, 2026 ↗

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Tracking difference
The fund’s total return minus the coin’s over exactly the same days, in percentage points. The fee, the custody cost, the creation and redemption friction and whatever the market paid for the shares, all of it, in one number.
Spot
The fund holds the coin itself, through a custodian, rather than futures on it or shares in companies that own it. Only spot funds are in this category; the others are measured where they belong.
Sponsor
Who runs the fund. Most spot crypto ETFs are 1933 Act trusts rather than registered investment companies, so they have a sponsor rather than an adviser, and file a 10-K rather than an N-PORT.
Thinly quoted
A fund whose price sat unchanged on more than one trading day in twenty. Its quoted return is what somebody paid on the days anyone traded, which is not the same thing as what the fund did, so ETFIQ shows it and does not rank it against funds that trade.
Staking
Only proof of stake coins can be staked, so it exists for ether and Solana funds and cannot exist for a bitcoin one. Where a fund stakes, the yield and the sponsor’s share of it are terms in its own filings.
Full definitions: crypto ETFs vocabulary page. →
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HODL: HODL over 1 year: fund −28.28%, Bitcoin −28.30%, 0.02 pts ahead of Bitcoin. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
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