{"url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-commodity-etf","section":"learn","title":"What is a commodity ETF? | ETFIQ","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ covers 68 commodity ETFs, and 46 get their exposure through futures while 11 own the metal itself. Updated every trading night.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-commodity-etf#article","headline":"What is a commodity ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ covers 68 commodity ETFs, and 46 get their exposure through futures while 11 own the metal itself.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-commodity-etf","mainEntityOfPage":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-commodity-etf","dateModified":"2026-11-04","datePublished":"2026-11-04","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"about":"What is a commodity ETF?","inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-commodity-etf#questions","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is rolling?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Swapping an expiring futures contract for a later one. The cost of doing so can raise or lower the fund\u2019s result."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Does a gold ETF own gold?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Many do, in a vault. ETFIQ reads the ounces and the fair value from the trust\u2019s filing."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Are commodity ETFs diversifiers?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Their moves differ from stocks, but not always. ETFIQ shows the correlation for alternatives funds."}}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learn","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What is a commodity ETF?","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-commodity-etf"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"What is a commodity ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ covers 68 commodity ETFs, and 46 get their exposure through futures while 11 own the metal itself. Updated every trading night.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-commodity-etf","dateModified":"2026-11-04","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede",".faq"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":1914,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Learn / What is a commodity ETF? \n \n What is a commodity ETF?\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.\n As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ covers 68 commodity ETFs, and 46 get their exposure through futures while 11 own the metal itself.\n \n In plain words\n A commodity ETF gives exposure to things like gold, oil or wheat. A physical fund owns the metal in a vault. A futures fund owns contracts for later delivery and rolls them forward before they expire.\n Of the funds read, 46 use futures and 11 own metal. A physical fund follows spot less fees; a futures fund also gains or loses on the cost of rolling. The median fee across 68 funds is 0.65%. ETFIQ shows each against the benchmark it names.\n Questions\n What is rolling? Swapping an expiring futures contract for a later one. The cost of doing so can raise or lower the fund\u2019s result.\n Does a gold ETF own gold? Many do, in a vault. ETFIQ reads the ounces and the fair value from the trust\u2019s filing.\n Are commodity ETFs diversifiers? Their moves differ from stocks, but not always. ETFIQ shows the correlation for alternatives funds.\n Where to next\n Commodities Screener: filter every ETF Compare two ETFs What is an ETF benchmark? What is an ETF expense ratio? What is a spot crypto ETF? All ETF explainers How ETFIQ computes these numbers \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, What is a commodity ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-commodity-etf Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, What is a commodity ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-commodity-etf APA ETFIQ. (Nov 4, 2026). What is a commodity ETF?. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-commodity-etf Markdown [What is a commodity ETF? (ETFIQ, Nov 4, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-commodity-etf)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, What is a commodity ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-commodity-etf"}