More ETF Winners Than Losers During October's Bull Run

October is a notorious month for market volatility and declines—the Wall Street crash of 1929, Black Monday on Oct. 19, 1987, and more recently, the 2008/2009 global financial crisis. This year, however, it has been a month of bullish moves. Although September’s choppiness initially extended into early October, the equity market bounced back into an uptrend thanks to mostly encouraging quarterly reports.

Today we review exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that were clear winners and losers in October. Understandably, our list provides just a glimpse on funds’ performances and does not include leveraged and inverse ETFs.

A number of these funds could inspire readers to put together long-term diversified portfolios within their risk/return parameters. We've covered a large number of these funds previously, and we plan to discuss others in the future.

3 ETFs Following The 3 Major US Indices

As always, before we move on to best- and worst-performing ETFs, let's take a look at funds that give exposure to the three most-followed US indices—the Dow Jones, the S&P 500 and NASDAQ Composite.

Despite short-term fluctuations, these three ETFs continue to offer steady year-to-date (YTD) returns.

SPDR® Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (NYSE:DIA), which tracks the Dow Jones Industrial Average: up 3.9% in October and up 17.1% YTD.

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SPDR® S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY), which tracks the S&P 500 index: up 5.5% in October and up 22.8% YTD.

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Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ), which tracks the NASDAQ 100 index: up 6.9% in October and up 23.1% YTD.

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50 Winners

Simplify Volt Cloud and Cybersecurity Disruption ETF (NYSE:VCLO): up 37.3% in October and up 58.5% YTD

Invesco Solar ETF (NYSE:TAN): up 25.10% in October but down 3.5% YTD

Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF (NYSE:BLOK): up 23.67% in October and up 58.5% YTD

First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index Fund (NASDAQ:QCLN): up 22.8% in October and up 8.71% YTD

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSE:GDXJ): up 19.1% in October but down 20.1% YTD

ETFMG Prime Junior Silver Miners ETF (NYSE:SILJ): up 18.8% in October but down 19.1% YTD

North Shore Global Uranium Mining ETF (NYSE:URNM): up 16.9% in October and up 104.5% YTD

VanEck Low Carbon Energy ETF (NYSE:SMOG): up 18.2% in October and up 6.3% YTD

US Global GO GOLD and Precious Metal Miners ETF (NYSE:GOAU): up 16.5% in October but down 9.1% YTD

Amplify Lithium & Battery Technology ETF (NYSE:BATT): up 16.1% in October and up 26.4% YTD

KraneShares MSCI China Clean Technology ETF (NYSE:KGRN): up 14.6% in October and up 10.4% YTD

VanEck Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF (NYSE:REMX): up 14.3% in October and up 79.5% YTD

KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index (NYSE:KARS): up 14.1% in October and up 30.1% YTD

iShares MSCI Peru ETF (NYSE:EPU): up 14.00% in October but down 13.4% YTD

ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (NYSE:ARKW): up 13.8% in October and up 7.2% YTD

iShares Transportation Average ETF (NYSE:IYT): up 11.3% in October and up 22.8% YTD

SPDR S&P® North American Natural Resources ETF (NYSE:NANR): up 10.5% in October and up 32.4% YTD

SPDR® S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (NYSE:XOP): up 10.3% in October and up 81.8% YTD

Siren NASDAQ NexGen Economy ETF (NASDAQ:BLCN): up 10.4% in October and up 22.5% YTD

Invesco DWA Financial Momentum ETF (NASDAQ:PFI): up 10.3% in October and up 35.9% YTD

Invesco Global Listed Private Equity ETF (NYSE:PSP): up 10.1% in October and up 21.6% YTD

First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund (NASDAQ:GRID): up 10.0% in October and up 25.8% YTD

SPDR® S&P Capital Markets ETF (NYSE:KCE): up 9.8% in October and up 41.7% YTD

Global X MSCI China Consumer Disc ETF (NYSE:CHIQ): up 9.7% in October but down 16.1% YTD

iShares MSCI Norway ETF (NYSE:ENOR): up 9.5% in October and up 23.3% YTD

iShares MSCI Russia ETF (NYSE:ERUS): up 8.4% in October and up 35.3% YTD

Invesco S&P SmallCap Energy ETF (NASDAQ:PSCE): up 8.3% in October and up 85.1% YTD

Barclays iPath Bloomberg Nickel Subindex Total Return (NYSE:JJN): up 8.0% in October and up 16.6% YTD

VanEck Vectors Real Asset Allocation (NYSE:RAAX): up 7.6% in October and up 23.3% YTD

iShares MSCI Colombia ETF (NYSE:ICOL): up 7.3% in October but down 3.5% YTD

iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF (NYSE:REZ): up 7.3% in October and up 35.4% YTD

iShares MSCI Europe Financials ETF (NASDAQ:EUFN): up 7.2% in October and up 20.0% YTD

United States Copper Index Fund (NYSE:CPER): up 7.1% in October and up 23.5% YTD

Tortoise North American Pipeline Fund (NYSE:TPYP): up 7.0% in October and up 33.3% YTD

SPDR® S&P Insurance ETF (NYSE:KIE): up 6.9% in October and up 20.1% YTD

United States Commodity Index Fund (NYSE:USCI): up 6.9% in October and up 33.7% YTD

VanEck Retail ETF (NASDAQ:RTH): up 6.6% in October and up 18.7% YTD

iShares China Large-Cap ETF (NYSE:FXI): up 6.5% in October but down 13.1% YTD

iShares Global 100 ETF (NYSE:IOO): up 6.3% in October and up 20.2% YTD

VictoryShares NASDAQ Next 50 ETF (NASDAQ:QQQN): up 6.1% in October and up 30.2% YTD

Barron's 400 ETF (NYSE:BFOR): up 5.9% in October and up 26.0% YTD

Goldman Sachs JUST US Large Cap Equity ETF (NYSE:JUST): up 5.9% in October and up 21.8% YTD

iShares MSCI World ETF (NYSE:URTH): up 5.8% in October and up 19.1% YTD

Invesco Dynamic Building & Construction ETF (NYSE:PKB): up 5.8% in October and up 21.9% YTD

iShares MSCI Italy ETF (NYSE:EWI): up 5.7% in October and up 13.7% YTD

First Trust Materials AlphaDEX® Fund (NYSE:FXZ): up 5.5% in October and up 25.0% YTD

ProShares Equities for Rising Rates ETF (NASDAQ:EQRR): up 5.2% in October and up 35.4% YTD

Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSE:VB): up 4.9% in October and up 17.9% YTD

Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund (NYSE:XLU): up 4.7% in October and up 6.7% YTD

SPDR® S&P Regional Banking ETF (NYSE:KRE): up 3.7% in October and up 36.5% YTD

10 Losers

Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF (NYSE:BDRY): down 14.9% in October but up 290.1% YTD

AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF (NYSE:MSOS): down 12.9% in October and down 25.8% YTD

Loncar Cancer Immunotherapy ETF (NASDAQ:CNCR): down 6.1% in October and down 9.0% YTD

US Global Jets ETF (NYSE:JETS): down 5.8% in October and down 0.7% YTD

KraneShares Emerging Markets Healthcare Index ETF (NYSE:KMED): down 4.2% in October and down 19.1% YTD

iShares MSCI Japan Small-Cap ETF (NYSE:SCJ): down 3.7% in October but up 1.1% YTD

iShares Latin America 40 ETF (NYSE:ILF): down 3.3% in October and down 14.4% YTD

ETFMG Prime Mobile Payments ETF (NYSE:IPAY): down 3.3% in October and down 1.9% YTD

iPath® Series B Bloomberg Livestock Subindex Total Return (NYSE:COW): down 2.2% in October but up 3.4% YTD

Amplify International Online Retail ETF (NYSE:XBUY): down 1.7% in October and down 15.11% YTD

SPDR® S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF (NYSE:XAR): down 0.8% in October but up 4.0% YTD