The takeaway
Global X Cybersecurity ETF shows a moderate seasonal pattern over 7 years of data — strongest in August (+3.5%) and softest in March (−3.0%).
Right now
In July, the fund has risen 83% of years, averaging +2.6% — essentially in line with the S&P 500.
The full picture
Global X Cybersecurity ETF's most dependable month has been August, higher in 5 of 6 years; March has been its least reliable, up just 33% of the time.
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Month by month
The fund's clearest edge over the S&P 500 lands in May (+3.8 pts); it has trailed the market most in March (−4.0 pts).
“vs S&P” is Global X Cybersecurity ETF’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Global X Cybersecurity ETF’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, August has closed higher 80% of the time versus 83% across the last 7 years — the pattern is holding.
Figures are the typical (median) August return and how often it rose — the last 5 years versus the last 7(the heatmap’s default window). This verdict stays anchored to that 7-year window even if you zoom the chart, so it never disagrees with the badges above.
In plain English
This is a fund you can almost set a calendar by, and August is the anchor — it has closed higher in 5 of 6 Augusts, the steadiest beat on its year.
The strength looks broad-based rather than freakish: its average (+3.5%) and median (+3.1%) sit close together, so no single blow-out year is flattering the figure. No month is steadier: August's returns vary by just 3.6% year to year, and even its worst August in 7 years lost only 2.1% — the gentlest downside anywhere on its calendar. Better still, that strength is the fund's own and not just a buoyant market — August has outpaced the S&P 500 by +3.2 points on average. Few peers keep such company in August — the typical stock clears it just 52% of the time.
August anchors a run, too: the May-through-August window has been the fund's reliable season. At the other end of the calendar, March has been the soft spot — the weakest of 3 months that average a loss (−3.0%), and the edge isn't year-round — the fund has trailed the S&P 500 in March, September, and February. Its roughest month on record was a −11.5% December in 2022 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
Reassuringly, the tendency has held its shape: the recent five years still track the years behind them.
For a fund this dependable in August, the sharper question is the rest of the year — outside its strong stretch, the calendar gives far less to lean on. With a short 7-year record, the signal is best held loosely.
Short answers on the fund's best month (August), its worst (March), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a moderate degree. Since 2019 its best month (August, +3.5%) has run well ahead of its worst (March, −3.0%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
August has been the strongest, averaging +3.5% and closing higher in 5 of 6 years since 2019.
It's the weakest, averaging −3.0% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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