The takeaway
Teucrium Sugar shows a slight seasonal lean over 10 years of data — strongest in August (+1.7%) and softest in October (−0.4%).
Right now
In July, the fund has fallen 50% of years, averaging −0.3%, roughly 2.4 pts behind the S&P 500.
The full picture
Teucrium Sugar's most dependable month has been August, higher in 7 of 10 years; October has been its least reliable, up just 30% of the time.
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Month by month
The fund's clearest edge over the S&P 500 lands in September (+2.2 pts); it has trailed the market most in March (−2.9 pts).
“vs S&P” is Teucrium Sugar’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Teucrium Sugar’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, August has closed higher 100% of the time versus 70% across the last 10 years — the pattern is strengthening.
Figures are the typical (median) August return and how often it rose — the last 5 years versus the last 10(the heatmap’s default window). This verdict stays anchored to that 10-year window even if you zoom the chart, so it never disagrees with the badges above.
In plain English
Dependability is the through-line here. August stands out, higher in 7 of 10 Augusts, but it heads a clutch of months that pull the year reliably upward.
Its average (+1.7%) and median (+1.0%) land within a hair of each other — the tell of steady, year-after-year gains rather than one outlier doing the work. Crucially, the gain is the fund's own rather than a rising tide's: August has cleared the S&P 500 by +1.4 points above the index. That consistency sets it apart from the field, where the average stock manages August only about 52% of the time.
A few other months pull their weight: January and December have also closed higher more often than not. On the other side of the ledger, October is the year's quietest corner, essentially flat on average, and the edge isn't year-round — the fund has trailed the S&P 500 in March, November, and July. Its roughest month on record was a −23.0% March in 2020 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
August has now closed higher 6 years running. If anything it has sharpened recently — the last five Augusts run ahead of the earlier years.
The takeaway is less about when to buy than what to expect: August aside, the fund's months offer little reliable tilt.
Short answers on the fund's best month (August), its worst (October), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Only mildly. The fund's months are fairly even — August is the firmest (+1.7%) and October the softest (−0.4%), a narrow spread that points to weak seasonality rather than a strong calendar effect.
August has been the strongest, averaging +1.7% and closing higher in 7 of 10 years since 2016.
It's the weakest, averaging −0.4% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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