The takeaway
Microsectors Gold 3x Leverage ETN shows a pronounced seasonal pattern over 3 years of data — strongest in March (+20.6%) and softest in June (−8.1%).
Right now
In July, the fund has risen 67% of years, averaging +3.7%, about +1.5 pts better than the S&P 500.
The full picture
Microsectors Gold 3x Leverage ETN's most dependable month has been March, higher in 3 of 3 years; June has been its least reliable, up just 0% of the time.
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Month by month
The fund's clearest edge over the S&P 500 lands in March (+19.6 pts); it has trailed the market most in June (−8.3 pts).
“vs S&P” is Microsectors Gold 3x Leverage ETN’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Microsectors Gold 3x Leverage ETN’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 3 years, March has closed higher 100% of the time versus 100% across the last 3 years — the pattern is holding.
Figures are the typical (median) March return and how often it rose — the last 3 years versus the last 3(the heatmap’s default window). This verdict stays anchored to that 3-year window even if you zoom the chart, so it never disagrees with the badges above.
In plain English
The seasonal story is really one month's story — March. It has closed higher in all 3 Marches, a concentration the rest of the calendar can't touch.
The strength looks broad-based rather than freakish: its average (+20.6%) and median (+19.6%) sit close together, so no single blow-out year is flattering the figure. Few months are steadier: March's returns vary by just 2.2% year to year, and even its worst March in 3 years lost only 18.6% — the gentlest downside anywhere on its calendar. Better still, that strength is the fund's own and not just a buoyant market — March has outpaced the S&P 500 by +19.6 points on average. Few peers keep such company in March — the typical stock clears it just 56% of the time.
It doesn't stand entirely alone — April, July, and August have leaned firm as well, if less emphatically. On the other side of the ledger, June has been the soft spot — the weakest of 4 months that average a loss (−8.1%), and the edge isn't year-round — the fund has trailed the S&P 500 in June, December, and May. Its roughest month on record was a −15.4% September in 2023 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
For a fund this dependable in March, the sharper question is the rest of the year — outside its strong stretch, the calendar gives far less to lean on. With a short 3-year record, the signal is best held loosely.
Short answers on the fund's best month (March), its worst (June), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Yes, to a pronounced degree. Since 2023 its best month (March, +20.6%) has run well ahead of its worst (June, −8.1%) — the heatmap above shows how steady that gap has been year to year.
March has been the strongest, averaging +20.6% and closing higher in all 3 years on record since 2023.
It's the weakest, averaging −8.1% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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