The takeaway
Global X Data Center REITs & Digital Infrastructure ETF shows a slight seasonal lean over 6 years of data — strongest in July (+2.7%) and softest in October (−0.2%).
Right now
In July, the fund has risen 100% of years, averaging +2.7%, about +0.6 pts better than the S&P 500.
The full picture
Global X Data Center REITs & Digital Infrastructure ETF's most dependable month has been July, higher in 5 of 5 years; October 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 November (+2.7 pts); it has trailed the market most in April (−3.5 pts).
“vs S&P” is Global X Data Center REITs & Digital Infrastructure ETF’s average for a month minus the S&P 500’s average for that same month — isolating Global X Data Center REITs & Digital Infrastructure ETF’s own seasonal edge from broad market drift.
Reality check
Over the last 5 years, July has closed higher 100% of the time versus 100% across the last 6 years — the pattern is holding.
Figures are the typical (median) July return and how often it rose — the last 5 years versus the last 6(the heatmap’s default window). This verdict stays anchored to that 6-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 July is the anchor — it has closed higher in all 5 Julys, the steadiest beat on its year.
The strength looks broad-based rather than freakish: its average (+2.7%) and median (+3.3%) sit close together, so no single blow-out year is flattering the figure. No month is steadier: July's returns vary by just 0.8% year to year, and even its worst July in 6 years lost only 1.3% — the gentlest downside anywhere on its calendar. Better still, that strength is the fund's own and not just a buoyant market — July has outpaced the S&P 500 by +0.6 points on average. Few peers keep such company in July — the typical stock clears it just 61% of the time.
July anchors a run, too: the May-through-August window has been the fund's reliable season. The weaker half of the year is plainer: 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 April, September, and October. Its roughest month on record was a −14.9% September in 2022 — a reminder of how hard even a seasonal name can fall.
July has now closed higher 5 years running.
For a fund this dependable in July, the sharper question is the rest of the year — outside its strong stretch, the calendar gives far less to lean on. With a short 6-year record, the signal is best held loosely.
Short answers on the fund's best month (July), its worst (October), and whether it really trades seasonally.
Only mildly. The fund's months are fairly even — July is the firmest (+2.7%) and October the softest (−0.2%), a narrow spread that points to weak seasonality rather than a strong calendar effect.
July has been the strongest, averaging +2.7% and closing higher in all 5 years on record since 2020.
It's the weakest, averaging −0.2% — historically a soft spot, though it still varies from year to year.
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