| BGVIX | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +181.86% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +10.92% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +16.45% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.66 |
| Deepest drawdown | -41.14% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2018-01-26 → 2020-03-23 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 11.66% (as of 2026-10-02) |
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-10-02 the fund returned +181.86% in total (+10.92% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -41.14% from 2018-01-26 to 2020-03-23. Its worst calendar year was 2018 (-10.36%), its best 2025 (+33.52%).
| Year | BGVIX |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +3.51% |
| 2025 | +33.52% |
| 2024 | +12.51% |
| 2023 | +21.68% |
| 2022 | -5.94% |
| 2021 | +21.19% |
| 2020 | +1.97% |
| 2019 | +17.37% |
| 2018 | -10.36% |
| 2017 | +16.22% |
| 2016 | +4.81% |
+181.86% in total, which works out to +10.92% a year over the 10 years to 2026-10-02. Both figures assume dividends were reinvested and the fund's own fees were already deducted, so they are what an investor would have kept — before tax.
2018 — its calendar-year return was -10.36% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2025 (+33.52%).
-41.14%, from a peak on 2018-01-26 to a trough on 2020-03-23. From that trough it took 288 days (about 9.5 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 11.66% of its share price (as of 2026-10-02). That is a past distribution, not a promise of future income, and it is already counted in every return figure on this page.
It does not say BGVIX is a good or bad fund, and it is not a forecast. Returns above are history: they already include dividends and already exclude the fund's own fees. A drawdown of -41.14% means an investor who bought at the peak would have watched that much value disappear before it recovered — how long that takes is the part most tables leave out.