Global X Cybersecurity ETF Volatility

BUG ETF  USD 29.50  1.53  5.47%   
Global X's volatility page measures how much the ETF price has swung and what risk that implies for holders. It carries a 0.83 long-term beta, meaning it tends to be less volatile than the market as a whole. The ETF shows above-average price volatility over the last 3 months.

Sharpe Ratio = 0.0378

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Global X Cybersecurity reported a Market Risk Adjusted Performance of 0.2%, a Risk of 2.29, and a Risk Adjusted Performance of 0.1%. The ETF is tracking at approximately 3% of its historical trend range per monthly averages.
Key indicators related to Global X's volatility include:
90 Days Market Risk
Chance Of Distress
90 Days Economic Sensitivity

Key risk metrics for Global X (3 Months):

 Beta
0.61
 Alpha
0.11
 Risk
2.29
 Sharpe Ratio
0.04
 Expected Return
0.09

Moving together with Global X ETF

  0.89CIBR First Trust NASDAQPairCorr
  0.74IGV iShares Expanded TechPairCorr

Moving Against Global X ETF

  0.38METD Direxion Daily METAPairCorr

Sensitivity To Market

Global X Cybersecurity exhibits a beta of 0.61, representing its market-relative sensitivity. This coefficient separates systematic risk from company-specific volatility. Total return dispersion is approximately 2.29%. Global X Cybersecurity return patterns over the selected horizon reflect a above average level of variability, based on dispersion and downside-focused statistics. Standard deviation is near 2.29%. Creation/redemption activity keeps price closer to NAV, but volatility still rises during stress. Premium/discount to NAV is often expressed as (Price − NAV) / NAV × 100 when NAV is available.
Current 90-day Global X correlation with market (Dow Jones Industrial)
α0.11   β0.61
3 Months Beta |Global X Cybersecurity Demand Trend
Current 90-day Global X correlation with market (Dow Jones Industrial)

Downside Risk

For Global X, the standard deviation figure expresses the observed spread of daily returns over the selected period. The magnitude of Global X standard deviation determines where it falls on the volatility spectrum relative to peers. Because standard deviation treats upside and downside moves equally, pairing it with downside deviation isolates asymmetric risk exposure for Global X. Normalizing Global X returns by their standard deviation produces a z-score suited to cross-asset comparison.
Standard Deviation
    
  2.29  
Upside and downside risks in Global X are not symmetric. Downside deviation measures only the risk of loss in Global X's returns, unlike standard deviation which includes all moves. The risk profile of Global X has two components: upside risk and downside risk. Total volatility measures all price movement; downside deviation measures only the loss risk in Global X's returns. Global X Cybersecurity reported a Downside Deviation of 3.02, a Downside Variance of 9.14, and a Maximum Drawdown of 9.30.

ETF Volatility Analysis

Market participants monitor Global X volatility to assess the ETF's price stability. Sharp price swings in Global X's ETF often accompany major news events or earnings announcements. A wide deviation implies greater uncertainty and potential reward or loss for Global X. Volatility in Global X often coincides with valuation shifts that alter the risk-return profile.
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This analysis covers sixty-one data points across the selected time horizon. The Average Price transformation calculates the mean of Global X Cybersecurity's open, high, low, and close for each trading period. By incorporating all four price components equally, it provides a balanced representation of each period's trading activity. Compared to using the closing price alone, the average price reduces the influence of end-of-day positioning and can serve as a smoother input for other technical indicators.

Projected Return Density Against Market

Over a 90-day investment horizon, Global X has a beta of 0.6129 suggesting as returns on the market go up, Global X's average returns tend to increase less than the benchmark. However, during a bear market, the loss from holding Global X Cybersecurity tends to be smaller as well.
Global X exhibits both macro-linked volatility and company or sector-specific developments. Beta and standard deviation quantify relative market risk. Global X Cybersecurity reported a Downside Deviation of 3.02, a Mean Deviation of 1.70, and a Semi Deviation of 2.81.
Global X Cybersecurity has an alpha of 0.1103, implying that it can generate a 0.1103 percent excess return over Dow Jones Industrial after adjusting for the inherent market risk (beta).
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Global X's volatility is typically evaluated with standard deviation and beta. Standard deviation reflects how far Global X's returns usually move from the mean over the selected horizon.

What Drives Global X's Price Volatility?

Holdings and Allocation

Global X's volatility can rise when allocation drift or holdings turnover shifts across the Technology category.

Political and Economic Environment

Changes in fiscal policy, rates, and growth expectations affect market-wide risk premiums and spill into Global X's trading.

Global X's Fund-Specific Factors

Fund flow dynamics, expense-ratio competitiveness, and index reconstitution events can create abrupt price dispersion in Global X.

ETF Risk Measures

Over a 90-day investment horizon, the coefficient of variation of Global X is 2643.41. The daily returns are distributed with a variance of 5.25 and standard deviation of 2.29. The mean deviation of Global X Cybersecurity is currently at 1.7. For similar time horizon, the selected benchmark (Dow Jones Industrial) has volatility of 0.96
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Alpha over Dow Jones
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Beta against Dow Jones0.61
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Overall volatility
2.29
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Information ratio 0.05

ETF Return Volatility

Global X return volatility captures the typical daily swing in ETF returns relative to the mean over the selected period. The Exchange Traded Fund has volatility of 2.2906% on return distribution over a 90-day investment horizon. Meanwhile, Dow Jones Industrial reported 0.9279% volatility on return distribution over a 90-day investment horizon.
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Related Correlations Analysis


Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

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Global X Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

Global X ETF can look attractive on recent price action while risk efficiency lags the peer group. Without risk-adjusted context, short-term returns may appear stronger than the volatility required to achieve them would suggest. These indicators are quantitative in nature and measure volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across different positions.

Risk Metrics, Assumptions & Methodology

Systematic risk exposure for Global X measures how much of the fund's volatility comes from broad market movements versus idiosyncratic factors. Systematic risk dominates during market stress, often overwhelming any diversification benefit from low average beta.

Global X Cybersecurity metrics draw on fund disclosures and market reference feeds, standardized for cross-period comparison. Volatility and downside metrics are estimated from historical return dispersion.

Editorial review and methodology oversight provided by: Vlad Skutelnik, Macroaxis Contributor

Volatility Profile Summary

Recent data suggests that Global X Cybersecurity is more volatile than Dow Jones Industrial by approximately 2.46x over the selected horizon. This differential reflects the relative dispersion of returns and frames how the asset responds to broader market conditions. Observed price behavior indicates modest directional movement within the current volatility regime. Across the current 90-day horizon, that places the security below 20% of the broader equity and portfolio universe on a pure volatility basis. This positioning reflects relative dispersion compared to peers rather than extreme instability.

Global X Cybersecurity with characteristics aligned to broad market upside participation. This short-horizon analysis focuses on what the latest move may imply for immediate market context. It highlights whether the move looks ordinary, stressed, or unusually speculative for the instrument. a very speculative upward sentiment. Return distributions derived from historical modeling outline a range of potential outcomes over the selected 90-day horizon. View Global X probability analysis.

Weak diversification
Across the chosen horizon, Global X and Dow Jones show a correlation of 0.49 and fall into the Weak diversification bucket. This chart measures the degree of risk overlap between Global X and Dow Jones.

Additional Risk Indicators

Risk analysis around Global X Cybersecurity gains depth when secondary indicators confirm, refine, or challenge the basic volatility picture. This is most informative when assessing whether the current opportunity is being compensated with reasonable risk.

Global X Suggested Diversification Pairs

Pair analysis provides a framework for evaluating relative performance between Global X Cybersecurity and comparable securities. This structure emphasizes relative performance differences between paired assets rather than broad market direction.
While pairing positions reduces portfolio risk, some forms of risk persist no matter which instruments are combined. No matter how well a pair is constructed around Global X, market-wide risk remains. What pair trading can address is Global X's unsystematic risk - the portion driven by company or sector-specific factors rather than broad market forces.

More Resources for Global X ETF Analysis

Understanding Global X Cybersecurity includes distinguishing between market price and NAV, where NAV reflects Global X portfolio value. For Global X, valuation encompasses the fund's cost structure, asset allocation, and how closely it follows its index.
Market price and NAV for Global X can move independently over short periods. Holdings turnover, expense ratio, and fund flow patterns can inform the evaluation.