Histogram of ETF Daily Total Returns

Volatility is measured by the (annualized) standard deviation of daily returns. Volatile ETFs have return distributions that are very spread out. By contrast, low volatility ETFs have tight distributions, where the daily returns are clustered around the average.
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Histogram Of Daily Returns: Jul 01, 2024 - Jul 03, 2025

Histogram of daily returns

  SPY INDA
Mean Average +0.1% +0.0%
St. Dev. 1.3 % 0.9 %
Volatility 20.5 % 14.8 %
Total Return +16.1% +0.0%
Max Daily Rtn +10.5% +4.2%
Min Daily Rtn -5.9% -3.9%
Positive Days 149 (59.1 %) 131 (52.0 %)
Negative Days 103 (40.9 %) 120 (47.6 %)
Unchanged Days 0 (0.0 %) 1 (0.4 %)