iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY)
Bonds · Short Treasuries · data since 2002-07-30 · last close 2026-09-09
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.2 | 0.5 | -0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.0 | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.8 | -0.3 | 0.6 | -0.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | -0.4 | 0.3 | -0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | -0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | -0.8 | 1.6 | 0.2 | -0.4 | -0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | -0.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| 2022 | -0.7 | -0.4 | -1.4 | -0.5 | 0.6 | -0.6 | 0.4 | -0.8 | -1.2 | -0.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -0.0 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.2 |
| 2020 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | -0.1 | 0.8 | -0.1 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2018 | -0.3 | -0.1 | 0.3 | -0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
| 2017 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.0 |
| 2016 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.6 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.5 | 0.1 |
| 2015 | 0.6 | -0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.3 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -0.1 |
| 2014 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -0.3 |
| 2013 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| 2012 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2010 | 0.8 | 0.2 | -0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -0.2 | -0.2 |
| 2009 | -0.4 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | -0.8 |
| 2008 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | -0.8 | -0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 |
| 2007 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 0.3 |
| 2006 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| 2005 | -0.0 | -0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | -0.4 | 0.7 | -0.3 | -0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| 2004 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | -1.1 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | -0.1 | 0.3 | -0.6 | 0.2 |
| 2003 | -0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | -0.5 | -0.1 | 1.0 | -0.4 | -0.1 | 1.1 |
| 2002 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | -0.4 | 1.1 |
| Avg | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
returnsview.com
SHY seasonality — average by calendar month
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF has monthly history back to 2002. Its strongest month by median is August — positive in 17 of 25 years, median +0.3%, and higher in 5 of the last 9. January has the highest win rate, up in 19 of 24. Across its full record it has closed 66% of months higher, swings ±0.4% in an average month and has fallen 5.7% peak to trough.
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +0.2% | +0.1% | +0.2% | +0.1% | +0.1% | +0.1% | +0.2% | +0.3% | +0.1% | +0.1% | +0.2% | +0.2% |
| Win rate | 79%/24 | 58%/24 | 71%/24 | 75%/24 | 67%/24 | 58%/24 | 68%/25 | 68%/25 | 54%/24 | 58%/24 | 62%/24 | 71%/24 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
SHY risk & extremes
SHY drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
Related stocks
Frequently asked questions
What was iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF's best month?+
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF's strongest completed month on record is November 2007, at +1.79%.
What was iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF's worst month?+
Its weakest completed month on record is March 2022, at -1.40%.
Is iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF up this year?+
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF is up 0.30% year to date, measured from its last close before 1 January.
What is iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF's 1-year return?+
+1.45% over the past twelve months, comparing the latest close with the most recent close on or before the same date a year earlier.
What is iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF's biggest drawdown?+
The deepest peak-to-trough fall on record is 5.7%, measured on month-end closes since 2002.
Which calendar month is historically best for iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF?+
August has the highest average return across every completed August since 2002. An average is not a forecast.
About iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF is a short treasuries business worth about $26 billion. Tracked here from its first session onward — every monthly, quarterly and weekly return on record since 2002, with no gaps filled in and nothing smoothed. Since 2002 it has ground out +59% overall — not every story is a rocket.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was November 2007 at +1.79%; its worst, March 2022 at -1.4%.
- It has closed January in the green 19 out of 24 times — not a promise, just a suspicious habit.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.