iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY)
Bonds · Short Treasuries · data since 2002-07-30 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+0.10%
7d
-0.17%
30d
+0.02%
YTD
+0.57%
1y
+2.87%
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 | -0.0 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 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).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| 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 | 71%/24 | 71%/24 | 54%/24 | 58%/24 | 62%/24 | 71%/24 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-5.7%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±0.4%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
66%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+1.79%
2007-11
Worst month
-1.4%
2022-03
Longest streaks
18▲ / 9▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF does respectable public-company things — with price receipts on this site going back to 2002. 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.