iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT)
Top ETFs · Bonds · Long Treasuries · data since 2002-07-30 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+0.10%
7d
-1.50%
30d
-4.37%
YTD
-2.32%
1y
+1.34%
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -0.0 | 4.6 | -4.2 | -0.8 | 0.5 | 1.2 | -3.3 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 5.7 | -1.2 | -1.4 | -3.2 | 2.7 | -1.1 | 0.0 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.3 | -2.7 |
| 2024 | -2.3 | -2.3 | 0.8 | -6.5 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 2.1 | 2.0 | -5.5 | 2.0 | -6.4 |
| 2023 | 7.6 | -4.8 | 4.8 | 0.3 | -3.0 | 0.2 | -2.5 | -3.1 | -8.0 | -5.5 | 9.9 | 8.7 |
| 2022 | -3.9 | -1.6 | -5.4 | -9.4 | -2.3 | -1.3 | 2.4 | -4.5 | -8.2 | -6.0 | 7.2 | -2.6 |
| 2021 | -3.6 | -5.7 | -5.3 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 3.7 | -0.3 | -2.9 | 2.5 | 2.8 | -2.0 |
| 2020 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 1.2 | -1.8 | 0.3 | 4.4 | -5.0 | 0.8 | -3.4 | 1.7 | -1.2 |
| 2019 | 0.4 | -1.4 | 5.6 | -2.0 | 6.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 11.1 | -2.7 | -1.1 | -0.4 | -3.2 |
| 2018 | -3.3 | -3.0 | 2.9 | -2.1 | 2.0 | 0.7 | -1.4 | 1.3 | -2.9 | -2.9 | 1.8 | 5.8 |
| 2017 | 0.8 | 1.6 | -0.7 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.8 | -0.7 | 3.4 | -2.3 | -0.0 | 0.7 | 1.8 |
| 2016 | 5.6 | 3.1 | -0.1 | -0.7 | 0.8 | 6.9 | 2.1 | -1.0 | -1.5 | -4.4 | -8.2 | -0.5 |
| 2015 | 9.8 | -6.1 | 1.1 | -3.4 | -2.4 | -4.1 | 4.5 | -0.7 | 2.0 | -0.4 | -0.9 | -0.3 |
| 2014 | 6.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 3.0 | -0.3 | 0.7 | 4.7 | -2.1 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
| 2013 | -3.2 | 1.2 | -0.4 | 4.7 | -6.8 | -3.3 | -2.3 | -1.3 | 0.7 | 1.4 | -2.7 | -1.9 |
| 2012 | -0.3 | -2.6 | -4.2 | 4.8 | 9.0 | -1.7 | 3.8 | -1.3 | -2.5 | -0.5 | 1.2 | -2.5 |
| 2011 | -3.1 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 3.4 | -2.3 | 4.4 | 9.7 | 13.2 | -3.8 | 2.0 | 3.4 |
| 2010 | 2.7 | -0.3 | -2.1 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 5.8 | -0.9 | 8.4 | -2.5 | -4.5 | -1.7 | -3.7 |
| 2009 | -13.1 | -1.5 | 4.0 | -7.0 | -3.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.5 | -2.6 | 1.2 | -6.3 |
| 2008 | 2.1 | -0.5 | 2.1 | -2.5 | -2.7 | 2.6 | -0.4 | 2.7 | 1.5 | -1.9 | 14.3 | 13.7 |
| 2007 | -1.0 | 3.4 | -1.7 | 0.9 | -2.3 | -1.0 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 5.3 | -0.6 |
| 2006 | -1.3 | 1.1 | -4.6 | -2.8 | -0.2 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 2.3 | -2.7 |
| 2005 | 3.6 | -1.5 | -0.5 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.2 | -3.4 | 3.5 | -3.6 | -2.2 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
| 2004 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.4 | -6.2 | -0.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 1.8 | -2.4 | 2.7 |
| 2003 | -0.6 | 3.1 | -1.4 | 1.1 | 6.3 | -1.8 | -10.0 | 1.3 | 5.9 | -3.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| 2002 | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1.2 | 5.5 | 4.3 | -3.7 | -0.9 | 4.5 |
| Avg | 0.6 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -1.6 | 1.6 | 0.5 |
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 | +0.6% | +0.1% | -0.1% | -0.7% | +0.7% | +0.7% | +0.7% | +2.0% | +0.0% | -1.6% | +1.6% | +0.5% |
| Win rate | 50%/24 | 50%/24 | 46%/24 | 50%/24 | 54%/24 | 67%/24 | 62%/24 | 67%/24 | 54%/24 | 29%/24 | 71%/24 | 42%/24 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-48.4%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±3.9%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
53%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+14.34%
2008-11
Worst month
-13.07%
2009-01
Longest streaks
6▲ / 7▼
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 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF does respectable public-company things — with price receipts on this site going back to 2002. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2002) would be about $237 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was November 2008 at +14.34%; its worst, January 2009 at -13.07%.
- It has closed November in the green 17 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.