ETF·NYSE
Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF (LIT)
- Net assets
- $1.43B
- Expense ratio
- 0.75%
- Yield
- 0.73%
- 52-week range
- $55.80 $91.98
The short version
Where LIT stands today, in four lines, and what CleaRank Financial AI makes of it.
LIT at a glance
Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF (LIT): Sell, 27/100 on CleaRank's AI score.
- Trend Down: the price is below both its 50- and 200-day moving averages ($71.93 and $74.99).
- Fund Expense ratio 0.75%, $1.4B in net assets, +21.4% total return over 1 year.
Figures as of October 16, 2026.
CleaRank Financial AI
CleaRank rates Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF (LIT) Sell, with a model score of 27/100.
One-year performance lifts the score most: the price rose 11.44% over the past year. The trend holds it back most: the price is 14.67% below its 200-day average and 11.04% below its 50-day average, and the 50-day average is 4.08% below the 200-day. The 50-day average stands at $71.93 and the 200-day at $74.99.
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Figures we compute ourselves from LIT's own price history. Tap one to see it in context.
Price and trading
The chart, today's range and how far the price has moved over each period.
Trend checks
0/4Price above its 50-day average ›
The price of $63.99 is 11.0% below the 50-day simple moving average of $71.93.Price above its 200-day average ›
The price is 14.7% below the 200-day simple moving average of $74.99.50-day average above the 200-day ›
The 50-day average ($71.93) is 4.1% below the 200-day average ($74.99), the arrangement of a falling longer-term trend.In the upper half of its 52-week range ›
The price sits at 23% of its 52-week range, between $55.80 and $91.98.
LIT share price
Pick a period: each tab shows how far LIT has moved over it, to the last close.
Today's trading
Where LIT sits inside today's range and its 52-week range.
Fund facts and valuation
What the fund holds, what it costs and how it is valued.
Fund checks
3/5Expense ratio at or below 0.20% ›
The fund charges 0.75% a year, $75.00 on a $10,000 holding.Over $1B in net assets ›
Net assets total $1.4B.No sector above 35% of the fund ›
The largest sector, Basic Materials, makes up 47.8% of the fund.Pays a distribution ›
The distribution yield is 0.73%.Positive return over one year ›
The fund family reports a one-year total return of 21.42%.
LIT Fund Facts
Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF is an exchange-traded fund focused on the lithium and battery supply chain. The fund invests across the full lithium cycle, including mining, refining, and battery production, giving exposure to companies involved in materials, industrial processing, and energy storage technologies. Its portfolio is designed to capture the performance of global businesses tied to lithium demand and battery development, with holdings spanning different regions and market capitalizations.
Sector weights
Trailing total returns
| Period | LIT |
|---|---|
| YTD | 5.89% |
| 1 month | -10.47% |
| 3 months | -12.11% |
| 1 year | 21.42% |
| 3 years | 8.29% |
| 5 years | -2.78% |
| 10 years | 12.49% |
As of Oct 16, 2026, LIT has an expense ratio of 0.75%, $1.43B in net assets and a distribution yield of 0.73%.
Fund reference data as of Oct 16, 2026. Expense ratio and net assets are reported by the fund; returns are total returns and can differ from price change.
Key statistics
The headline figures for LIT.
What the numbers say
CleaRank Financial AI's reading of LIT's holdings, performance and risks.
Basic Materials is the anchor of Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF (LIT), making up 47.8% of the fund. Industrials follow at 24.7%, and Technology adds 19.5%. Since more than a third of the fund rests in one sector, LIT tends to track that sector more closely than a broadly spread fund would. The fund is classed as a Natural Resources fund, issued by Global X Funds and launched on July 22, 2010.
Costs run at 0.75% a year, or $75.00 on a $10,000 holding. The fund's net assets come to $1.4B, its distribution yield is 0.73%, and portfolio turnover is 52%.
Concentration is the core risk: Basic Materials accounts for 47.8% of the fund, so trouble in that sector would hit the whole portfolio. Day-to-day swings also deserve attention, since LIT has moved 1.24% on an average session. The downtrend adds its own risk while the price remains under both moving averages. The price is 30.43% below its 52-week high of $91.98.
AI analysis and technicals
CleaRank's score and reasoning, the indicators behind it, and what the price moves with.
Momentum checks
0/3RSI not overbought or oversold ›
The 14-day RSI is 26.7, in oversold territory.RSI above 50 ›
An RSI of 26.7 is below the 50 midpoint, so sellers have had the upper hand over the last 14 days.MACD line above zero ›
The MACD line is negative, so the 12-day average is below the 26-day average.
CleaRank AI analysis of LIT
The score, the reasoning behind it, and what could move the price next.
LIT, the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF, trades at $63.99 and sits beneath both of its main moving averages. It is 11.04% below its 50-day average of $71.93 and 14.67% below its 200-day average of $74.99. The price sits at 23% of its 52-week range, which leaves it 14.68% above the 52-week low of $55.80. Because the 50-day average is 4.08% below the 200-day average, the shorter-term trend is running weaker than the longer one.
Momentum is weak right now. The 14-day RSI sits at 26.7, which is in the oversold zone, and the MACD line is negative. Even so, the recent slide is a pullback within a longer record: over the past month the price fell 8.39%, over the past three months it fell 6.42%, yet over the past year it rose 11.44%.
- Keep an eye on the two closest levels. Above the price sits the 20-day EMA at $68.58, and below it sits the 52-week low at $55.80.
- Momentum readings are weak: the 14-day RSI is 26.7, which is in the oversold zone, and the MACD line is negative. Readings above 70 or below 30 signal stretched momentum.
- Fees add up over time. At 0.75% a year, LIT takes $75.00 on every $10,000 invested.
As long as LIT stays below both its 50-day average of $71.93 and its 200-day average of $74.99, the downtrend holds. A close back above the 50-day average would mark the first sign of repair. Overhead, the 20-day EMA at $68.58 is the first hurdle a rebound would meet.
Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF (LIT) has the 52-week low of $55.80 as the next level below the price. The RSI sits in oversold territory, so a climb back above the oversold line would be the first hint that selling pressure is fading.
Technical indicators
Momentum and trend for LIT, from its daily closes.
As of October 16, 2026, with LIT at $63.99, its 14-day RSI is 26.7 (oversold territory), its 50-day simple moving average is $71.93 and its 200-day is $74.99.
Calculated by CleaRank on daily closes as of October 16, 2026: Wilder's 14-day RSI, 50- and 200-day simple moving averages, MACD line (12, 26).
What LIT moves with
Correlation of daily returns over one year: +1 moves in step, 0 has no link, -1 moves the opposite way.
As of October 16, 2026, LIT's 1-year correlation of daily returns is +0.52 with S&P 500 (SPY), +0.54 with Nasdaq 100 (QQQ), +0.35 with Bitcoin (BTC) and +0.40 with gold (XAU).
A trade plan, if you want one
Entry, stop and target levels from the moving averages and recent volatility. Educational, not advice.
LIT trade plan
Entry, stop and target levels, sized to your account. Change the bias or the risk and every level updates.
Short entry pick an entry style
Risk management
Profit targets (Based on Conservative Entry)
These levels come from LIT's moving averages and recent volatility, not from a forecast. Educational levels, not financial advice; the full disclaimer is at the foot of the page.
Risk profile
How much LIT tends to move, against the market and on its own.
The long record
LIT's worst falls and recoveries, what $10,000 became, and which months have been kind to it.
Track record checks
2/4Average daily move under 2% ›
The price has moved 1.24% on an average day (30-day standard deviation of daily returns).Recovered from its worst fall ›
The worst fall was 65.4%, from November 2021 to April 2025, regained by May 2026.Most 1-year holds ended higher ›
50% of 1-year holding periods in the last 10 years ended with a gain.Beat the S&P 500 since the chart begins ›
$10,000 invested in October 2016 is now worth $32,055, against $42,525 in the S&P 500 (SPY).
LIT Drawdowns & Recovery
As of October 16, 2026, LIT's worst peak-to-trough fall over the last 10 years with dividends reinvested was -65.4% (November 2021 to April 2025); it regained that peak by May 2026, 13 months after the low, and 50% of 1-year holding periods ended with a gain.
From weekly closing values with dividends reinvested. A drawdown is the fall from the highest value reached so far to a later low.
Growth of $10,000
What $10,000 put into LIT in October 2016 is worth now, against the same amount in the S&P 500.
Against the market: LIT trailed the S&P 500 over this period: $32,055 against $42,525.
A $10,000 investment in LIT in October 2016 would be worth about $32,055 today with dividends reinvested, compared with about $42,525 for the same investment in the S&P 500 benchmark (also with dividends reinvested).
Seasonal patterns
Which calendar months have been kind to LIT, and which have not.
Strongest month, January: an average of +5.54%, up in 7 of 10 years.
Weakest month, March: an average of -5.38%, up in 2 of 10 years.
This month, October: has averaged +0.82%, up in 6 of 9 years. Past seasonality does not repeat on schedule.
Over the last 10 years, LIT's strongest calendar month has been January (average +5.54%, up in 7 of 10 years) and its weakest March (average -5.38%, up in 2 of 10 years).
Average return for each calendar month over the last 10 years, from weekly closing prices with dividends included.
Long-term scenarios
Thousands of simulated paths from the price history. A range of outcomes, not a forecast.
Monte Carlo projection
Thousands of simulated paths for $10,000 in LIT, from its own past volatility. The shaded area holds 80% of them.
CleaRank's 10-year Monte Carlo simulation projects that a $10,000 investment in LIT today could grow to about $21,603 by 2036 in the base case, with a 90th-percentile outcome near $75,517 and a 10th-percentile outcome around $6,180. The simulation models price only; at today's 0.73% yield, dividends would add to these figures. Projections are statistical simulations, not guarantees.
LIT 2030 Scenarios (Monte Carlo)
The same simulation in share prices, year by year.
CleaRank's simulation projects a price near $87.08 for LIT by 2030 in the base case, from $63.99 today (1.4x over 4 years). The 10th-percentile path ends near $39.46. These are outcomes of a Monte Carlo simulation run on LIT's historical return distribution, not price targets, and they assume no dividends are reinvested.
| Year | 10th percentile | Base case | 90th percentile | range base today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | $46.52 | $69.11 | $103 | |
| 2028 | $42.65 | $74.65 | $131 | |
| 2029 | $40.62 | $80.62 | $160 | |
| 2030 | $39.46 | $87.08 | $192 | |
| 2031 | $38.82 | $94.05 | $228 |
Method: a lognormal simulation of LIT's own volatility and capped historical trend, re-run daily; base case is the median path, the outer columns the 10th and 90th percentiles.
Questions people ask
Answered from the figures on this page, as of October 16, 2026.