Did you buy the ETFs after the all time highs?
If so, it's been rough.
Many more down days than up days.
It has felt like fighting a losing battle.
Fight against a never relenting tide of selling.
This tide keeps pushing and pushing and pushing lower and lower and lower.
The end result is this:
(Source: https://x.com/dougboneparth/status/1805333847216730348/photo/1)