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Document Type dei_DocumentType 485BPOS
Document Period End Date dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate Jun. 30, 2016
Entity Registrant Name dei_EntityRegistrantName RYDEX ETF TRUST
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Amendment Flag dei_AmendmentFlag false
Document Creation Date dei_DocumentCreationDate Jun. 30, 2016
Document Effective Date dei_DocumentEffectiveDate Jun. 30, 2016
Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate Jun. 30, 2016
Domestic Equal Weight ETF | Guggenheim S&P 100® Equal Weight ETF  
Prospectus: rr_ProspectusTable  
Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading GUGGENHEIM S&P 100® EQUAL WEIGHT ETF (OEW)                             
Objective [Heading] rr_ObjectiveHeading INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
Objective, Primary [Text Block] rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock
The investment objective of the Guggenheim S&P 100® Equal Weight ETF (the “Fund”) is to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the daily performance of the S&P 100® Equal Weight Index (the “Underlying Index”).
Expense [Heading] rr_ExpenseHeading FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock
The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. Most investors also will incur customary brokerage commissions when buying or selling shares of the Fund, which are not reflected in the table or the Example. If commissions were included in the table and the Example, the costs shown would be higher.
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] rr_ShareholderFeesCaption Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fees (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.40%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets none [1]
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 0.40%
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund is new, and therefore, does not have a historical portfolio turnover rate.
Expense Example [Heading] rr_ExpenseExampleHeading EXAMPLE
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds.
Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] rr_ExpenseExampleByYearCaption The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 41
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 $ 129
Strategy [Heading] rr_StrategyHeading PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock
The Fund invests primarily in equity securities to meet its investment objective of replicating the Underlying Index as closely as possible, before fees and expenses. The Underlying Index is an unmanaged equal weighted version of the S&P 100® Index, which is an unmanaged capitalization weighted index comprised of a subset of 100 companies of the S&P 500® Index selected by Standard & Poor's Financial Services, LLC and representing major blue chip companies across multiple industry groups. Unlike the S&P 100® Index, in which each constituent stock’s weight is proportionate to its market value, each stock in the Underlying Index will be rebalanced quarterly to have the same target weighting as every other stock in the Underlying Index. The equal weighting provides broader exposure to the majority of securities in the Underlying Index than typically may be found in the Underlying Index’s market capitalization weighted counterpart. As of April 30, 2016, the Underlying Index included companies with a capitalization range of $24.4 billion to $513.5 billion.

The Fund uses a passive management strategy, known as “replication,” to track the performance of the Underlying Index. “Replication” refers to investing in substantially all of the securities in the Underlying Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in the equity securities included in the Underlying Index. The Advisor expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund’s performance, before fees and expenses, and that of the Underlying Index will be 95% or better. A figure of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. The Advisor monitors the Fund’s tracking of the Underlying Index and seeks to maintain an appropriate correlation. The Advisor rebalances the Fund’s portfolio at the same rebalance interval(s) utilized by the Underlying Index.

As long as the Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities included in the Underlying Index, the Fund may hold up to 20% of its assets in securities not included in the Underlying Index, futures contracts, options on futures contracts, options, and swaps related to the Underlying Index, as well as cash and cash equivalents, and shares of investment funds, including money market funds. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund may also hold repurchase agreements, U.S. Government securities or cash equivalents to collateralize its derivatives positions. In an effort to make sure the Fund is fully invested on a day-to-day basis, the Fund may conduct any necessary trading activity at or just prior to the close of the U.S. financial markets.

To the extent the Underlying Index is concentrated in a particular industry the Fund will necessarily be concentrated in that industry. As of the date of this Prospectus, the Fund anticipates that it may have significant exposure to the consumer discretionary, consumer staples, financials, health care, and information technology sectors. The Fund is non-diversified and, therefore, may invest a greater percentage of its net assets in a particular issuer in comparison to a diversified fund.

Risk [Heading] rr_RiskHeading PRINCIPAL RISKS
Risk Narrative [Text Block] rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock
As with all exchange-traded funds, a shareholder is subject to the risk that his or her investment could lose money. In addition to this risk, the Fund is subject to a number of additional risks that may affect the value of its shares, including:

Authorized Participant Concentration Risk—Only an Authorized Participant may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund. The Fund has a limited number of institutions that serve as Authorized Participants. To the extent that these institutions exit the business or are unable to proceed with creation and/or redemption orders with respect to the Fund and no other Authorized Participant is able to step forward to create or redeem, Fund shares may trade at a discount to net asset value ("NAV") and possibly face delisting.

Correlation and Tracking Error Risk—A number of factors may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve a high degree of correlation with its Underlying Index, and there can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation with its Underlying Index either on a single trading day or for a longer time period. Factors such as Fund expenses, imperfect correlation between the Fund’s investments and the components of the Underlying Index, rounding of share prices, changes to the composition of the Underlying Index, regulatory policies, a high portfolio turnover rate, and the use of leverage all contribute to tracking error and correlation risk. Failure to achieve a high degree of correlation may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective and cause the Fund's performance to be less than you expect.
 
Equity Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that the value of the equity securities or equity-based derivatives, if any, in the Fund’s portfolio will decline due to volatility in the equity market caused by general market and economic conditions, perceptions regarding particular industries represented in the equity market, or factors relating to specific companies to which the Fund has investment exposure.

ETF Trading Risks—An unanticipated closing of the Exchange or one or more markets on which either the Fund’s shares trade or the Fund’s portfolio holdings trade or the inability of such markets to open for trading during normal business hours, such as in response to a natural disaster or other event causing severe market disruption, could result in a shareholder’s inability to buy or sell shares of the Fund and the Fund’s inability to buy and sell exchange-traded portfolio securities during that period, or in a disruption of the Fund’s creation and redemption process, and may make it difficult for the Fund to accurately price its investments thereby potentially affecting the price at which Fund shares trade in the secondary market. All of these events could adversely affect the performance of the Fund. Trading in Fund shares also may be halted by the Exchange or other markets because of market conditions or other reasons. If a trading halt occurs, a shareholder may temporarily be unable to purchase or sell shares of the Fund. Similarly, the Exchange or other markets may issue trading halts on specific securities or derivatives, which will affect the ability of the Fund to buy or sell certain securities or derivatives. In such circumstances, the Fund may be unable to rebalance its portfolio or accurately price its investments and may incur substantial trading losses.

Shares also may trade on the Exchange or on other markets at prices below their NAV. The NAV of shares will fluctuate with changes in the market value of the Fund’s holdings and the exchange-traded prices of the Fund's shares may not reflect these market values. Although the Fund’s shares are currently listed on the Exchange, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for shares will develop or be maintained.

Large-Capitalization Securities Risk—The Fund is subject to the risk that large-capitalization stocks may underperform other segments of the equity market or the equity market as a whole. Larger, more established companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in technology and may not be able to attain the high growth rate of smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.

Liquidity and Valuation Risk—In certain circumstances, it may be difficult for the Fund to purchase and sell a particular investment within a reasonable time at a fair price, or the price at which it has been valued by the Advisor for purposes of the Fund’s NAV, causing the Fund to be less liquid. While the Fund intends to invest in liquid securities and financial instruments, under certain market conditions, such as when trading in a particular investment has been halted temporarily by an exchange because the maximum price change of that investment has been realized, it may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to liquidate such investments. In addition, the ability of the Fund to assign an accurate daily value to certain investments may be difficult, and the Advisor may be required to fair value the investments.

Market Risk—The market value of the securities and derivatives (if any) held by the Fund may fluctuate resulting from factors affecting the individual company or other factors such as changing economic, political or financial market conditions. Moreover, changing economic, political or financial market conditions in one country or geographic region could adversely impact the market value of the securities held by the Fund in a different country or geographic region.

Non-Diversification Risk—The Fund is considered non-diversified and can invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of individual issuers than a diversified fund. As a result, changes in the market value of a single issuer could cause greater fluctuations in the value of Fund shares than would occur in a diversified fund.

Passive Investment Risk—The Fund is not actively managed and the Advisor does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Therefore, the Fund may be subject to greater losses in a declining market than a fund that is actively managed.

Sector Risk—The Fund is subject to the following Sector Risks:

Consumer Discretionary Sector Risk. The Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the consumer discretionary sector. The Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting the consumer discretionary sector.  The performance of consumer discretionary companies has historically been closely tied to the performance of the overall economy, and is also affected by economic growth, consumer confidence, attitudes and spending. Changes in demographics and consumer tastes can also affect the demand for, and success of, consumer products in the marketplace.

Consumer Staples Sector Risk. The Fund’s investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the consumer staples sector. The Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting the consumer staples sector. The performance of consumer staples companies has historically been closely tied to the performance of the overall economy, and is also affected by consumer confidence, demands and preferences, and spending. In addition, companies in the consumer staples sector may be subject to risks pertaining to the supply of, demand for and prices of raw materials.

Financials Sector Risk. The Fund's investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the financials sector. The Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting the financials sector. Financial companies are subject to extensive government regulation, which may limit the financial commitments they can make and the interest rates and fees they can charge. Profitability is largely dependent on the availability and cost of capital funds, and can fluctuate significantly when interest rates change or due to increased competition.

Health Care Sector Risk. The Fund's investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the health care sector. The Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting the health care sector. The prices of the securities of health care sector companies are closely tied to government regulation and approval of their products and services, which can have a significant effect on the price and availability of those products and services.

Information Technology Sector Risk. The Fund's investments are exposed to issuers conducting business in the information technology sector. The Fund is subject to the risk that the securities of such issuers will underperform the market as a whole due to legislative or regulatory changes, adverse market conditions and/or increased competition affecting the information technology sector. The prices of the securities of technology companies are closely tied to market competition, increased sensitivity to short product cycles and aggressive pricing, and problems with bringing products to market.
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Performance Narrative [Text Block] rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock
A comparison of the Fund’s performance with that of a broad measure of market performance may give some indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund; however, the Fund is new and, therefore, does not have a performance history for a full calendar year. Of course, once the Fund has performance, that past performance (before and after taxes) will not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Updated performance information is available on the Fund’s website at guggenheiminvestments.com or by calling Guggenheim Client Services at 800.820.0888.

Performance One Year or Less [Text] rr_PerformanceOneYearOrLess A comparison of the Fund’s performance with that of a broad measure of market performance may give some indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund; however, the Fund is new and, therefore, does not have a performance history for a full calendar year.
Performance Availability Phone [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityPhone 800.820.0888
Performance Availability Website Address [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress guggenheiminvestments.com
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture Of course, once the Fund has performance, that past performance (before and after taxes) will not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.
Domestic Equal Weight ETF | Guggenheim S&P 100® Equal Weight ETF | Guggenheim S&P 100 Equal Weight ETF  
Prospectus: rr_ProspectusTable  
Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol OEW
Shareholder Fee, Other rr_ShareholderFeeOther none
[1] Other Expenses are estimated to be less than 0.01% for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2016.