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As of Oct 14, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. AGQ SLV \n Expense ratio 0.95% 0.50% \n Net assets $1.1bn $28.9bn \n Total return, 1 year \u221235.5% +7.3% \n What it tracks Silver Silver \n Holdings in common not ","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Figures ETFIQ computes are free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, AGQ against SLV, data as of Oct 14, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/agq-vs-slv","a":{"ticker":"AGQ","name":"ProShares Ultra Silver","issuer":"ProShares","desk":"leverage","as_of":"2026-10-14","verdict":"Three months to Oct 14, 2026: AGQ returned \u221212.2% where its own daily promise gave \u221211.1%, 1.1 points short.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/agq","key_facts":[{"label":"What SLV did","value":"\u22123.8%","as_of":"2026-10-14","source":null},{"label":"What 2 times a day gives","value":"\u221211.1%","as_of":"2026-10-14","source":null},{"label":"What the fund returned","value":"\u221212.2%","as_of":"2026-10-14","source":null},{"label":"Gap to 2 times a day","value":"\u22121.1 pts","as_of":"2026-10-14","source":null},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$1.1bn","as_of":"2026-10-14","source":"issuer page, as of Oct 14, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.95%","as_of":"2026-10-14","source":"issuer page, Oct 15, 2026"}]},"b":{"ticker":"SLV","name":"iShares Silver Trust","issuer":"iShares","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-14","verdict":"SLV holds silver and returned +7.3% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/slv","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+7.3%","as_of":"2026-10-14","source":null},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.50%","as_of":"2026-10-14","source":null},{"label":"Troy ounces of silver (10-Q, Jun 30, 2026)","value":"479.8m","as_of":"2026-10-14","source":"10-Q, Jun 30, 2026"},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u221252.4%","as_of":"2026-10-14","source":null},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$28.9bn","as_of":"2026-10-14","source":"the issuer\u2019s own daily fund list, as of Oct 14, 2026"},{"label":"Benchmark","value":"The price of silver, measured by SIVR, which also holds silver","as_of":"2026-10-14","source":"ETFIQ, from its filings"}]},"overlap_pct":null,"overlap_note":"ETFIQ does not publish a holdings overlap for this pair. Either the funds are not compared on holdings, or one book is incomplete.","full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/agq-vs-slv"}