Are DRAM and RAM in the same category?

DRAM is a thematic ETF and RAM is a leveraged ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

Which is cheaper, DRAM or RAM?

DRAM is cheaper, by 0.60 percentage points a year. That is about $60 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DRAM vs RAM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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DRAM and RAM are measured over different days, and DRAM charges 0.65% to RAM's 1.25%.

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Net assets: $20.6bn on Oct 28, 2026 for Roundhill Memory ETF, and $442m on Oct 27, 2026 for T-REX 2X LONG DRAM DAILY TARGET ETF.

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At a glance

+95.0%

DRAM total return, since launch, Apr 2, 2026

−55.9%

RAM total return, since launch, Jun 24, 2026

0.65%

DRAM expense ratio

1.25%

RAM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DRAM costs 0.60 points a year less; DRAM is far larger, $19.2bn against $442m.

DRAM vs RAM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DRAM	RAM
Return
Measure	DRAM	RAM
What its daily multiple gave, 3 months		30.2%
What the underlying did, 3 months		DRAM 20.7%
What the underlying did, 3 months		DRAM 20.7%
The multiple over the whole window		2 times gives +41.4%
Drawdown
Measure	DRAM	RAM
Below its all-time high	33.0%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	DRAM	RAM
What it tracks	Memory and storage	DRAM
Against its daily multiple, 3 months		5.3 points short
Against the whole-window multiple		16.5 points short
Cost and size
Measure	DRAM	RAM
Expense ratio	0.65%	1.25%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$19.2bn	$442m
Active share vs the S&P 500	97%
Holdings
Measure	DRAM	RAM
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	16%
Holdings dated	Jun 30, 2026
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	56%

Method

Risk and return

Jul 2, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 · 16 weekly returns

DRAM RAM

Return

Total return edge DRAM −22.4% −52.7%

Price return edge DRAM −22.4% −52.7%

Risk

Max drawdown edge DRAM −26.3% −55.9%

Reading

DRAM returned more: −22.4% to −52.7%. DRAM fell less at its worst: −26.3% to −55.9%.

Full scorecard

3 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: DRAM vs RAM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DRAM	RAM	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	−22.4%	−52.7%	DRAM	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Price return	−22.4%	−52.7%	DRAM	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Max drawdown	−26.3%	−55.9%	DRAM	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 16 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

Side by side

DRAM Roundhill Memory ETF RAM T-REX 2X LONG DRAM DAILY TARGET ETF

Where it sits Thematic ETF Leveraged ETF

Issuer Roundhill T-REX

What it is Memory and storage +2 times DRAM each day

Total return, 1 year +95.0% (since launch, Apr 2, 2026) −55.9% (since launch, Jun 24, 2026)

Expense ratio 0.65% 1.25%

Holdings 12 not read by ETFIQ

Net assets, DRAM as of Oct 28, 2026 and RAM as of Oct 27, 2026 $20.6bn $442m

DRAM and RAM on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

Client brief

No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for DRAM or RAM.

Alert

About each fund

DRAM

By weight, 16% of DRAM's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 56% of the fund across 12 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it first traded on Apr 2, 2026 the fund returned +95.0% with distributions reinvested. It sits 33.0% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

RAM

Over the three months to Oct 28, 2026, RAM returned 24.9%, against 30.2% for twice DRAM's daily moves. Of that 16.5, daily compounding is −11.2 points, which any 2 times fund would show over the same path, and the fund itself is −5.3 points against 2 times each day's move, compounded. DRAM moved at 68% annualized over that window.

Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times DRAM's 20.7% implies +41.4%, which makes RAM look 16.5 points short. That is not the fund's objective, which is daily. RAM aims to return +2 times DRAM's move each day, then resets. Over one day it does that. Over longer periods the daily results compound, so the total is not +2 times the period's move: it is lower after a fall and recovery, and can be higher in a steady run. The more it moves, the further the two numbers separate.

Questions people ask

Are DRAM and RAM in the same category?: DRAM is a thematic ETF and RAM is a leveraged ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which is cheaper, DRAM or RAM?: DRAM is cheaper, by 0.60 percentage points a year. That is about $60 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

DRAM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DRAM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Roundhill page for DRAM ↗

RAM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RAM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

T-REX page for RAM ↗

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