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QLD QQQ \n Expense ratio 0.89% 0.18% \n Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $14.6bn $483.0bn \n Total return, 1 year +20.9% +15.2% \n What it trac","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":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, QLD against QQQ, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/qld-vs-qqq","a":{"ticker":"QLD","name":"ProShares Ultra QQQ","issuer":"ProShares","desk":"leverage","as_of":"2026-10-28","verdict":"Over the three months to Oct 28, 2026, QLD returned 17.8%, against 19.5% for twice QQQ's daily moves.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/qld","key_facts":[{"label":"What QQQ did","value":"+9.8%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"What 2 times a day gives","value":"+19.5%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"What the fund returned","value":"+17.8%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Gap to 2 times a day","value":"\u22121.7 pts","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price","value":"0.2%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 23, 2026","value":"$0.0271","as_of":"2026-09-23","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$15.4bn","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"issuer page, as of Oct 28, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.89%","as_of":"2026-09-25","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Sep 25, 2026"}]},"b":{"ticker":"QQQ","name":"Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1","issuer":"Invesco","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-28","verdict":"QQQ tracks the Nasdaq-100 and returned +15.2% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/qqq","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+15.2%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.18%","as_of":"2025-12-19","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Dec 19, 2025"},{"label":"Holdings","value":"103","as_of":"2026-10-27","source":"the issuer\u2019s daily holdings file"},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u22124.5%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"ETFIQ"},{"label":"12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price","value":"0.5%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 21, 2026","value":"$0.7514","as_of":"2026-09-21","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$483.0bn","as_of":"2026-10-27","source":"issuer page, as of Oct 27, 2026"}]},"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/qld-vs-qqq"}