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SMU VT \n Expense ratio 1.30% 0.06% \n Net assets, SMU as of Oct 28, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026 $19m $81.8bn \n Total return, 1 year \u221299.5% +13.5% \n What it tracks SMR FTSE Global All C","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, SMU against VT, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/smu-vs-vt","a":{"ticker":"SMU","name":"Tradr 2X Long SMR Daily ETF","issuer":"Tradr","desk":"leverage","as_of":"2026-10-28","verdict":"Over the three months to Oct 28, 2026, SMU lost 56.7%, against \u221253.8% for twice SMR's daily moves.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/smu","key_facts":[{"label":"What SMR did","value":"\u221225.3%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"What 2 times a day gives","value":"\u221253.8%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"What the fund returned","value":"\u221256.7%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Gap to 2 times a day","value":"\u22122.9 pts","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$19m","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"the issuer\u2019s own daily fund list, as of Oct 28, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"1.30%","as_of":"2026-08-04","source":"497 XBRL, Aug 4, 2026"}]},"b":{"ticker":"VT","name":"Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF","issuer":"Vanguard","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-28","verdict":"VT tracks an index of Total World Stock and returned +13.5% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/vt","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+13.5%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.06%","as_of":"2026-02-27","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Feb 27, 2026"},{"label":"Holdings","value":"10194","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":"the issuer\u2019s holdings file"},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u22122.3%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"ETFIQ"},{"label":"12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price","value":"1.7%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 18, 2026","value":"$0.4084","as_of":"2026-09-18","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$81.8bn","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":"the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 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/smu-vs-vt"}