Data as of .
AAPB vs AAPU: which held to its multiple?
Over the days both have traded, AAPB finished 0.1 points from its stated multiple and AAPU 0.6.
ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: AAPB scores higher
Did it keep up with its own daily multiple, compounded day by day?
A percentile among the 391 leveraged ETFs, long, over three months. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All leveraged ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Multiple would give | Difference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAPB | AAPU | AAPB | AAPU | AAPB | AAPU | |
| 1 month | +20.0% | +19.2% | +19.9% | +19.9% | +0.1 pts | −0.6 pts |
| 3 months | +25.0% | +24.3% | +28.5% | +28.5% | −3.5 pts | −4.1 pts |
| 6 months | +64.4% | +63.0% | +66.2% | +66.2% | −1.7 pts | −3.2 pts |
| 1 year | +83.7% | +80.2% | +90.0% | +90.0% | −6.2 pts | −9.8 pts |
| 3 years | +121.8% | +130.0% | +182.0% | +182.0% | −60.2 pts | −52.0 pts |
| Since launch | +115.3% | +132.9% | not meaningful | not meaningful | not meaningful | not meaningful |
| AAPB GraniteShares 2x Long AAPL Daily ETF Aims to return twice the daily move of Apple (AAPL) | AAPU Direxion Daily AAPL Bull 2X ETF Aims to return twice the daily move of Apple (AAPL) | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | GraniteShares | Direxion |
| Sets out to return | +2x | +2x |
| On | AAPL | AAPL |
| Segment | company | company |
| Fund returned, 3 months | +25.0% | +24.3% |
| Underlying returned, 3 months | +14.2% | +14.2% |
| What the stated multiple implies, 3 months | +28.5% | +28.5% |
| Difference from stated, 3 months | −3.5 pts | −4.1 pts |
| Fund returned, 1 year or since launch | +83.7% | +80.2% |
| Difference from stated, over that window | −6.2 pts | −9.8 pts |
| Underlying volatility | 32% | 32% |
| Difference over the days both have traded | +0.1 pts | −0.6 pts |
| Expense ratio | 1.15% | 0.96% |
| Launched | Aug 9, 2022 | Aug 9, 2022 |
AAPB in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: AAPB returned +25.0% where its own daily promise gave +27.2%, 2.2 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times AAPL's 14.2% implies +28.5%, which makes AAPB look 3.5 points short. 1.3 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any +2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. AAPB aims to return +2 times AAPL's move each day, then resets. Over one day it does that. Over longer, the daily results compound, so the total is not +2 times the period's move: in a market that falls and comes back it is reliably less, and in a steady run it can be more. AAPL moved at 32% annualized over that window. That is what decides how far the two figures separate: the same fund on a calm underlying and a violent one is a different product.
AAPU in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: AAPU returned +24.3% where its own daily promise gave +27.2%, 2.9 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times AAPL's 14.2% implies +28.5%, which makes AAPU look 4.1 points short. AAPU aims to return +2 times AAPL's move each day, then resets.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, AAPB or AAPU?
- Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, AAPB finished 3.5 points from what its multiple implies and AAPU finished 4.1 points from its own, so AAPB came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are AAPB and AAPU levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on Apple, AAPB at +2 times and AAPU at +2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, AAPB or AAPU?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window AAPB’s moved at 32% annualized and AAPU’s at 32%, so AAPB has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold AAPB or AAPU for a year?
- Both reset every day, so the multiple in the name applies to a single day and the daily results compound. Over a year the total is not the multiple times the year’s move, and in a market that falls and comes back it is reliably less. ETFIQ makes no recommendation either way.
- Which is cheaper, AAPB or AAPU?
- AAPB charges 1.15% a year and AAPU charges 0.96%, so AAPU is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, AAPB against AAPU, data as of Sep 11, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/AAPB-AAPU Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.