Data as of .
AAPU vs AAPX: which held to its multiple?
Over the days both have traded, AAPU finished 0.6 points from its stated multiple and AAPX 0.2.
ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: AAPU 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAPU | AAPX | AAPU | AAPX | AAPU | AAPX | |
| 1 month | +19.2% | +19.7% | +19.9% | +19.9% | −0.6 pts | −0.2 pts |
| 3 months | +24.3% | +23.6% | +28.5% | +28.5% | −4.1 pts | −4.8 pts |
| 6 months | +63.0% | +61.1% | +66.2% | +66.2% | −3.2 pts | −5.1 pts |
| 1 year | +80.2% | +74.7% | +90.0% | +90.0% | −9.8 pts | −15.2 pts |
| 3 years | +130.0% | not published | +182.0% | not published | −52.0 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +132.9% | +94.9% | not meaningful | +162.4% | not meaningful | −67.5 pts |
| AAPU Direxion Daily AAPL Bull 2X ETF Aims to return twice the daily move of Apple (AAPL) | AAPX T-REX 2X LONG APPLE DAILY TARGET ETF Aims to return twice the daily move of Apple (AAPL) | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Direxion | T-REX |
| Sets out to return | +2x | +2x |
| On | AAPL | AAPL |
| Segment | company | company |
| Fund returned, 3 months | +24.3% | +23.6% |
| Underlying returned, 3 months | +14.2% | +14.2% |
| What the stated multiple implies, 3 months | +28.5% | +28.5% |
| Difference from stated, 3 months | −4.1 pts | −4.8 pts |
| Fund returned, 1 year or since launch | +80.2% | +74.7% |
| Difference from stated, over that window | −9.8 pts | −15.2 pts |
| Underlying volatility | 32% | 32% |
| Difference over the days both have traded | −0.6 pts | −0.2 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.96% | 1.05% |
| Launched | Aug 9, 2022 | Jan 11, 2024 |
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. 1.3 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any +2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. AAPU 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.
AAPX in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: AAPX returned +23.6% where its own daily promise gave +27.2%, 3.5 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times AAPL's 14.2% implies +28.5%, which makes AAPX look 4.8 points short. AAPX aims to return +2 times AAPL's move each day, then resets.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, AAPU or AAPX?
- Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, AAPU finished 4.1 points from what its multiple implies and AAPX finished 4.8 points from its own, so AAPU came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are AAPU and AAPX levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on Apple, AAPU at +2 times and AAPX at +2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, AAPU or AAPX?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window AAPU’s moved at 32% annualized and AAPX’s at 32%, so AAPU has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold AAPU or AAPX 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, AAPU or AAPX?
- AAPU charges 0.96% a year and AAPX charges 1.05%, 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, AAPU against AAPX, data as of Sep 11, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/AAPU-AAPX Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.