Data as of .
ADBG vs ADBU: which held to its multiple?
Over the days both have traded, ADBG finished 7.9 points from its stated multiple and ADBU 4.8.
ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: ADBU 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADBG | ADBU | ADBG | ADBU | ADBG | ADBU | |
| 1 month | −7.9% | −7.3% | −5.0% | −5.0% | −2.9 pts | −2.3 pts |
| 3 months | +39.3% | +42.4% | +47.3% | +47.3% | −7.9 pts | −4.8 pts |
| 6 months | −14.3% | not published | +2.3% | not published | −16.7 pts | not published |
| 1 year | −61.8% | not published | −56.1% | not published | −5.7 pts | not published |
| Since launch | −71.7% | −3.6% | −69.7% | +12.6% | −2.0 pts | −16.2 pts |
| ADBG Leverage Shares 2X Long ADBE Daily ETF Aims to return twice the daily move of ADBE | ADBU Direxion Daily ADBE Bull 2X ETF Aims to return twice the daily move of ADBE | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Leverage Shares | Direxion |
| Sets out to return | +2x | +2x |
| On | ADBE | ADBE |
| Segment | company | company |
| Fund returned, 3 months | +39.3% | +42.4% |
| Underlying returned, 3 months | +23.6% | +23.6% |
| What the stated multiple implies, 3 months | +47.3% | +47.3% |
| Difference from stated, 3 months | −7.9 pts | −4.8 pts |
| Fund returned, 1 year or since launch | −61.8% | −3.6% |
| Difference from stated, over that window | −5.7 pts | −16.2 pts |
| Underlying volatility | 47% | 47% |
| Difference over the days both have traded | −7.9 pts | −4.8 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.77% | 0.97% |
| Launched | Mar 21, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
ADBG in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: ADBG returned +39.3% where its own daily promise gave +44.6%, 5.3 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times ADBE's 23.6% implies +47.3%, which makes ADBG look 7.9 points short. 2.6 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any +2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. ADBG aims to return +2 times ADBE'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. ADBE moved at 47% 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.
ADBU in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: ADBU returned +42.4% where its own daily promise gave +44.6%, 2.2 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times ADBE's 23.6% implies +47.3%, which makes ADBU look 4.8 points short. ADBU aims to return +2 times ADBE's move each day, then resets.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, ADBG or ADBU?
- Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, ADBG finished 7.9 points from what its multiple implies and ADBU finished 4.8 points from its own, so ADBU came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are ADBG and ADBU levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on ADBE, ADBG at +2 times and ADBU at +2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, ADBG or ADBU?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window ADBG’s moved at 47% annualized and ADBU’s at 47%, so ADBG has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold ADBG or ADBU 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, ADBG or ADBU?
- ADBG charges 0.77% a year and ADBU charges 0.97%, so ADBG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Where these figures came from
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