Data as of .
CSCL vs CSCS: which held to its multiple?
Over three months against its own daily promise, CSCL finished 2.1 points short and CSCS 1.6 points over.
ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: CSCL 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSCL | CSCS | CSCL | CSCS | CSCL | CSCS | |
| 1 month | −20.2% | +10.1% | −19.0% | +9.5% | −1.2 pts | +0.6 pts |
| 3 months | −18.3% | +6.2% | −14.1% | +7.1% | −4.2 pts | −0.9 pts |
| 6 months | +85.0% | −33.9% | +88.9% | −44.4% | −3.9 pts | +10.5 pts |
| 1 year | +128.1% | −44.0% | +138.1% | −69.1% | −10.0 pts | +25.1 pts |
| Since launch | +120.2% | −43.4% | +137.6% | −68.8% | −17.4 pts | +25.4 pts |
| CSCL Direxion Daily CSCO Bull 2X ETF Aims to return twice the daily move of CSCO | CSCS Direxion Daily CSCO Bear 1X ETF Aims to return 1 times the opposite of the daily move of CSCO | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Direxion | Direxion |
| Sets out to return | +2x | -1x |
| On | CSCO | CSCO |
| Segment | company | company |
| Fund returned, 3 months | −18.3% | +6.2% |
| Underlying returned, 3 months | −7.1% | −7.1% |
| What the stated multiple implies, 3 months | −14.1% | +7.1% |
| Difference from stated, 3 months | −4.2 pts | −0.9 pts |
| Fund returned, 1 year or since launch | +128.1% | −44.0% |
| Difference from stated, over that window | −10.0 pts | +25.1 pts |
| Underlying volatility | 34% | 34% |
| Expense ratio | 1.07% | not published |
| Launched | Jun 25, 2025 | Jun 25, 2025 |
CSCL in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: CSCL returned −18.3% where its own daily promise gave −16.2%, 2.1 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times CSCO's −7.1% implies −14.1%, which makes CSCL look 4.2 points short. 2.1 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any +2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. CSCL aims to return +2 times CSCO'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. CSCO moved at 34% 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.
CSCS in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: CSCS returned +6.2% where its own daily promise gave +4.5%, 1.6 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −1 times CSCO's −7.1% implies +7.1%, which makes CSCS look 0.9 points short. 2.5 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −1 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. CSCS aims to return -1 times CSCO's move each day, then resets. Over longer, the daily results compound, so the total is not -1 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.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, CSCL or CSCS?
- Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, CSCL finished 4.2 points from what its multiple implies and CSCS finished 0.9 points from its own, so CSCS came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are CSCL and CSCS levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on CSCO, CSCL at +2 times and CSCS at -1 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, CSCL or CSCS?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window CSCL’s moved at 34% annualized and CSCS’s at 34%, so CSCL has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold CSCL or CSCS 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.
Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, CSCL against CSCS, data as of Sep 11, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/CSCL-CSCS Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.