Data as of .
DRV vs SRS: which held to its multiple?
Over three months against its own daily promise, DRV finished 5.6 points over and SRS 3.5 points over.
ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: DRV scores higher
Did it keep up with its own daily multiple, compounded day by day?
A percentile among the 121 inverse ETFs 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRV | SRS | DRV | SRS | DRV | SRS | |
| 1 month | +8.6% | +5.6% | +8.0% | +5.3% | +0.6 pts | +0.3 pts |
| 3 months | +11.8% | +8.1% | +9.0% | +6.0% | +2.8 pts | +2.1 pts |
| 6 months | −11.9% | −6.7% | −12.4% | −8.3% | +0.6 pts | +1.5 pts |
| 1 year | −11.9% | −6.1% | −14.2% | −9.5% | +2.3 pts | +3.3 pts |
| 3 years | −55.3% | −34.6% | −87.1% | −58.1% | +31.8 pts | +23.4 pts |
| Since launch | −100.0% | −98.6% | not meaningful | not meaningful | not meaningful | not meaningful |
| DRV Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3X ETF Aims to return three times the opposite of the daily move of ISHARES U.S. REAL ESTATE ETF (IYR) | SRS ProShares UltraShort Real Estate Aims to return twice the opposite of the daily move of ISHARES U.S. REAL ESTATE ETF (IYR) | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Direxion | ProShares |
| Sets out to return | -3x | -2x |
| On | IYR | IYR |
| Segment | sector | sector |
| Fund returned, 3 months | +11.8% | +8.1% |
| Underlying returned, 3 months | −3.0% | −3.0% |
| What the stated multiple implies, 3 months | +9.0% | +6.0% |
| Difference from stated, 3 months | +2.8 pts | +2.1 pts |
| Fund returned, 1 year or since launch | −11.9% | −6.1% |
| Difference from stated, over that window | +2.3 pts | +3.3 pts |
| Underlying volatility | 14% | 14% |
| Expense ratio | 1.06% | 0.95% |
| Launched | Jan 4, 2010 | Jan 4, 2010 |
DRV in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: DRV returned +11.8% where its own daily promise gave +6.2%, 5.6 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −3 times IYR's −3.0% implies +9.0%, which makes DRV look 2.8 points over. 2.8 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −3 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. DRV aims to return -3 times IYR's move each day, then resets. Over one day it does that. Over longer, the daily results compound, so the total is not -3 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. IYR moved at 14% 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.
SRS in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: SRS returned +8.1% where its own daily promise gave +4.6%, 3.5 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −2 times IYR's −3.0% implies +6.0%, which makes SRS look 2.1 points over. 1.4 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. SRS aims to return -2 times IYR's move each day, then resets. 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.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, DRV or SRS?
- Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, DRV finished 2.8 points from what its multiple implies and SRS finished 2.1 points from its own, so SRS came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are DRV and SRS levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on ISHARES U.S. REAL ESTATE ETF, DRV at -3 times and SRS at -2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, DRV or SRS?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window DRV’s moved at 14% annualized and SRS’s at 14%, so DRV has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold DRV or SRS 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, DRV or SRS?
- DRV charges 1.06% a year and SRS charges 0.95%, so SRS 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, DRV against SRS, data as of Sep 11, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/DRV-SRS Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.