Data as of .
FXP vs XPP: which held to its multiple?
Over three months against its own daily promise, FXP finished 2.2 points over and XPP 1.6 points short.
ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: XPP 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FXP | XPP | FXP | XPP | FXP | XPP | |
| 1 month | +5.3% | −5.2% | +4.2% | −4.2% | +1.1 pts | −1.0 pts |
| 3 months | +2.8% | −5.4% | +3.1% | −3.1% | −0.3 pts | −2.3 pts |
| 6 months | +7.5% | −12.2% | +8.2% | −8.2% | −0.7 pts | −4.0 pts |
| 1 year | +31.0% | −32.7% | +27.5% | −27.5% | +3.4 pts | −5.2 pts |
| 3 years | −63.1% | +19.8% | −72.7% | +72.7% | +9.6 pts | −52.9 pts |
| Since launch | −98.0% | −68.9% | −37.1% | +37.1% | −61.0 pts | −106.0 pts |
| FXP ProShares UltraShort FTSE China 50 Aims to return twice the opposite of the daily move of ISHARES CHINA LARGE-CAP ETF (FXI) | XPP ProShares Ultra FTSE China 50 Aims to return twice the daily move of ISHARES CHINA LARGE-CAP ETF (FXI) | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | ProShares | ProShares |
| Sets out to return | -2x | +2x |
| On | FXI | FXI |
| Segment | country | country |
| Fund returned, 3 months | +2.8% | −5.4% |
| Underlying returned, 3 months | −1.5% | −1.5% |
| What the stated multiple implies, 3 months | +3.1% | −3.1% |
| Difference from stated, 3 months | −0.3 pts | −2.3 pts |
| Fund returned, 1 year or since launch | +31.0% | −32.7% |
| Difference from stated, over that window | +3.4 pts | −5.2 pts |
| Underlying volatility | 18% | 18% |
| Difference over the days both have traded | no shared window | −2.3 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.95% | 0.95% |
| Launched | Jan 4, 2010 | Jan 4, 2010 |
FXP in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: FXP returned +2.8% where its own daily promise gave +0.6%, 2.2 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −2 times FXI's −1.5% implies +3.1%, which makes FXP look 0.3 points short. 2.5 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. FXP aims to return -2 times FXI'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. FXI moved at 18% 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.
XPP in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: XPP returned −5.4% where its own daily promise gave −3.9%, 1.6 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times FXI's −1.5% implies −3.1%, which makes XPP look 2.3 points short. 0.8 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any +2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. XPP aims to return +2 times FXI'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, FXP or XPP?
- Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, FXP finished 0.3 points from what its multiple implies and XPP finished 2.3 points from its own, so FXP came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are FXP and XPP levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on ISHARES CHINA LARGE-CAP ETF, FXP at -2 times and XPP at +2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, FXP or XPP?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window FXP’s moved at 18% annualized and XPP’s at 18%, so FXP has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold FXP or XPP 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, FXP or XPP?
- FXP charges 0.95% a year and XPP charges 0.95%, so FXP 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, FXP against XPP, data as of Sep 11, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/FXP-XPP Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.