Data as of .
LITU vs LITX: which held to its multiple?
Over the days both have traded, LITU finished 7.2 points from its stated multiple and LITX 6.3.
ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: LITX 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LITU | LITX | LITU | LITX | LITU | LITX | |
| 1 month | −8.4% | −7.5% | −1.2% | −1.2% | −7.2 pts | −6.3 pts |
| 3 months | −22.7% | −22.1% | +1.2% | +1.2% | −23.9 pts | −23.3 pts |
| 6 months | not published | +29.8% | not published | +97.8% | not published | −68.1 pts |
| Since launch | −34.5% | +213.6% | −7.8% | not meaningful | −26.8 pts | not meaningful |
| LITU T-REX 2X LONG LITE DAILY TARGET ETF Aims to return twice the daily move of LITE | LITX Tradr 2X Long LITE Daily ETF Aims to return twice the daily move of LITE | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | T-REX | Tradr |
| Sets out to return | +2x | +2x |
| On | LITE | LITE |
| Segment | company | company |
| Fund returned, 3 months | −22.7% | −22.1% |
| Underlying returned, 3 months | +0.6% | +0.6% |
| What the stated multiple implies, 3 months | +1.2% | +1.2% |
| Difference from stated, 3 months | −23.9 pts | −23.3 pts |
| Fund returned, 1 year or since launch | −34.5% | +213.6% |
| Difference from stated, over that window | −26.8 pts | not available |
| Underlying volatility | 97% | 97% |
| Difference over the days both have traded | −7.2 pts | −6.3 pts |
| Expense ratio | 1.50% | 1.49% |
| Launched | May 21, 2026 | Jan 27, 2026 |
LITU in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: LITU returned −22.7% where its own daily promise gave −19.5%, 3.2 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times LITE's 0.6% implies +1.2%, which makes LITU look 23.9 points short. 20.7 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any +2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. LITU aims to return +2 times LITE'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. LITE moved at 97% 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.
LITX in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: LITX returned −22.1% where its own daily promise gave −19.5%, 2.6 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times LITE's 0.6% implies +1.2%, which makes LITX look 23.3 points short. LITX aims to return +2 times LITE's move each day, then resets.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, LITU or LITX?
- Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, LITU finished 23.9 points from what its multiple implies and LITX finished 23.3 points from its own, so LITX came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are LITU and LITX levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on LITE, LITU at +2 times and LITX at +2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, LITU or LITX?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window LITU’s moved at 97% annualized and LITX’s at 97%, so LITU has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold LITU or LITX 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, LITU or LITX?
- LITU charges 1.50% a year and LITX charges 1.49%, so LITX 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, LITU against LITX, data as of Sep 11, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/LITU-LITX Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.