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METD vs METU: which held to its multiple?

Over three months against its own daily promise, METD finished 1.2 points over and METU 3.1 points short.

Direxion Daily META Bear 1X ETF and Direxion Daily META Bull 2X ETF, side by side, leveraged ETFs on ETFIQ.

−16.1%METD returned, 3 months
+20.9%METU returned, 3 months
−1.6 ptsMETD from its stated multiple
−7.9 ptsMETU from its stated multiple

ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: METU scores higher

Did it keep up with its own daily multiple, compounded day by day?

METD 31.8METU 34.90.4, the lowest in this set99.6, the highest

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

METD1.6 pts short of its label · 3 months to Sep 11, 2026
META +14.4% ×1 implies−14.4%METD returned−16.1%META +14.4% ×1 implies−14.4%METD returned−16.1%
METU7.9 pts short of its label · 3 months to Sep 11, 2026
META +14.4% ×2 implies+28.8%METU returned+20.9%META +14.4% ×2 implies+28.8%METU returned+20.9%

Performance, window by window

METD and METU over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnMultiple would giveDifference
METDMETUMETDMETUMETDMETU
1 month−11.1%+22.7%−11.9%+23.9%+0.8 pts−1.2 pts
3 months−16.1%+20.9%−14.4%+28.8%−1.6 pts−7.9 pts
6 months−11.7%−3.9%−5.8%+11.5%−5.9 pts−15.4 pts
1 year+5.8%−42.6%+13.4%−26.8%−7.6 pts−15.8 pts
Since launch−34.8%−1.5%−31.9%+63.8%−2.9 pts−65.3 pts
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METD and METU on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
METD
Direxion Daily META Bear 1X ETF
Aims to return 1 times the opposite of the daily move of Meta Platforms (META)
METU
Direxion Daily META Bull 2X ETF
Aims to return twice the daily move of Meta Platforms (META)
IssuerDirexionDirexion
Sets out to return-1x+2x
OnMETAMETA
Segmentcompanycompany
Fund returned, 3 months−16.1%+20.9%
Underlying returned, 3 months+14.4%+14.4%
What the stated multiple implies, 3 months−14.4%+28.8%
Difference from stated, 3 months−1.6 pts−7.9 pts
Fund returned, 1 year or since launch+5.8%−42.6%
Difference from stated, over that window−7.6 pts−15.8 pts
Underlying volatility47%47%
Difference over the days both have tradedno shared window−1.2 pts
Expense rationot published1.02%
LaunchedJun 5, 2024Jun 5, 2024

METD in plain words

Three months to Sep 11, 2026: METD returned −16.1% where its own daily promise gave −17.2%, 1.2 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −1 times META's 14.4% implies −14.4%, which makes METD look 1.6 points short. 2.8 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −1 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. METD aims to return -1 times META's move each day, then resets. Over one day it does that. 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. META 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.

METU in plain words

Three months to Sep 11, 2026: METU returned +20.9% where its own daily promise gave +24.0%, 3.1 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times META's 14.4% implies +28.8%, which makes METU look 7.9 points short. 4.8 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any +2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. METU aims to return +2 times META'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, METD or METU?
Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, METD finished 1.6 points from what its multiple implies and METU finished 7.9 points from its own, so METD came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
Are METD and METU levered on the same thing?
Yes. Both are levered on Meta Platforms, METD at -1 times and METU at +2 times the daily move.
Which one decays faster, METD or METU?
Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window METD’s moved at 47% annualized and METU’s at 47%, so METD has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
Can I hold METD or METU 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.

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METD against METU, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, METD against METU, data as of Sep 11, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/METD-METU Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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