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MSTX vs SMST: which held to its multiple?

Over three months against its own daily promise, MSTX finished 6.8 points short and SMST 2.3 points short.

Defiance Daily Target 2X Long MSTR ETF and Defiance Daily Target 2X Short MSTR ETF, side by side, leveraged ETFs on ETFIQ.

−13.4%MSTX returned, 3 months
−53.5%SMST returned, 3 months
−24.7 ptsMSTX from its stated multiple
−42.2 ptsSMST from its stated multiple

ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: SMST scores higher

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

MSTX 5.5SMST 70.1, the lowest in this set99.9, the highest

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

MSTX24.7 pts short of its label · 3 months to Sep 11, 2026
MSTR +5.7% ×2 implies+11.3%MSTX returned−13.4%MSTR +5.7% ×2 implies+11.3%MSTX returned−13.4%
SMST42.2 pts short of its label · 3 months to Sep 11, 2026
MSTR +5.7% ×2 implies−11.3%SMST returned−53.5%MSTR +5.7% ×2 implies−11.3%SMST returned−53.5%

Performance, window by window

MSTX and SMST over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnMultiple would giveDifference
MSTXSMSTMSTXSMSTMSTXSMST
1 month+71.1%−62.1%+76.2%−76.2%−5.2 pts+14.1 pts
3 months−13.4%−53.5%+11.3%−11.3%−24.7 pts−42.2 pts
6 months−44.4%−61.2%−12.5%+12.5%−31.9 pts−73.7 pts
1 year−93.8%−28.3%−119.7%+119.7%+25.8 pts−148.0 pts
Since launch−90.3%−98.8%−1.5%+14.8%−88.8 pts−113.6 pts
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MSTX and SMST on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
MSTX
Defiance Daily Target 2X Long MSTR ETF
Aims to return twice the daily move of Strategy (MSTR)
SMST
Defiance Daily Target 2X Short MSTR ETF
Aims to return twice the opposite of the daily move of Strategy (MSTR)
IssuerDefianceDefiance
Sets out to return+2x-2x
OnMSTRMSTR
Segmentcompanycompany
Fund returned, 3 months−13.4%−53.5%
Underlying returned, 3 months+5.7%+5.7%
What the stated multiple implies, 3 months+11.3%−11.3%
Difference from stated, 3 months−24.7 pts−42.2 pts
Fund returned, 1 year or since launch−93.8%−28.3%
Difference from stated, over that window+25.8 pts−148.0 pts
Underlying volatility88%88%
Difference over the days both have traded−5.2 pts−42.2 pts
Expense ratio1.31%1.38%
LaunchedAug 15, 2024Aug 21, 2024

MSTX in plain words

Three months to Sep 11, 2026: MSTX returned −13.4% where its own daily promise gave −6.6%, 6.8 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times MSTR's 5.7% implies +11.3%, which makes MSTX look 24.7 points short. 17.9 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any +2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. MSTX aims to return +2 times MSTR'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. MSTR moved at 88% 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.

SMST in plain words

Three months to Sep 11, 2026: SMST returned −53.5% where its own daily promise gave −51.1%, 2.3 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −2 times MSTR's 5.7% implies −11.3%, which makes SMST look 42.2 points short. 39.8 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. SMST aims to return -2 times MSTR'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, MSTX or SMST?
Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, MSTX finished 24.7 points from what its multiple implies and SMST finished 42.2 points from its own, so MSTX came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
Are MSTX and SMST levered on the same thing?
Yes. Both are levered on Strategy, MSTX at +2 times and SMST at -2 times the daily move.
Which one decays faster, MSTX or SMST?
Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window MSTX’s moved at 88% annualized and SMST’s at 88%, so MSTX has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
Can I hold MSTX or SMST 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, MSTX or SMST?
MSTX charges 1.31% a year and SMST charges 1.38%, so MSTX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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MSTX against SMST, 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, MSTX against SMST, data as of Sep 11, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/MSTX-SMST Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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