Data as of .
PLTL vs PLTZ: which held to its multiple?
Over a month against its own daily promise, PLTL finished 0.5 points short and PLTZ 0.2 points over.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Multiple would give | Difference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLTL | PLTZ | PLTL | PLTZ | PLTL | PLTZ | |
| 1 month | −7.0% | −2.0% | −4.5% | +4.5% | −2.5 pts | −6.5 pts |
| 3 months | not published | −68.0% | not published | −61.3% | not published | −6.7 pts |
| 6 months | not published | −65.1% | not published | −21.6% | not published | −43.5 pts |
| 1 year | not published | −72.0% | not published | −3.5% | not published | −68.5 pts |
| Since launch | +81.1% | −85.5% | +86.7% | −61.9% | −5.6 pts | −23.7 pts |
| PLTL Corgi PLTR 2x Daily ETF Aims to return twice the daily move of Palantir Technologies (PLTR) | PLTZ Defiance Daily Target 2X Short PLTR ETF Aims to return twice the opposite of the daily move of Palantir Technologies (PLTR) | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Corgi | Defiance |
| Sets out to return | +2x | -2x |
| On | PLTR | PLTR |
| Segment | company | company |
| Fund returned, 3 months | −7.0% | −68.0% |
| Underlying returned, 3 months | −2.2% | +30.7% |
| What the stated multiple implies, 3 months | −4.5% | −61.3% |
| Difference from stated, 3 months | −2.5 pts | −6.7 pts |
| Fund returned, 1 year or since launch | +81.1% | −72.0% |
| Difference from stated, over that window | −5.6 pts | −68.5 pts |
| Underlying volatility | 52% | 81% |
| Difference over the days both have traded | −2.5 pts | no shared window |
| Expense ratio | not published | 1.31% |
| Launched | Jun 30, 2026 | Jun 6, 2025 |
PLTL in plain words
One month to Sep 11, 2026: PLTL returned −7.0% where its own daily promise gave −6.5%, 0.5 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times PLTR's −2.2% implies −4.5%, which makes PLTL look 2.5 points short. 2.0 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any +2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. PLTL aims to return +2 times PLTR'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. PLTR moved at 52% 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.
PLTZ in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: PLTZ returned −68.0% where its own daily promise gave −67.9%, 0.1 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −2 times PLTR's 30.7% implies −61.3%, which makes PLTZ look 6.7 points short. 6.6 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. PLTZ aims to return -2 times PLTR'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. PLTR moved at 81% annualized over that window.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, PLTL or PLTZ?
- Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, PLTL finished 2.5 points from what its multiple implies and PLTZ finished 6.7 points from its own, so PLTL came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are PLTL and PLTZ levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on Palantir Technologies, PLTL at +2 times and PLTZ at -2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, PLTL or PLTZ?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window PLTL’s moved at 52% annualized and PLTZ’s at 81%, so PLTZ has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold PLTL or PLTZ 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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Where these figures came from
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