Data as of .
QCMD vs QCMU: which held to its multiple?
Over three months against its own daily promise, QCMD finished 2.2 points over and QCMU 2.0 points short.
ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: QCMU 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QCMD | QCMU | QCMD | QCMU | QCMD | QCMU | |
| 1 month | −10.9% | +23.7% | −12.2% | +24.4% | +1.3 pts | −0.7 pts |
| 3 months | +11.6% | −31.4% | +13.6% | −27.2% | −1.9 pts | −4.3 pts |
| 6 months | −41.1% | +53.6% | −41.5% | +82.9% | +0.3 pts | −29.3 pts |
| 1 year | −29.8% | −10.4% | −15.0% | +30.1% | −14.8 pts | −40.5 pts |
| Since launch | −32.6% | −6.4% | −19.8% | +39.6% | −12.8 pts | −46.0 pts |
| QCMD Direxion Daily QCOM Bear 1X ETF Aims to return 1 times the opposite of the daily move of QCOM | QCMU Direxion Daily QCOM Bull 2X ETF Aims to return twice the daily move of QCOM | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Direxion | Direxion |
| Sets out to return | -1x | +2x |
| On | QCOM | QCOM |
| Segment | company | company |
| Fund returned, 3 months | +11.6% | −31.4% |
| Underlying returned, 3 months | −13.6% | −13.6% |
| What the stated multiple implies, 3 months | +13.6% | −27.2% |
| Difference from stated, 3 months | −1.9 pts | −4.3 pts |
| Fund returned, 1 year or since launch | −29.8% | −10.4% |
| Difference from stated, over that window | −14.8 pts | −40.5 pts |
| Underlying volatility | 48% | 48% |
| Difference over the days both have traded | no shared window | −4.3 pts |
| Expense ratio | not published | 1.07% |
| Launched | Jun 25, 2025 | Jun 25, 2025 |
QCMD in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: QCMD returned +11.6% where its own daily promise gave +9.4%, 2.2 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −1 times QCOM's −13.6% implies +13.6%, which makes QCMD look 1.9 points short. 4.2 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −1 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. QCMD aims to return -1 times QCOM'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. QCOM moved at 48% 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.
QCMU in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: QCMU returned −31.4% where its own daily promise gave −29.4%, 2.0 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times QCOM's −13.6% implies −27.2%, which makes QCMU look 4.3 points short. 2.3 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any +2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. QCMU aims to return +2 times QCOM'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, QCMD or QCMU?
- Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, QCMD finished 1.9 points from what its multiple implies and QCMU finished 4.3 points from its own, so QCMD came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are QCMD and QCMU levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on QCOM, QCMD at -1 times and QCMU at +2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, QCMD or QCMU?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window QCMD’s moved at 48% annualized and QCMU’s at 48%, so QCMD has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold QCMD or QCMU 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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