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SMCX vs SMCZ: which held to its multiple?

Over three months against its own daily promise, SMCX finished 10.5 points short and SMCZ 1.6 points short.

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

+32.3%SMCX returned, 3 months
−73.9%SMCZ returned, 3 months
−31.0 ptsSMCX from its stated multiple
−10.6 ptsSMCZ from its stated multiple

ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: SMCZ scores higher

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

SMCX 1.4SMCZ 7.90.1, 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

SMCX31 pts short of its label · 3 months to Sep 11, 2026
SMCI +31.6% ×2 implies+63.3%SMCX returned+32.3%SMCI +31.6% ×2 implies+63.3%SMCX returned+32.3%
SMCZ10.6 pts short of its label · 3 months to Sep 11, 2026
SMCI +31.6% ×2 implies−63.3%SMCZ returned−73.9%SMCI +31.6% ×2 implies−63.3%SMCZ returned−73.9%

Performance, window by window

SMCX and SMCZ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnMultiple would giveDifference
SMCXSMCZSMCXSMCZSMCXSMCZ
1 month+8.1%−21.3%+13.2%−13.2%−5.1 pts−8.1 pts
3 months+32.3%−73.9%+63.3%−63.3%−31.0 pts−10.6 pts
6 months−37.8%−92.9%+60.8%−60.8%−98.6 pts−32.1 pts
1 year−78.7%−93.0%−17.5%+17.5%−61.2 pts−110.5 pts
Since launch−98.1%−98.2%−67.4%−28.8%−30.7 pts−69.4 pts
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SMCX and SMCZ on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SMCX
Defiance Daily Target 2X Long SMCI ETF
Aims to return twice the daily move of SMCI
SMCZ
Defiance Daily Target 2X Short SMCI ETF
Aims to return twice the opposite of the daily move of SMCI
IssuerDefianceDefiance
Sets out to return+2x-2x
OnSMCISMCI
Segmentcompanycompany
Fund returned, 3 months+32.3%−73.9%
Underlying returned, 3 months+31.6%+31.6%
What the stated multiple implies, 3 months+63.3%−63.3%
Difference from stated, 3 months−31.0 pts−10.6 pts
Fund returned, 1 year or since launch−78.7%−93.0%
Difference from stated, over that window−61.2 pts−110.5 pts
Underlying volatility95%95%
Difference over the days both have traded−5.1 ptsno shared window
Expense ratio1.32%1.55%
LaunchedAug 22, 2024Apr 1, 2025

SMCX in plain words

Three months to Sep 11, 2026: SMCX returned +32.3% where its own daily promise gave +42.8%, 10.5 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times SMCI's 31.6% implies +63.3%, which makes SMCX look 31.0 points short. 20.5 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any +2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. SMCX aims to return +2 times SMCI'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. SMCI moved at 95% 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.

SMCZ in plain words

Three months to Sep 11, 2026: SMCZ returned −73.9% where its own daily promise gave −72.3%, 1.6 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −2 times SMCI's 31.6% implies −63.3%, which makes SMCZ look 10.6 points short. 9.0 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. SMCZ aims to return -2 times SMCI'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, SMCX or SMCZ?
Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, SMCX finished 31.0 points from what its multiple implies and SMCZ finished 10.6 points from its own, so SMCZ came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
Are SMCX and SMCZ levered on the same thing?
Yes. Both are levered on SMCI, SMCX at +2 times and SMCZ at -2 times the daily move.
Which one decays faster, SMCX or SMCZ?
Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window SMCX’s moved at 95% annualized and SMCZ’s at 95%, so SMCX has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
Can I hold SMCX or SMCZ 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, SMCX or SMCZ?
SMCX charges 1.32% a year and SMCZ charges 1.55%, so SMCX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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