Data as of .
SMU vs SMUP: which held to its multiple?
Over the days both have traded, SMU finished 7.2 points from its stated multiple and SMUP 6.9.
ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: SMUP scores higher
Did it keep up with its own daily multiple, compounded day by day?
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
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | Multiple would give | Difference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMU | SMUP | SMU | SMUP | SMU | SMUP | |
| 1 month | −27.6% | −27.4% | −20.4% | −20.4% | −7.2 pts | −6.9 pts |
| 3 months | −42.7% | −41.4% | −25.9% | −25.9% | −16.8 pts | −15.6 pts |
| 6 months | −70.8% | −69.3% | −54.1% | −54.1% | −16.7 pts | −15.3 pts |
| 1 year | −98.4% | −98.3% | −151.1% | −151.1% | +52.7 pts | +52.8 pts |
| Since launch | −98.8% | −99.3% | −154.1% | −166.7% | +55.3 pts | +67.4 pts |
| SMU Tradr 2X Long SMR Daily ETF Aims to return twice the daily move of SMR | SMUP T-REX 2X Long SMR Daily Target ETF Aims to return twice the daily move of SMR | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Tradr | T-REX |
| Sets out to return | +2x | +2x |
| On | SMR | SMR |
| Segment | company | company |
| Fund returned, 3 months | −42.7% | −41.4% |
| Underlying returned, 3 months | −12.9% | −12.9% |
| What the stated multiple implies, 3 months | −25.9% | −25.9% |
| Difference from stated, 3 months | −16.8 pts | −15.6 pts |
| Fund returned, 1 year or since launch | −98.4% | −98.3% |
| Difference from stated, over that window | +52.7 pts | +52.8 pts |
| Underlying volatility | 93% | 93% |
| Difference over the days both have traded | −7.2 pts | −6.9 pts |
| Expense ratio | 1.30% | 1.50% |
| Launched | Jul 11, 2025 | Jul 25, 2025 |
SMU in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: SMU returned −42.7% where its own daily promise gave −38.7%, 4.0 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times SMR's −12.9% implies −25.9%, which makes SMU look 16.8 points short. 12.8 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any +2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. SMU aims to return +2 times SMR'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. SMR moved at 93% 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.
SMUP in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: SMUP returned −41.4% where its own daily promise gave −38.7%, 2.7 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times SMR's −12.9% implies −25.9%, which makes SMUP look 15.6 points short. SMUP aims to return +2 times SMR's move each day, then resets.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, SMU or SMUP?
- Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, SMU finished 16.8 points from what its multiple implies and SMUP finished 15.6 points from its own, so SMUP came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are SMU and SMUP levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on SMR, SMU at +2 times and SMUP at +2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, SMU or SMUP?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window SMU’s moved at 93% annualized and SMUP’s at 93%, so SMU has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold SMU or SMUP 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, SMU or SMUP?
- SMU charges 1.30% a year and SMUP charges 1.50%, so SMU is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, SMU against SMUP, data as of Sep 11, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/SMU-SMUP Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.