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SNK vs SPCQ: which held to its multiple?

Over the days both have traded, SNK finished 4.2 points from its stated multiple and SPCQ 3.6.

GraniteShares 2x Short SpaceX Daily ETF and Defiance Daily Target 2X Short [SpaceX] ETF, side by side, leveraged ETFs on ETFIQ.

−2.6%SNK returned, 3 months
−8.8%SPCQ returned, 3 months
−45.5 ptsSNK from its stated multiple
−51.7 ptsSPCQ from its stated multiple
SNK4.2 pts short of its label · 1 month to Sep 11, 2026
SPCX +3.5% ×2 implies−6.9%SNK returned−11.1%SPCX +3.5% ×2 implies−6.9%SNK returned−11.1%
SPCQ3.6 pts short of its label · 1 month to Sep 11, 2026
SPCX +3.5% ×2 implies−6.9%SPCQ returned−10.5%SPCX +3.5% ×2 implies−6.9%SPCQ returned−10.5%

Performance, window by window

SNK and SPCQ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnMultiple would giveDifference
SNKSPCQSNKSPCQSNKSPCQ
1 month−11.1%−10.5%−6.9%−6.9%−4.2 pts−3.6 pts
Since launch−2.6%−8.8%+42.9%+42.9%−45.5 pts−51.7 pts
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SNK and SPCQ on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SNK
GraniteShares 2x Short SpaceX Daily ETF
Aims to return twice the opposite of the daily move of Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX)
SPCQ
Defiance Daily Target 2X Short [SpaceX] ETF
Aims to return twice the opposite of the daily move of Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX)
IssuerGraniteSharesDefiance
Sets out to return-2x-2x
OnSPCXSPCX
Segmentcompanycompany
Fund returned, 3 months−11.1%−10.5%
Underlying returned, 3 months+3.5%+3.5%
What the stated multiple implies, 3 months−6.9%−6.9%
Difference from stated, 3 months−4.2 pts−3.6 pts
Fund returned, 1 year or since launch−2.6%−8.8%
Difference from stated, over that window−45.5 pts−51.7 pts
Underlying volatility43%43%
Difference over the days both have traded−4.2 pts−3.6 pts
Expense ratio2.20%1.31%
LaunchedJun 15, 2026Jun 15, 2026

SNK in plain words

One month to Sep 11, 2026: SNK returned −11.1% where its own daily promise gave −10.8%, 0.2 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −2 times SPCX's 3.5% implies −6.9%, which makes SNK look 4.2 points short. 3.9 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. SNK aims to return -2 times SPCX'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. SPCX moved at 43% 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.

SPCQ in plain words

One month to Sep 11, 2026: SPCQ returned −10.5% where its own daily promise gave −10.8%, 0.3 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −2 times SPCX's 3.5% implies −6.9%, which makes SPCQ look 3.6 points short. SPCQ aims to return -2 times SPCX's move each day, then resets.

Questions people ask

Which came closer to its stated multiple, SNK or SPCQ?
Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, SNK finished 4.2 points from what its multiple implies and SPCQ finished 3.6 points from its own, so SPCQ came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
Are SNK and SPCQ levered on the same thing?
Yes. Both are levered on Space Exploration Technologies, SNK at -2 times and SPCQ at -2 times the daily move.
Which one decays faster, SNK or SPCQ?
Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window SNK’s moved at 43% annualized and SPCQ’s at 43%, so SNK has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
Can I hold SNK or SPCQ 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, SNK or SPCQ?
SNK charges 2.20% a year and SPCQ charges 1.31%, so SPCQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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