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SOXL vs SOXS: which held to its multiple?

Over three months against its own daily promise, SOXL finished 2.5 points short and SOXS 3.8 points over.

Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF and Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X ETF, side by side, leveraged ETFs on ETFIQ.

−48.1%SOXL returned, 3 months
−5.6%SOXS returned, 3 months
−13.4 ptsSOXL from its stated multiple
−40.3 ptsSOXS from its stated multiple

ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: SOXS scores higher

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

SOXL 50.9SOXS 95.50.1, 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

SOXL13.4 pts short of its label · 3 months to Sep 11, 2026
SOXX −11.6% ×3 implies−34.7%SOXL returned−48.1%SOXX −11.6% ×3 implies−34.7%SOXL returned−48.1%
SOXS40.3 pts short of its label · 3 months to Sep 11, 2026
SOXX −11.6% ×3 implies+34.7%SOXS returned−5.6%SOXX −11.6% ×3 implies+34.7%SOXS returned−5.6%

Performance, window by window

SOXL and SOXS over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnMultiple would giveDifference
SOXLSOXSSOXLSOXSSOXLSOXS
1 month−14.3%+7.7%−10.7%+10.7%−3.6 pts−3.0 pts
3 months−48.1%−5.6%−34.7%+34.7%−13.4 pts−40.3 pts
6 months+140.2%−89.1%+177.8%−177.8%−37.6 pts+88.6 pts
1 year+317.7%−96.4%not meaningfulnot meaningfulnot meaningfulnot meaningful
3 years+492.3%−99.8%not meaningfulnot meaningfulnot meaningfulnot meaningful
Since launch+20139.4%−100.0%not meaningfulnot meaningfulnot meaningfulnot meaningful
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SOXL and SOXS on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SOXL
Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF
Aims to return three times the daily move of semiconductors (SOXX)
SOXS
Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X ETF
Aims to return three times the opposite of the daily move of semiconductors (SOXX)
IssuerDirexionDirexion
Sets out to return+3x-3x
OnSOXXSOXX
Segmentsectorsector
Fund returned, 3 months−48.1%−5.6%
Underlying returned, 3 months−11.6%−11.6%
What the stated multiple implies, 3 months−34.7%+34.7%
Difference from stated, 3 months−13.4 pts−40.3 pts
Fund returned, 1 year or since launch+317.7%−96.4%
Difference from stated, over that windownot availablenot available
Underlying volatility56%56%
Expense ratio0.75%1.00%
LaunchedMar 11, 2010Mar 11, 2010

SOXL in plain words

Three months to Sep 11, 2026: SOXL returned −48.1% where its own daily promise gave −45.6%, 2.5 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +3 times SOXX's −11.6% implies −34.7%, which makes SOXL look 13.4 points short. 10.9 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any +3 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. SOXL aims to return +3 times SOXX's move each day, then resets. Over one day it does that. Over longer, the daily results compound, so the total is not +3 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. SOXX moved at 56% 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.

SOXS in plain words

Three months to Sep 11, 2026: SOXS returned −5.6% where its own daily promise gave −9.4%, 3.8 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −3 times SOXX's −11.6% implies +34.7%, which makes SOXS look 40.3 points short. 44.1 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −3 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. SOXS aims to return -3 times SOXX's move each day, then resets. Over longer, the daily results compound, so the total is not -3 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, SOXL or SOXS?
Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, SOXL finished 13.4 points from what its multiple implies and SOXS finished 40.3 points from its own, so SOXL came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
Are SOXL and SOXS levered on the same thing?
Yes. Both are levered on semiconductors, SOXL at +3 times and SOXS at -3 times the daily move.
Which one decays faster, SOXL or SOXS?
Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window SOXL’s moved at 56% annualized and SOXS’s at 56%, so SOXL has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
Can I hold SOXL or SOXS 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, SOXL or SOXS?
SOXL charges 0.75% a year and SOXS charges 1.00%, so SOXL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Where these figures came from

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

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