Data as of .
STSM vs TSMG: which held to its multiple?
Over three months against its own daily promise, STSM finished 0.3 points short and TSMG 2.6 points short.
ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: TSMG 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STSM | TSMG | STSM | TSMG | STSM | TSMG | |
| 1 month | −3.9% | +0.2% | −1.9% | +1.9% | −2.0 pts | −1.7 pts |
| 3 months | −17.7% | −3.2% | −4.4% | +4.4% | −13.3 pts | −7.6 pts |
| 6 months | −54.9% | +41.6% | −57.4% | +57.4% | +2.6 pts | −15.8 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +116.2% | not published | +138.3% | not published | −22.1 pts |
| Since launch | −73.0% | +194.2% | −114.2% | not meaningful | +41.2 pts | not meaningful |
| STSM Defiance Daily Target 2X Short TSM ETF Aims to return twice the opposite of the daily move of TSM | TSMG Leverage Shares 2X Long TSM Daily ETF Aims to return twice the daily move of TSM | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Defiance | Leverage Shares |
| Sets out to return | -2x | +2x |
| On | TSM | TSM |
| Segment | company | company |
| Fund returned, 3 months | −17.7% | −3.2% |
| Underlying returned, 3 months | +2.2% | +2.2% |
| What the stated multiple implies, 3 months | −4.4% | +4.4% |
| Difference from stated, 3 months | −13.3 pts | −7.6 pts |
| Fund returned, 1 year or since launch | −73.0% | +116.2% |
| Difference from stated, over that window | +41.2 pts | −22.1 pts |
| Underlying volatility | 45% | 45% |
| Difference over the days both have traded | no shared window | −1.7 pts |
| Expense ratio | 1.30% | 0.76% |
| Launched | Nov 18, 2025 | Jan 14, 2025 |
STSM in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: STSM returned −17.7% where its own daily promise gave −17.4%, 0.3 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −2 times TSM's 2.2% implies −4.4%, which makes STSM look 13.3 points short. 13.0 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. STSM aims to return -2 times TSM'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. TSM moved at 45% 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.
TSMG in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: TSMG returned −3.2% where its own daily promise gave −0.5%, 2.6 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times TSM's 2.2% implies +4.4%, which makes TSMG look 7.6 points short. 4.9 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any +2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. TSMG aims to return +2 times TSM'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, STSM or TSMG?
- Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, STSM finished 13.3 points from what its multiple implies and TSMG finished 7.6 points from its own, so TSMG came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are STSM and TSMG levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on TSM, STSM at -2 times and TSMG at +2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, STSM or TSMG?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window STSM’s moved at 45% annualized and TSMG’s at 45%, so STSM has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold STSM or TSMG 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, STSM or TSMG?
- STSM charges 1.30% a year and TSMG charges 0.76%, so TSMG 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, STSM against TSMG, data as of Sep 11, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/STSM-TSMG Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.