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STSM vs TSMX: which held to its multiple?

Over three months against its own daily promise, STSM finished 0.3 points short and TSMX 2.7 points short.

Defiance Daily Target 2X Short TSM ETF and Direxion Daily TSM Bull 2X ETF, side by side, leveraged ETFs on ETFIQ.

−17.7%STSM returned, 3 months
−3.2%TSMX returned, 3 months
−13.3 ptsSTSM from its stated multiple
−7.6 ptsTSMX from its stated multiple

ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: TSMX scores higher

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

STSM 12.8TSMX 46.90.4, the lowest in this set99.6, the highest

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

STSM13.3 pts short of its label · 3 months to Sep 11, 2026
TSM +2.2% ×2 implies−4.4%STSM returned−17.7%TSM +2.2% ×2 implies−4.4%STSM returned−17.7%
TSMX7.6 pts short of its label · 3 months to Sep 11, 2026
TSM +2.2% ×2 implies+4.4%TSMX returned−3.2%TSM +2.2% ×2 implies+4.4%TSMX returned−3.2%

Performance, window by window

STSM and TSMX over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnMultiple would giveDifference
STSMTSMXSTSMTSMXSTSMTSMX
1 month−3.9%+0.5%−1.9%+1.9%−2.0 pts−1.4 pts
3 months−17.7%−3.2%−4.4%+4.4%−13.3 pts−7.6 pts
6 months−54.9%+42.5%−57.4%+57.4%+2.6 pts−15.0 pts
1 yearnot published+117.6%not published+138.3%not published−20.7 pts
Since launch−73.0%+247.4%−114.2%not meaningful+41.2 ptsnot meaningful
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STSM and TSMX on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
STSM
Defiance Daily Target 2X Short TSM ETF
Aims to return twice the opposite of the daily move of TSM
TSMX
Direxion Daily TSM Bull 2X ETF
Aims to return twice the daily move of TSM
IssuerDefianceDirexion
Sets out to return-2x+2x
OnTSMTSM
Segmentcompanycompany
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%+117.6%
Difference from stated, over that window+41.2 pts−20.7 pts
Underlying volatility45%45%
Difference over the days both have tradedno shared window−1.4 pts
Expense ratio1.30%0.99%
LaunchedNov 18, 2025Oct 3, 2024

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.

TSMX in plain words

Three months to Sep 11, 2026: TSMX returned −3.2% where its own daily promise gave −0.5%, 2.7 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times TSM's 2.2% implies +4.4%, which makes TSMX 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. TSMX 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 TSMX?
Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, STSM finished 13.3 points from what its multiple implies and TSMX finished 7.6 points from its own, so TSMX came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
Are STSM and TSMX levered on the same thing?
Yes. Both are levered on TSM, STSM at -2 times and TSMX at +2 times the daily move.
Which one decays faster, STSM or TSMX?
Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window STSM’s moved at 45% annualized and TSMX’s at 45%, so STSM has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
Can I hold STSM or TSMX 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 TSMX?
STSM charges 1.30% a year and TSMX charges 0.99%, so TSMX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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