Data as of .
TECL vs XLKX: which held to its multiple?
Over three months against its own daily promise, TECL finished 2.6 points short and XLKX 2.5 points short.
ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: XLKX 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TECL | XLKX | TECL | XLKX | TECL | XLKX | |
| 1 month | −3.8% | −2.2% | −1.9% | −1.3% | −1.9 pts | −0.9 pts |
| 3 months | −4.3% | −1.4% | +5.0% | +3.3% | −9.3 pts | −4.7 pts |
| 6 months | +115.5% | not published | +112.6% | not published | +3.0 pts | not published |
| 1 year | +98.1% | not published | +117.6% | not published | −19.5 pts | not published |
| 3 years | +354.0% | not published | not meaningful | not published | not meaningful | not published |
| Since launch | +25453.5% | −13.6% | not meaningful | −8.5% | not meaningful | −5.0 pts |
| TECL Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3X ETF Aims to return three times the daily move of technology (XLK) | XLKX Corgi U.S. Technology 2x Daily ETF Aims to return twice the daily move of technology (XLK) | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Direxion | Corgi |
| Sets out to return | +3x | +2x |
| On | XLK | XLK |
| Segment | sector | sector |
| Fund returned, 3 months | −4.3% | −1.4% |
| Underlying returned, 3 months | +1.7% | +1.7% |
| What the stated multiple implies, 3 months | +5.0% | +3.3% |
| Difference from stated, 3 months | −9.3 pts | −4.7 pts |
| Fund returned, 1 year or since launch | +98.1% | −13.6% |
| Difference from stated, over that window | −19.5 pts | −5.0 pts |
| Underlying volatility | 30% | 30% |
| Difference over the days both have traded | no shared window | −4.7 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.87% | 0.45% |
| Launched | Jan 4, 2010 | Jun 3, 2026 |
TECL in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: TECL returned −4.3% where its own daily promise gave −1.7%, 2.6 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +3 times XLK's 1.7% implies +5.0%, which makes TECL look 9.3 points short. 6.8 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any +3 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. TECL aims to return +3 times XLK'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. XLK moved at 30% 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.
XLKX in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: XLKX returned −1.4% where its own daily promise gave +1.1%, 2.5 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times XLK's 1.7% implies +3.3%, which makes XLKX look 4.7 points short. 2.3 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any +2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. XLKX aims to return +2 times XLK'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, TECL or XLKX?
- Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, TECL finished 9.3 points from what its multiple implies and XLKX finished 4.7 points from its own, so XLKX came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are TECL and XLKX levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on technology, TECL at +3 times and XLKX at +2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, TECL or XLKX?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window TECL’s moved at 30% annualized and XLKX’s at 30%, so TECL has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold TECL or XLKX 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, TECL or XLKX?
- TECL charges 0.87% a year and XLKX charges 0.45%, so XLKX 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, TECL against XLKX, data as of Sep 11, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/TECL-XLKX Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.