Data as of .
TSL vs TSLQ: which held to its multiple?
Over three months against its own daily promise, TSL finished 0.8 points short and TSLQ 1.9 points over.
ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: TSL 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSL | TSLQ | TSL | TSLQ | TSL | TSLQ | |
| 1 month | +13.9% | −24.3% | +14.5% | −23.2% | −0.6 pts | −1.1 pts |
| 3 months | −14.3% | +0.2% | −12.6% | +20.2% | −1.7 pts | −20.0 pts |
| 6 months | −11.5% | −18.8% | −8.2% | +13.2% | −3.3 pts | −32.0 pts |
| 1 year | −7.9% | −43.4% | −1.1% | +1.8% | −6.7 pts | −45.2 pts |
| 3 years | +9.3% | −95.5% | +45.8% | −73.2% | −36.5 pts | −22.2 pts |
| Since launch | −11.4% | −97.2% | +36.2% | −106.7% | −47.7 pts | +9.5 pts |
| TSL GraniteShares 1.25x Long TSLA Daily ETF Aims to return 1.25 times the daily move of Tesla (TSLA) | TSLQ Tradr 2X Short TSLA Daily ETF Aims to return twice the opposite of the daily move of Tesla (TSLA) | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | GraniteShares | Tradr |
| Sets out to return | +1.25x | -2x |
| On | TSLA | TSLA |
| Segment | company | company |
| Fund returned, 3 months | −14.3% | +0.2% |
| Underlying returned, 3 months | −10.1% | −10.1% |
| What the stated multiple implies, 3 months | −12.6% | +20.2% |
| Difference from stated, 3 months | −1.7 pts | −20.0 pts |
| Fund returned, 1 year or since launch | −7.9% | −43.4% |
| Difference from stated, over that window | −6.7 pts | −45.2 pts |
| Underlying volatility | 56% | 56% |
| Difference over the days both have traded | no shared window | −20.0 pts |
| Expense ratio | 1.15% | 1.15% |
| Launched | Aug 9, 2022 | Jul 14, 2022 |
TSL in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: TSL returned −14.3% where its own daily promise gave −13.6%, 0.8 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +1.25 times TSLA's −10.1% implies −12.6%, which makes TSL look 1.7 points short. 1.0 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any +1.25 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. TSL aims to return +1.25 times TSLA's move each day, then resets. Over one day it does that. Over longer, the daily results compound, so the total is not +1.25 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. TSLA 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.
TSLQ in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: TSLQ returned +0.2% where its own daily promise gave −1.7%, 1.9 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −2 times TSLA's −10.1% implies +20.2%, which makes TSLQ look 20.0 points short. 21.9 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. TSLQ aims to return -2 times TSLA'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, TSL or TSLQ?
- Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, TSL finished 1.7 points from what its multiple implies and TSLQ finished 20.0 points from its own, so TSL came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are TSL and TSLQ levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on Tesla, TSL at +1.25 times and TSLQ at -2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, TSL or TSLQ?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window TSL’s moved at 56% annualized and TSLQ’s at 56%, so TSL has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold TSL or TSLQ 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, TSL or TSLQ?
- TSL charges 1.15% a year and TSLQ charges 1.15%, so TSL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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