Data as of .
TSLQ vs TSLS: which held to its multiple?
Over three months against its own daily promise, TSLQ finished 1.9 points over and TSLS 2.1 points over.
ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: TSLS 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSLQ | TSLS | TSLQ | TSLS | TSLQ | TSLS | |
| 1 month | −24.3% | −11.6% | −23.2% | −11.6% | −1.1 pts | −0.1 pts |
| 3 months | +0.2% | +5.0% | +20.2% | +10.1% | −20.0 pts | −5.1 pts |
| 6 months | −18.8% | −2.1% | +13.2% | +6.6% | −32.0 pts | −8.7 pts |
| 1 year | −43.4% | −12.6% | +1.8% | +0.9% | −45.2 pts | −13.5 pts |
| 3 years | −95.5% | −66.4% | −73.2% | −36.6% | −22.2 pts | −29.8 pts |
| Since launch | −97.2% | −74.2% | −106.7% | −29.0% | +9.5 pts | −45.3 pts |
| TSLQ Tradr 2X Short TSLA Daily ETF Aims to return twice the opposite of the daily move of Tesla (TSLA) | TSLS Direxion Daily TSLA Bear 1X ETF Aims to return 1 times the opposite of the daily move of Tesla (TSLA) | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Tradr | Direxion |
| Sets out to return | -2x | -1x |
| On | TSLA | TSLA |
| Segment | company | company |
| Fund returned, 3 months | +0.2% | +5.0% |
| Underlying returned, 3 months | −10.1% | −10.1% |
| What the stated multiple implies, 3 months | +20.2% | +10.1% |
| Difference from stated, 3 months | −20.0 pts | −5.1 pts |
| Fund returned, 1 year or since launch | −43.4% | −12.6% |
| Difference from stated, over that window | −45.2 pts | −13.5 pts |
| Underlying volatility | 56% | 56% |
| Difference over the days both have traded | −20.0 pts | no shared window |
| Expense ratio | 1.15% | not published |
| Launched | Jul 14, 2022 | Aug 9, 2022 |
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 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. 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.
TSLS in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: TSLS returned +5.0% where its own daily promise gave +2.9%, 2.1 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −1 times TSLA's −10.1% implies +10.1%, which makes TSLS look 5.1 points short. 7.2 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −1 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. TSLS aims to return -1 times TSLA's move each day, then resets. Over longer, the daily results compound, so the total is not -1 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, TSLQ or TSLS?
- Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, TSLQ finished 20.0 points from what its multiple implies and TSLS finished 5.1 points from its own, so TSLS came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are TSLQ and TSLS levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on Tesla, TSLQ at -2 times and TSLS at -1 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, TSLQ or TSLS?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window TSLQ’s moved at 56% annualized and TSLS’s at 56%, so TSLQ has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold TSLQ or TSLS 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.
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