Data as of .
TSMU vs TSMX: which held to its multiple?
Over the days both have traded, TSMU finished 2.0 points from its stated multiple and TSMX 1.4.
ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: TSMX 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSMU | TSMX | TSMU | TSMX | TSMU | TSMX | |
| 1 month | −0.1% | +0.5% | +1.9% | +1.9% | −2.0 pts | −1.4 pts |
| 3 months | −4.2% | −3.2% | +4.4% | +4.4% | −8.6 pts | −7.6 pts |
| 6 months | +39.0% | +42.5% | +57.4% | +57.4% | −18.4 pts | −15.0 pts |
| 1 year | +107.1% | +117.6% | +138.3% | +138.3% | −31.1 pts | −20.7 pts |
| Since launch | +191.7% | +247.4% | not meaningful | not meaningful | not meaningful | not meaningful |
| TSMU GraniteShares 2x Long TSM Daily ETF Aims to return twice the daily move of TSM | TSMX Direxion Daily TSM Bull 2X ETF Aims to return twice the daily move of TSM | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | GraniteShares | Direxion |
| Sets out to return | +2x | +2x |
| On | TSM | TSM |
| Segment | company | company |
| Fund returned, 3 months | −4.2% | −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 | −8.6 pts | −7.6 pts |
| Fund returned, 1 year or since launch | +107.1% | +117.6% |
| Difference from stated, over that window | −31.1 pts | −20.7 pts |
| Underlying volatility | 45% | 45% |
| Difference over the days both have traded | −2.0 pts | −1.4 pts |
| Expense ratio | 1.50% | 0.99% |
| Launched | Nov 12, 2024 | Oct 3, 2024 |
TSMU in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: TSMU returned −4.2% where its own daily promise gave −0.5%, 3.7 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times TSM's 2.2% implies +4.4%, which makes TSMU look 8.6 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. TSMU 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. TSMX aims to return +2 times TSM's move each day, then resets.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, TSMU or TSMX?
- Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, TSMU finished 8.6 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 TSMU and TSMX levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on TSM, TSMU at +2 times and TSMX at +2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, TSMU or TSMX?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window TSMU’s moved at 45% annualized and TSMX’s at 45%, so TSMU has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold TSMU 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, TSMU or TSMX?
- TSMU charges 1.50% a year and TSMX charges 0.99%, so TSMX 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, TSMU against TSMX, data as of Sep 11, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/TSMU-TSMX Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.