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TSMX vs TSMZ: which held to its multiple?

Over three months against its own daily promise, TSMX finished 2.7 points short and TSMZ 1.2 points over.

Direxion Daily TSM Bull 2X ETF and Direxion Daily TSM Bear 1X ETF, side by side, leveraged ETFs on ETFIQ.

−3.2%TSMX returned, 3 months
−5.6%TSMZ returned, 3 months
−7.6 ptsTSMX from its stated multiple
−3.4 ptsTSMZ from its stated multiple

ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: TSMX scores higher

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

TSMX 46.9TSMZ 33.90.1, the lowest in this set99.9, the highest

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

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%
TSMZ3.4 pts short of its label · 3 months to Sep 11, 2026
TSM +2.2% ×1 implies−2.2%TSMZ returned−5.6%TSM +2.2% ×1 implies−2.2%TSMZ returned−5.6%

Performance, window by window

TSMX and TSMZ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnMultiple would giveDifference
TSMXTSMZTSMXTSMZTSMXTSMZ
1 month+0.5%−1.0%+1.9%−0.9%−1.4 pts0.0 pts
3 months−3.2%−5.6%+4.4%−2.2%−7.6 pts−3.4 pts
6 months+42.5%−27.4%+57.4%−28.7%−15.0 pts+1.3 pts
1 year+117.6%−46.6%+138.3%−69.1%−20.7 pts+22.5 pts
Since launch+247.4%−66.9%not meaningfulnot meaningfulnot meaningfulnot meaningful
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TSMX and TSMZ on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
TSMX
Direxion Daily TSM Bull 2X ETF
Aims to return twice the daily move of TSM
TSMZ
Direxion Daily TSM Bear 1X ETF
Aims to return 1 times the opposite of the daily move of TSM
IssuerDirexionDirexion
Sets out to return+2x-1x
OnTSMTSM
Segmentcompanycompany
Fund returned, 3 months−3.2%−5.6%
Underlying returned, 3 months+2.2%+2.2%
What the stated multiple implies, 3 months+4.4%−2.2%
Difference from stated, 3 months−7.6 pts−3.4 pts
Fund returned, 1 year or since launch+117.6%−46.6%
Difference from stated, over that window−20.7 pts+22.5 pts
Underlying volatility45%45%
Difference over the days both have traded−1.4 ptsno shared window
Expense ratio0.99%not published
LaunchedOct 3, 2024Oct 3, 2024

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 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.

TSMZ in plain words

Three months to Sep 11, 2026: TSMZ returned −5.6% where its own daily promise gave −6.8%, 1.2 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −1 times TSM's 2.2% implies −2.2%, which makes TSMZ look 3.4 points short. 4.6 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −1 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. TSMZ aims to return -1 times TSM'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, TSMX or TSMZ?
Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, TSMX finished 7.6 points from what its multiple implies and TSMZ finished 3.4 points from its own, so TSMZ came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
Are TSMX and TSMZ levered on the same thing?
Yes. Both are levered on TSM, TSMX at +2 times and TSMZ at -1 times the daily move.
Which one decays faster, TSMX or TSMZ?
Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window TSMX’s moved at 45% annualized and TSMZ’s at 45%, so TSMX has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
Can I hold TSMX or TSMZ 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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Where these figures came from

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

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