Data as of .
UGL vs UGLD: which held to its multiple?
Over the days both have traded, UGL finished 2.6 points from its stated multiple and UGLD 3.9.
ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: UGL 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UGL | UGLD | UGL | UGLD | UGL | UGLD | |
| 1 month | −3.9% | −4.3% | −3.0% | −3.0% | −0.9 pts | −1.2 pts |
| 3 months | +3.8% | +2.4% | +6.3% | +6.3% | −2.6 pts | −3.9 pts |
| 6 months | −29.6% | not published | −26.9% | not published | −2.7 pts | not published |
| 1 year | +22.3% | not published | +38.2% | not published | −15.9 pts | not published |
| 3 years | +254.7% | not published | not meaningful | not published | not meaningful | not published |
| Since launch | +330.8% | −11.3% | not meaningful | −6.8% | not meaningful | −4.5 pts |
| UGL ProShares Ultra Gold Aims to return twice the daily move of gold (GLD) | UGLD Direxion Daily Gold Bull 2X ETF Aims to return twice the daily move of gold (GLD) | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | ProShares | Direxion |
| Sets out to return | +2x | +2x |
| On | GLD | GLD |
| Segment | metal | metal |
| Fund returned, 3 months | +3.8% | +2.4% |
| Underlying returned, 3 months | +3.2% | +3.2% |
| What the stated multiple implies, 3 months | +6.3% | +6.3% |
| Difference from stated, 3 months | −2.6 pts | −3.9 pts |
| Fund returned, 1 year or since launch | +22.3% | −11.3% |
| Difference from stated, over that window | −15.9 pts | −4.5 pts |
| Underlying volatility | 25% | 25% |
| Difference over the days both have traded | −2.6 pts | −3.9 pts |
| Expense ratio | not published | 1.07% |
| Launched | Jan 4, 2010 | May 28, 2026 |
UGL in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: UGL returned +3.8% where its own daily promise gave +4.8%, 1.1 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times GLD's 3.2% implies +6.3%, which makes UGL look 2.6 points short. 1.5 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any +2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. UGL aims to return +2 times GLD'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. GLD moved at 25% 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.
UGLD in plain words
Three months to Sep 11, 2026: UGLD returned +2.4% where its own daily promise gave +4.8%, 2.4 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times GLD's 3.2% implies +6.3%, which makes UGLD look 3.9 points short. UGLD aims to return +2 times GLD's move each day, then resets.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, UGL or UGLD?
- Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, UGL finished 2.6 points from what its multiple implies and UGLD finished 3.9 points from its own, so UGL came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are UGL and UGLD levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on gold, UGL at +2 times and UGLD at +2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, UGL or UGLD?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window UGL’s moved at 25% annualized and UGLD’s at 25%, so UGL has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold UGL or UGLD 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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