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UTSL vs XLUX: which held to its multiple?

Over three months against its own daily promise, UTSL finished 2.1 points short and XLUX 1.9 points short.

Direxion Daily Utilities Bull 3X ETF and Corgi U.S. Utilities 2x Daily ETF, side by side, leveraged ETFs on ETFIQ.

−15.5%UTSL returned, 3 months
−10.6%XLUX returned, 3 months
−2.9 ptsUTSL from its stated multiple
−2.2 ptsXLUX from its stated multiple

ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score: XLUX scores higher

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

UTSL 66.9XLUX 73.70.1, 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

UTSL2.9 pts short of its label · 3 months to Sep 11, 2026
XLU −4.2% ×3 implies−12.6%UTSL returned−15.5%XLU −4.2% ×3 implies−12.6%UTSL returned−15.5%
XLUX2.2 pts short of its label · 3 months to Sep 11, 2026
XLU −4.2% ×2 implies−8.4%XLUX returned−10.6%XLU −4.2% ×2 implies−8.4%XLUX returned−10.6%

Performance, window by window

UTSL and XLUX over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnMultiple would giveDifference
UTSLXLUXUTSLXLUXUTSLXLUX
1 month−11.0%−7.1%−9.9%−6.6%−1.0 pts−0.5 pts
3 months−15.5%−10.6%−12.6%−8.4%−2.9 pts−2.2 pts
6 months−30.1%not published−25.6%not published−4.5 ptsnot published
1 year−9.3%not published+7.3%not published−16.5 ptsnot published
3 years+72.7%not published+138.0%not published−65.3 ptsnot published
Since launch+77.3%−7.8%not meaningful−4.8%not meaningful−3.0 pts
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UTSL and XLUX on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
UTSL
Direxion Daily Utilities Bull 3X ETF
Aims to return three times the daily move of utilities (XLU)
XLUX
Corgi U.S. Utilities 2x Daily ETF
Aims to return twice the daily move of utilities (XLU)
IssuerDirexionCorgi
Sets out to return+3x+2x
OnXLUXLU
Segmentsectorsector
Fund returned, 3 months−15.5%−10.6%
Underlying returned, 3 months−4.2%−4.2%
What the stated multiple implies, 3 months−12.6%−8.4%
Difference from stated, 3 months−2.9 pts−2.2 pts
Fund returned, 1 year or since launch−9.3%−7.8%
Difference from stated, over that window−16.5 pts−3.0 pts
Underlying volatility14%14%
Difference over the days both have tradedno shared window−2.2 pts
Expense ratio0.97%0.45%
LaunchedMay 3, 2017Jun 3, 2026

UTSL in plain words

Three months to Sep 11, 2026: UTSL returned −15.5% where its own daily promise gave −13.4%, 2.1 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +3 times XLU's −4.2% implies −12.6%, which makes UTSL look 2.9 points short. 0.8 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any +3 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. UTSL aims to return +3 times XLU's move each day, then resets. Over one day it does that. Over longer, the daily results compound, so the total is not +3 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. XLU moved at 14% 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.

XLUX in plain words

Three months to Sep 11, 2026: XLUX returned −10.6% where its own daily promise gave −8.7%, 1.9 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times XLU's −4.2% implies −8.4%, which makes XLUX look 2.2 points short. 0.3 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any +2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. XLUX aims to return +2 times XLU'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, UTSL or XLUX?
Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, UTSL finished 2.9 points from what its multiple implies and XLUX finished 2.2 points from its own, so XLUX came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
Are UTSL and XLUX levered on the same thing?
Yes. Both are levered on utilities, UTSL at +3 times and XLUX at +2 times the daily move.
Which one decays faster, UTSL or XLUX?
Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window UTSL’s moved at 14% annualized and XLUX’s at 14%, so UTSL has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
Can I hold UTSL or XLUX 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, UTSL or XLUX?
UTSL charges 0.97% a year and XLUX charges 0.45%, so XLUX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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