AAOG vs AAOZ: which held to its multiple?
Over a month against its own daily promise, AAOG finished 1.3 points short and AAOZ 0.2 points over. Leverage Shares 2X Long AAOI Daily ETF and Tradr 2X Short AAOI Daily ETF.
AAOG returned −67.0% while 2 times AAOI's move would have been −57.2%
AAOZ returned +6.5% while −2 times AAOI's move would have been +15.7%
Performance, window by window
| Total return | Multiple would give | Difference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | AAOG | AAOZ | AAOG | AAOZ | AAOG | AAOZ |
| 1 month | −19.3% | +6.5% | −15.7% | +15.7% | −3.6 pts | −9.1 pts |
| 3 months | −67.0% | not published | −57.2% | not published | −9.9 pts | not published |
| Since launch AAOG May 2026 · AAOZ Jul 2026 | −86.8% | −55.2% | −94.6% | +18.0% | +7.7 pts | −73.2 pts |
AAOG and AAOZ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
AAOG and AAOZ on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AAOG in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: AAOG returned −67.0% where its own daily promise gave −64.9%, 2.2 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times AAOI's −28.6% implies −57.2%, which makes AAOG look 9.9 points short. 7.7 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any 2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. AAOG aims to return +2 times AAOI'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. AAOI moved at 122% 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.
AAOZ in plain words
One month to Sep 30, 2026: AAOZ returned +6.5% where its own daily promise gave +6.4%, 0.2 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −2 times AAOI's −7.8% implies +15.7%, which makes AAOZ look 9.1 points short. 9.3 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. AAOZ aims to return -2 times AAOI'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. AAOI moved at 64% annualized over that window.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, AAOG or AAOZ?
- Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, AAOG finished 9.9 points from what its multiple implies and AAOZ finished 9.1 points from its own, so AAOZ came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are AAOG and AAOZ levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on Applied Optoelectronics, AAOG at +2 times and AAOZ at -2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, AAOG or AAOZ?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window AAOG’s moved at 122% annualized and AAOZ’s at 64%, so AAOG has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold AAOG or AAOZ 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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