AMZD vs AMZU: which held to its multiple?
Over three months against its own daily promise, AMZD finished 1.3 points over and AMZU 2.7 points short. Direxion Daily AMZN Bear 1X ETF and Direxion Daily AMZN Bull 2X ETF.
AMZD returned −5.6% while −1 times AMZN's move would have been −3.1%
AMZU returned −0.2% while 2 times AMZN's move would have been +6.2%
AMZD among the 125 inverse ETFs over three months
AMZU among the 470 leveraged ETFs, long, over three months
A percentile among the 125 inverse ETFs over three months. AMZU is a percentile among the 470 leveraged ETFs, long, over three months, a different set, so the two marks are not on one scale. 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
| Total return | Multiple would give | Difference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | AMZD | AMZU | AMZD | AMZU | AMZD | AMZU |
| 1 month | +4.2% | −9.3% | +4.1% | −8.2% | +0.1 pts | −1.1 pts |
| 3 months | −5.6% | −0.2% | −3.1% | +6.2% | −2.5 pts | −6.3 pts |
| 6 months | −18.6% | +25.1% | −18.3% | +36.6% | −0.3 pts | −11.5 pts |
| 1 year | −16.8% | +3.4% | −13.5% | +26.9% | −3.4 pts | −23.5 pts |
| 3 years | −53.9% | +79.2% | −96.0% | +192.0% | +42.1 pts | −112.8 pts |
| Since launch AMZD Sep 2022 · AMZU Sep 2022 | −57.1% | +53.1% | −92.4% | +184.8% | +35.3 pts | −131.7 pts |
AMZD and AMZU over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
AMZD and AMZU on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AMZD in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: AMZD returned −5.6% where its own daily promise gave −7.0%, 1.3 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −1 times AMZN's 3.1% implies −3.1%, which makes AMZD look 2.5 points short. 3.9 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −1 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. AMZD aims to return -1 times AMZN's move each day, then resets. Over one day it does that. 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. AMZN moved at 41% 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.
AMZU in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: AMZU returned −0.2% where its own daily promise gave +2.5%, 2.7 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times AMZN's 3.1% implies +6.2%, which makes AMZU look 6.3 points short. 3.6 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any 2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. AMZU aims to return +2 times AMZN'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, AMZD or AMZU?
- Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, AMZD finished 2.5 points from what its multiple implies and AMZU finished 6.3 points from its own, so AMZD came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are AMZD and AMZU levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on Amazon.com, AMZD at -1 times and AMZU at +2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, AMZD or AMZU?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window AMZD’s moved at 41% annualized and AMZU’s at 41%, so AMZD has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold AMZD or AMZU 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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