ASTG vs ASTY: which held to its multiple?
Over the days both have traded, ASTG finished 1.4 points from its stated multiple and ASTY 0.7. Leverage Shares 2X Long ASTS Daily ETF and Defiance Daily Target 2X Long ASTS ETF.
ASTG returned −64.7% while 2 times ASTS's move would have been −63.3%
ASTY returned −64.0% while 2 times ASTS's move would have been −63.3%
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Performance, window by window
| Total return | Multiple would give | Difference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | ASTG | ASTY | ASTG | ASTY | ASTG | ASTY |
| 1 month | −7.5% | −7.1% | −0.8% | −0.8% | −6.7 pts | −6.3 pts |
| 3 months | −64.7% | −64.0% | −63.3% | −63.3% | −1.4 pts | −0.7 pts |
| Since launch ASTG Jun 2026 · ASTY May 2026 | −52.8% | −77.4% | −38.5% | −77.7% | −14.3 pts | +0.2 pts |
ASTG and ASTY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
ASTG and ASTY on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ASTG in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: ASTG returned −64.7% where its own daily promise gave −61.2%, 3.5 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times ASTS's −31.6% implies −63.3%, which makes ASTG look 1.4 points short. 2.1 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any 2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. ASTG aims to return +2 times ASTS'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. ASTS moved at 83% 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.
ASTY in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: ASTY returned −64.0% where its own daily promise gave −61.2%, 2.8 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times ASTS's −31.6% implies −63.3%, which makes ASTY look 0.7 points short. ASTY aims to return +2 times ASTS's move each day, then resets.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, ASTG or ASTY?
- Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, ASTG finished 1.4 points from what its multiple implies and ASTY finished 0.7 points from its own, so ASTY came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are ASTG and ASTY levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on AST SpaceMobile, ASTG at +2 times and ASTY at +2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, ASTG or ASTY?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window ASTG’s moved at 83% annualized and ASTY’s at 83%, so ASTG has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold ASTG or ASTY 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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