BTCL vs BTCZ: which held to its multiple?
Over three months against its own daily promise, BTCL finished 6.1 points short and BTCZ 0.5 points over. T-REX 2X LONG BITCOIN DAILY TARGET ETF and T-REX 2X INVERSE BITCOIN DAILY TARGET ETF.
BTCL returned +81.0% while 2 times IBIT's move would have been +78.5%
BTCZ returned −53.7% while −2 times IBIT's move would have been −78.5%
BTCL among the 470 leveraged ETFs, long, over three months
BTCZ among the 125 inverse ETFs over three months
A percentile among the 470 leveraged ETFs, long, over three months. BTCZ is a percentile among the 125 inverse ETFs 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 | BTCL | BTCZ | BTCL | BTCZ | BTCL | BTCZ |
| 1 month | +9.4% | −14.5% | +12.0% | −12.0% | −2.5 pts | −2.6 pts |
| 3 months | +81.0% | −53.7% | +78.5% | −78.5% | +2.5 pts | +24.8 pts |
| 6 months | +29.5% | −45.8% | +45.0% | −45.0% | −15.5 pts | −0.7 pts |
| 1 year | −63.8% | +4.1% | −54.3% | +54.3% | −9.4 pts | −50.3 pts |
| Since launch BTCL Jul 2024 · BTCZ Jul 2024 | −14.3% | −88.4% | +89.8% | −89.8% | −104.1 pts | +1.4 pts |
BTCL and BTCZ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
BTCL and BTCZ on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BTCL in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: BTCL returned +81.0% where its own daily promise gave +87.1%, 6.1 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times IBIT's 39.2% implies +78.5%, which makes BTCL look 2.5 points over. 8.6 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any 2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. BTCL aims to return +2 times IBIT'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. IBIT moved at 38% 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.
BTCZ in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: BTCZ returned −53.7% where its own daily promise gave −54.2%, 0.5 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −2 times IBIT's 39.2% implies −78.5%, which makes BTCZ look 24.8 points over. 24.3 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. BTCZ aims to return -2 times IBIT'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, BTCL or BTCZ?
- Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, BTCL finished 2.5 points from what its multiple implies and BTCZ finished 24.8 points from its own, so BTCL came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are BTCL and BTCZ levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on bitcoin, BTCL at +2 times and BTCZ at -2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, BTCL or BTCZ?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window BTCL’s moved at 38% annualized and BTCZ’s at 38%, so BTCL has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold BTCL or BTCZ 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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