EDZ vs EEV: which held to its multiple?

Over three months against its own daily promise, EDZ finished 3.0 points over and EEV 1.9 points over. Direxion Daily MSCI Emerging Markets Bear 3X ETF and ProShares UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets.

−6.7%
EDZ returned, 3 months
−3.3%
EEV returned, 3 months
−5.3 pts
EDZ from its stated multiple
−2.4 pts
EEV from its stated multiple
EDZ · 3 months to Sep 30, 20265.3 pts short of its stated multiple
5.3 pts short of its stated multipleEDZ returned −6.7% while −3 times EEM's move would have been −1.4%EEM +0.5% ×−3 implies−1.4%EDZ returned−6.7%5.3 pts short of its stated multipleEDZ returned −6.7% while −3 times EEM's move would have been −1.4%EEM +0.5% ×−3 implies−1.4%EDZ returned−6.7%

EDZ returned −6.7% while −3 times EEM's move would have been −1.4%

EEV · 3 months to Sep 30, 20262.4 pts short of its stated multiple
2.4 pts short of its stated multipleEEV returned −3.3% while −2 times EEM's move would have been −0.9%EEM +0.5% ×−2 implies−0.9%EEV returned−3.3%2.4 pts short of its stated multipleEEV returned −3.3% while −2 times EEM's move would have been −0.9%EEM +0.5% ×−2 implies−0.9%EEV returned−3.3%

EEV returned −3.3% while −2 times EEM's move would have been −0.9%

ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score · EDZ scores higherDid it keep up with its own daily multiple, compounded day by day?
0.4, the lowest in this set99.6, the highest

A percentile among the 125 inverse ETFs 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 →

Performance, window by window

Total returnMultiple would giveDifference
WindowEDZEEVEDZEEVEDZEEV
1 month−0.4%+0.3%+1.0%+0.7%−1.4 pts−0.4 pts
3 months−6.7%−3.3%−1.4%−0.9%−5.3 pts−2.4 pts
6 months−48.5%−33.4%−51.9%−34.6%+3.4 pts+1.2 pts
1 year−62.3%−44.9%−82.5%−55.0%+20.3 pts+10.1 pts
3 years−88.0%−73.3%−267.2%−178.1%+179.2 pts+104.8 pts
Since launch
EDZ Jan 2010 · EEV Jan 2010
−99.8%−97.5%not meaningfulnot meaningfulnot meaningfulnot meaningful

EDZ and EEV over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

EDZ
Direxion Daily MSCI Emerging Markets Bear 3X ETF · Aims to return three times the opposite of the daily move of emerging markets (EEM)
EEV
ProShares UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets · Aims to return twice the opposite of the daily move of emerging markets (EEM)
Issuer Direxion ProShares
Sets out to return -3x -2x
Underlying asset EEM EEM
Segment country country
Fund returned, 3 months or since launch −6.7% −3.3%
Underlying returned, over that window +0.5% +0.5%
What the stated multiple implies, over that window −1.4% −0.9%
Difference from stated, over that window −5.3 pts −2.4 pts
Fund returned, 1 year or since launch −62.3% −44.9%
Difference from stated, over that window +20.3 pts +10.1 pts
Underlying volatility 24% 24%
Expense ratio 1.05% 0.95%
Launched Jan 4, 2010 Jan 4, 2010
Net assets $29m $3m

EDZ and EEV on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

EDZ in plain words

Three months to Sep 30, 2026: EDZ returned −6.7% where its own daily promise gave −9.8%, 3.0 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −3 times EEM's 0.5% implies −1.4%, which makes EDZ look 5.3 points short. 8.3 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −3 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. EDZ aims to return -3 times EEM'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. EEM moved at 24% 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.

EEV in plain words

Three months to Sep 30, 2026: EEV returned −3.3% where its own daily promise gave −5.2%, 1.9 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −2 times EEM's 0.5% implies −0.9%, which makes EEV look 2.4 points short. 4.3 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. EEV aims to return -2 times EEM'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, EDZ or EEV?
Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, EDZ finished 5.3 points from what its multiple implies and EEV finished 2.4 points from its own, so EEV came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
Are EDZ and EEV levered on the same thing?
Yes. Both are levered on emerging markets, EDZ at -3 times and EEV at -2 times the daily move.
Which one decays faster, EDZ or EEV?
Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window EDZ’s moved at 24% annualized and EEV’s at 24%, so EDZ has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
Can I hold EDZ or EEV 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, EDZ or EEV?
EDZ charges 1.05% a year and EEV charges 0.95%, so EEV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, EDZ against EEV, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/edz-vs-eev

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