ERX vs XLEX: which held to its multiple?
Over the days both have traded, ERX finished 0.4 points from its stated multiple and XLEX 1.8. Direxion Daily Energy Bull 2X ETF and Corgi U.S. Energy 2x Daily ETF.
ERX returned +33.9% while 2 times XLE's move would have been +34.3%
XLEX returned +32.5% while 2 times XLE's move would have been +34.3%
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Performance, window by window
| Total return | Multiple would give | Difference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | ERX | XLEX | ERX | XLEX | ERX | XLEX |
| 1 month | −7.0% | −7.2% | −6.5% | −6.5% | −0.5 pts | −0.7 pts |
| 3 months | +33.9% | +32.5% | +34.3% | +34.3% | −0.4 pts | −1.8 pts |
| 6 months | +6.0% | not published | +11.3% | not published | −5.4 pts | not published |
| 1 year | +81.1% | not published | +83.2% | not published | −2.1 pts | not published |
| 3 years | +60.7% | not published | +99.1% | not published | −38.3 pts | not published |
| Since launch ERX Jan 2010 · XLEX Jun 2026 | −71.0% | +6.7% | not meaningful | +12.3% | not meaningful | −5.6 pts |
ERX and XLEX over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
ERX and XLEX on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ERX in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: ERX returned +33.9% where its own daily promise gave +35.7%, 1.8 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times XLE's 17.2% implies +34.3%, which makes ERX look 0.4 points short. 1.4 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any 2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. ERX aims to return +2 times XLE'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. XLE moved at 21% 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.
XLEX in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: XLEX returned +32.5% where its own daily promise gave +35.7%, 3.2 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times XLE's 17.2% implies +34.3%, which makes XLEX look 1.8 points short. XLEX aims to return +2 times XLE's move each day, then resets.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, ERX or XLEX?
- Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, ERX finished 0.4 points from what its multiple implies and XLEX finished 1.8 points from its own, so ERX came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are ERX and XLEX levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on energy, ERX at +2 times and XLEX at +2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, ERX or XLEX?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window ERX’s moved at 21% annualized and XLEX’s at 21%, so ERX has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold ERX or XLEX 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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