FXP vs YXI: which held to its multiple?
Over three months against its own daily promise, FXP finished 2.8 points over and YXI 1.3 points over. ProShares UltraShort FTSE China 50 and ProShares Short FTSE China 50.
FXP returned −10.8% while −2 times FXI's move would have been −12.8%
YXI returned −5.4% while −1 times FXI's move would have been −6.4%
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 return | Multiple would give | Difference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | FXP | YXI | FXP | YXI | FXP | YXI |
| 1 month | +8.8% | +4.4% | +7.6% | +3.8% | +1.2 pts | +0.5 pts |
| 3 months | −10.8% | −5.4% | −12.8% | −6.4% | +2.0 pts | +1.0 pts |
| 6 months | +7.1% | +5.1% | +7.2% | +3.6% | −0.1 pts | +1.4 pts |
| 1 year | +37.1% | +21.0% | +31.5% | +15.8% | +5.6 pts | +5.2 pts |
| 3 years | −64.1% | −29.8% | −76.7% | −38.4% | +12.6 pts | +8.6 pts |
| Since launch FXP Jan 2010 · YXI Mar 2010 | −98.0% | −73.8% | −33.8% | −21.8% | −64.2 pts | −52.1 pts |
FXP and YXI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
FXP and YXI on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FXP in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: FXP returned −10.8% where its own daily promise gave −13.7%, 2.8 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −2 times FXI's 6.4% implies −12.8%, which makes FXP look 2.0 points over. 0.8 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. FXP aims to return -2 times FXI'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. FXI moved at 17% 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.
YXI in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: YXI returned −5.4% where its own daily promise gave −6.7%, 1.3 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −1 times FXI's 6.4% implies −6.4%, which makes YXI look 1.0 points over. 0.3 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −1 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. YXI aims to return -1 times FXI's move each day, then resets. 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.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, FXP or YXI?
- Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, FXP finished 2.0 points from what its multiple implies and YXI finished 1.0 points from its own, so YXI came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are FXP and YXI levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on iShares China Large-Cap ETF, FXP at -2 times and YXI at -1 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, FXP or YXI?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window FXP’s moved at 17% annualized and YXI’s at 17%, so FXP has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold FXP or YXI 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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ETFIQ, FXP against YXI, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/fxp-vs-yxi
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