HODU vs ROBN: which held to its multiple?
Over the days both have traded, HODU finished 5.3 points from its stated multiple and ROBN 5.2. Direxion Daily HOOD Bull 2X ETF and T-REX 2X LONG HOOD DAILY TARGET ETF.
HODU returned −7.4% while 2 times HOOD's move would have been +7.1%
ROBN returned −8.3% while 2 times HOOD's move would have been +7.1%
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Performance, window by window
| Total return | Multiple would give | Difference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | HODU | ROBN | HODU | ROBN | HODU | ROBN |
| 1 month | +9.4% | +9.5% | +14.7% | +14.7% | −5.3 pts | −5.2 pts |
| 3 months | −7.4% | −8.3% | +7.1% | +7.1% | −14.5 pts | −15.4 pts |
| 6 months | +86.1% | +84.5% | +120.9% | +120.9% | −34.8 pts | −36.5 pts |
| 1 year | not published | −68.8% | not published | −42.9% | not published | −26.0 pts |
| Since launch HODU Nov 2025 · ROBN Jan 2025 | −49.1% | +39.8% | −9.6% | not meaningful | −39.5 pts | not meaningful |
HODU and ROBN over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
HODU and ROBN on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
HODU in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: HODU returned −7.4% where its own daily promise gave −4.3%, 3.1 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times HOOD's 3.5% implies +7.1%, which makes HODU look 14.5 points short. 11.4 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any 2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. HODU aims to return +2 times HOOD'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. HOOD moved at 71% 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.
ROBN in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: ROBN returned −8.3% where its own daily promise gave −4.3%, 4.0 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times HOOD's 3.5% implies +7.1%, which makes ROBN look 15.4 points short. ROBN aims to return +2 times HOOD's move each day, then resets.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, HODU or ROBN?
- Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, HODU finished 14.5 points from what its multiple implies and ROBN finished 15.4 points from its own, so HODU came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are HODU and ROBN levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on Robinhood Markets, HODU at +2 times and ROBN at +2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, HODU or ROBN?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window HODU’s moved at 71% annualized and ROBN’s at 71%, so HODU has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold HODU or ROBN 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, HODU against ROBN, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/hodu-vs-robn
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