MIDU vs UMDD: which held to its multiple?
Over the days both have traded, MIDU finished 2.1 points from its stated multiple and UMDD 1.5. Direxion Daily Mid Cap Bull 3X ETF and ProShares UltraPro MidCap400.
MIDU returned −18.8% while 3 times MDY's move would have been −16.7%
UMDD returned −18.2% while 3 times MDY's move would have been −16.7%
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Performance, window by window
| Total return | Multiple would give | Difference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | MIDU | UMDD | MIDU | UMDD | MIDU | UMDD |
| 1 month | −13.3% | −12.9% | −12.6% | −12.6% | −0.7 pts | −0.3 pts |
| 3 months | −18.8% | −18.2% | −16.7% | −16.7% | −2.1 pts | −1.5 pts |
| 6 months | +11.2% | +11.4% | +18.4% | +18.4% | −7.2 pts | −7.0 pts |
| 1 year | +17.3% | +17.9% | +34.2% | +34.2% | −16.9 pts | −16.3 pts |
| 3 years | +79.8% | +79.0% | +146.9% | +146.9% | −67.1 pts | −68.0 pts |
| Since launch MIDU Jan 2010 · UMDD Feb 2010 | +1229.4% | +1401.8% | not meaningful | not meaningful | not meaningful | not meaningful |
MIDU and UMDD over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
MIDU and UMDD on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
MIDU in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: MIDU returned −18.8% where its own daily promise gave −16.6%, 2.1 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 3 times MDY's −5.6% implies −16.7%, which makes MIDU look 2.1 points short. 0.1 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any 3 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. MIDU aims to return +3 times MDY'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. MDY moved at 12% 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.
UMDD in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: UMDD returned −18.2% where its own daily promise gave −16.6%, 1.6 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 3 times MDY's −5.6% implies −16.7%, which makes UMDD look 1.5 points short. UMDD aims to return +3 times MDY's move each day, then resets.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, MIDU or UMDD?
- Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, MIDU finished 2.1 points from what its multiple implies and UMDD finished 1.5 points from its own, so UMDD came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are MIDU and UMDD levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on the S&P MidCap 400, MIDU at +3 times and UMDD at +3 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, MIDU or UMDD?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window MIDU’s moved at 12% annualized and UMDD’s at 12%, so MIDU has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold MIDU or UMDD 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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