MSFU vs MSFX: which held to its multiple?
Over the days both have traded, MSFU finished 1.4 points from its stated multiple and MSFX 1.0. Direxion Daily MSFT Bull 2X ETF and T-REX 2X LONG MICROSOFT DAILY TARGET ETF.
MSFU returned +68.9% while 2 times MSFT's move would have been +67.4%
MSFX returned +68.4% while 2 times MSFT's move would have been +67.4%
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Performance, window by window
| Total return | Multiple would give | Difference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | MSFU | MSFX | MSFU | MSFX | MSFU | MSFX |
| 1 month | +1.0% | +1.1% | +2.2% | +2.2% | −1.2 pts | −1.1 pts |
| 3 months | +68.9% | +68.4% | +67.4% | +67.4% | +1.4 pts | +1.0 pts |
| 6 months | +74.0% | +72.9% | +78.8% | +78.8% | −4.9 pts | −6.0 pts |
| 1 year | −18.2% | −21.1% | −0.3% | −0.3% | −17.9 pts | −20.8 pts |
| 3 years | +48.8% | not published | +132.5% | not published | −83.7 pts | not published |
| Since launch MSFU Sep 2022 · MSFX Jan 2024 | +84.7% | +9.2% | not meaningful | +72.4% | not meaningful | −63.2 pts |
MSFU and MSFX over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
MSFU and MSFX on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
MSFU in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: MSFU returned +68.9% where its own daily promise gave +72.9%, 4.0 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times MSFT's 33.7% implies +67.4%, which makes MSFU look 1.4 points over. 5.4 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any 2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. MSFU aims to return +2 times MSFT'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. MSFT moved at 39% 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.
MSFX in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: MSFX returned +68.4% where its own daily promise gave +72.9%, 4.5 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times MSFT's 33.7% implies +67.4%, which makes MSFX look 1.0 points over. MSFX aims to return +2 times MSFT's move each day, then resets.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, MSFU or MSFX?
- Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, MSFU finished 1.4 points from what its multiple implies and MSFX finished 1.0 points from its own, so MSFX came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are MSFU and MSFX levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on Microsoft, MSFU at +2 times and MSFX at +2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, MSFU or MSFX?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window MSFU’s moved at 39% annualized and MSFX’s at 39%, so MSFU has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold MSFU or MSFX 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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