MSTC vs MSTU: which held to its multiple?
Over the days both have traded, MSTC finished 6.7 points from its stated multiple and MSTU 10.9. Corgi MSTR 2x Daily ETF and T-REX 2X LONG MSTR DAILY TARGET ETF.
MSTC returned +121.2% while 2 times MSTR's move would have been +127.9%
MSTU returned +117.0% while 2 times MSTR's move would have been +127.9%
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Performance, window by window
| Total return | Multiple would give | Difference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | MSTC | MSTU | MSTC | MSTU | MSTC | MSTU |
| 1 month | +22.5% | +21.9% | +30.3% | +30.3% | −7.8 pts | −8.5 pts |
| 3 months | +121.2% | +117.0% | +127.9% | +127.9% | −6.7 pts | −10.9 pts |
| 6 months | not published | −2.1% | not published | +49.4% | not published | −51.5 pts |
| 1 year | not published | −91.4% | not published | −105.0% | not published | +13.6 pts |
| Since launch MSTC Jun 2026 · MSTU Sep 2024 | +155.3% | −84.3% | +152.2% | +30.8% | +3.1 pts | −115.0 pts |
MSTC and MSTU over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
MSTC and MSTU on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
MSTC in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: MSTC returned +121.2% where its own daily promise gave +130.0%, 8.9 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times MSTR's 63.9% implies +127.9%, which makes MSTC look 6.7 points short. 2.2 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any 2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. MSTC aims to return +2 times MSTR'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. MSTR moved at 83% 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.
MSTU in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: MSTU returned +117.0% where its own daily promise gave +130.0%, 13.1 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times MSTR's 63.9% implies +127.9%, which makes MSTU look 10.9 points short. MSTU aims to return +2 times MSTR's move each day, then resets.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, MSTC or MSTU?
- Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, MSTC finished 6.7 points from what its multiple implies and MSTU finished 10.9 points from its own, so MSTC came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are MSTC and MSTU levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on Strategy, MSTC at +2 times and MSTU at +2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, MSTC or MSTU?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window MSTC’s moved at 83% annualized and MSTU’s at 83%, so MSTC has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold MSTC or MSTU 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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