MUG vs MUU: which held to its multiple?
Over the days both have traded, MUG finished 0.8 points from its stated multiple and MUU 1.3. Leverage Shares 2X Long MU Daily ETF and Direxion Daily MU Bull 2X ETF.
MUG returned +21.4% while 2 times MU's move would have been +22.2%
MUU returned −12.9% while 2 times MU's move would have been +6.4%
Performance, window by window
| Total return | Multiple would give | Difference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | MUG | MUU | MUG | MUU | MUG | MUU |
| 1 month | +21.4% | +20.9% | +22.2% | +22.2% | −0.8 pts | −1.3 pts |
| 3 months | not published | −12.9% | not published | +6.4% | not published | −19.3 pts |
| 6 months | not published | +423.3% | not published | not meaningful | not published | not meaningful |
| 1 year | not published | +1777.1% | not published | not meaningful | not published | not meaningful |
| Since launch MUG Aug 2026 · MUU Oct 2024 | +28.5% | +2831.1% | +27.3% | not meaningful | +1.2 pts | not meaningful |
MUG and MUU over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
MUG and MUU on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
MUG in plain words
One month to Sep 30, 2026: MUG returned +21.4% where its own daily promise gave +21.0%, 0.4 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times MU's 11.1% implies +22.2%, which makes MUG look 0.8 points short. 1.2 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any 2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. MUG aims to return +2 times MU'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. MU moved at 49% 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.
MUU in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: MUU returned −12.9% where its own daily promise gave −7.2%, 5.8 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times MU's 3.2% implies +6.4%, which makes MUU look 19.3 points short. 13.6 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any 2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. MUU aims to return +2 times MU's move each day, then resets. MU moved at 76% annualized over that window.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, MUG or MUU?
- Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, MUG finished 0.8 points from what its multiple implies and MUU finished 19.3 points from its own, so MUG came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are MUG and MUU levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on Micron Technology, MUG at +2 times and MUU at +2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, MUG or MUU?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window MUG’s moved at 49% annualized and MUU’s at 76%, so MUU has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold MUG or MUU 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, MUG against MUU, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/mug-vs-muu
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