NVDL vs NVDS: which held to its multiple?

Over three months against its own daily promise, NVDL finished 3.2 points short and NVDS 1.4 points over. GraniteShares 2x Long NVDA Daily ETF and Tradr 1.5X Short NVDA Daily ETF.

+26.0%
NVDL returned, 3 months
−23.7%
NVDS returned, 3 months
−5.5 pts
NVDL from its stated multiple
−0.1 pts
NVDS from its stated multiple
NVDL · 3 months to Sep 30, 20265.5 pts short of its stated multiple
5.5 pts short of its stated multipleNVDL returned +26.0% while 2 times NVDA's move would have been +31.4%NVDA +15.7% ×2 implies+31.4%NVDL returned+26.0%5.5 pts short of its stated multipleNVDL returned +26.0% while 2 times NVDA's move would have been +31.4%NVDA +15.7% ×2 implies+31.4%NVDL returned+26.0%

NVDL returned +26.0% while 2 times NVDA's move would have been +31.4%

NVDS · 3 months to Sep 30, 2026On its stated multiple
On its stated multipleNVDS returned −23.7% while −1.5 times NVDA's move would have been −23.6%NVDA +15.7% ×−1.5 implies−23.6%NVDS returned−23.7%On its stated multipleNVDS returned −23.7% while −1.5 times NVDA's move would have been −23.6%NVDA +15.7% ×−1.5 implies−23.6%NVDS returned−23.7%

NVDS returned −23.7% while −1.5 times NVDA's move would have been −23.6%

ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score · NVDS scores higherDid it keep up with its own daily multiple, compounded day by day?

NVDL among the 470 leveraged ETFs, long, over three months

NVDL 35.6
0.1, the lowest in this set99.9, the highest

NVDS among the 125 inverse ETFs over three months

NVDS 39.2
0.4, the lowest in this set99.6, the highest

A percentile among the 470 leveraged ETFs, long, over three months. NVDS is a percentile among the 125 inverse ETFs over three months, a different set, so the two marks are not on one scale. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All leveraged ETFs ranked by it → How it is computed →

Performance, window by window

Total returnMultiple would giveDifference
WindowNVDLNVDSNVDLNVDSNVDLNVDS
1 month+5.6%−5.3%+7.1%−5.3%−1.5 pts0.0 pts
3 months+26.0%−23.7%+31.4%−23.6%−5.5 pts−0.1 pts
6 months+49.4%−39.5%+60.5%−45.4%−11.1 pts+5.9 pts
1 year+17.6%−39.0%+45.4%−34.0%−27.8 pts−4.9 pts
3 years+766.9%−95.5%not meaningfulnot meaningfulnot meaningfulnot meaningful
Since launch
NVDL Dec 2022 · NVDS Jul 2022
+2711.9%−99.2%not meaningfulnot meaningfulnot meaningfulnot meaningful

NVDL and NVDS over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

NVDL
GraniteShares 2x Long NVDA Daily ETF · Aims to return twice the daily move of NVIDIA (NVDA)
NVDS
Tradr 1.5X Short NVDA Daily ETF · Aims to return 1.5 times the opposite of the daily move of NVIDIA (NVDA)
Issuer GraniteShares Tradr
Sets out to return +2x -1.5x
Underlying asset NVDA NVDA
Segment company company
Fund returned, 3 months or since launch +26.0% −23.7%
Underlying returned, over that window +15.7% +15.7%
What the stated multiple implies, over that window +31.4% −23.6%
Difference from stated, over that window −5.5 pts −0.1 pts
Fund returned, 1 year or since launch +17.6% −39.0%
Difference from stated, over that window −27.8 pts −4.9 pts
Underlying volatility 38% 38%
Difference over the days both have traded −5.5 pts no shared window
Expense ratio 1.05% 1.15%
Launched Dec 13, 2022 Jul 14, 2022
Net assets $3.8bn $11m

NVDL and NVDS on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

NVDL in plain words

Three months to Sep 30, 2026: NVDL returned +26.0% where its own daily promise gave +29.2%, 3.2 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times NVDA's 15.7% implies +31.4%, which makes NVDL look 5.5 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. NVDL aims to return +2 times NVDA'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. NVDA moved at 38% 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.

NVDS in plain words

Three months to Sep 30, 2026: NVDS returned −23.7% where its own daily promise gave −25.1%, 1.4 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −1.5 times NVDA's 15.7% implies −23.6%, which makes NVDS look 0.1 points short. 1.5 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −1.5 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. NVDS aims to return -1.5 times NVDA's move each day, then resets. Over longer, the daily results compound, so the total is not -1.5 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.

Questions people ask

Which came closer to its stated multiple, NVDL or NVDS?
Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, NVDL finished 5.5 points from what its multiple implies and NVDS finished 0.1 points from its own, so NVDS came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
Are NVDL and NVDS levered on the same thing?
Yes. Both are levered on NVIDIA, NVDL at +2 times and NVDS at -1.5 times the daily move.
Which one decays faster, NVDL or NVDS?
Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window NVDL’s moved at 38% annualized and NVDS’s at 38%, so NVDL has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
Can I hold NVDL or NVDS 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.
Which is cheaper, NVDL or NVDS?
NVDL charges 1.05% a year and NVDS charges 1.15%, so NVDL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, NVDL against NVDS, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/nvdl-vs-nvds

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