PST vs TYD: which held to its multiple?

Over three months against its own daily promise, PST finished 2.3 points over and TYD 2.3 points short. ProShares UltraShort 7-10 Year Treasury and Direxion Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bull 3X ETF.

+11.4%
PST returned, 3 months
−15.0%
TYD returned, 3 months
+2.7 pts
PST from its stated multiple
−2.0 pts
TYD from its stated multiple
PST · 3 months to Sep 30, 20262.7 pts ahead of its stated multiple
2.7 pts ahead of its stated multiplePST returned +11.4% while −2 times IEF's move would have been +8.7%IEF −4.3% ×−2 implies+8.7%PST returned+11.4%2.7 pts ahead of its stated multiplePST returned +11.4% while −2 times IEF's move would have been +8.7%IEF −4.3% ×−2 implies+8.7%PST returned+11.4%

PST returned +11.4% while −2 times IEF's move would have been +8.7%

TYD · 3 months to Sep 30, 20262 pts short of its stated multiple
2 pts short of its stated multipleTYD returned −15.0% while 3 times IEF's move would have been −13.1%IEF −4.3% ×3 implies−13.1%TYD returned−15.0%2 pts short of its stated multipleTYD returned −15.0% while 3 times IEF's move would have been −13.1%IEF −4.3% ×3 implies−13.1%TYD returned−15.0%

TYD returned −15.0% while 3 times IEF's move would have been −13.1%

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

PST among the 125 inverse ETFs over three months

PST 70
0.4, the lowest in this set99.6, the highest

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

TYD 59.9
0.1, the lowest in this set99.9, the highest

A percentile among the 125 inverse ETFs over three months. TYD is a percentile among the 470 leveraged ETFs, long, 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
WindowPSTTYDPSTTYDPSTTYD
1 month+7.7%−10.6%+6.7%−10.1%+1.0 pts−0.5 pts
3 months+11.4%−15.0%+8.7%−13.1%+2.7 pts−2.0 pts
6 months+13.9%−17.3%+8.8%−13.3%+5.1 pts−4.0 pts
1 year+17.5%−20.0%+7.5%−11.2%+10.0 pts−8.8 pts
3 years+13.5%−10.7%−17.9%+26.8%+31.4 pts−37.5 pts
Since launch
PST Jan 2010 · TYD Jan 2010
−45.2%+30.9%−94.2%+141.4%+49.1 pts−110.5 pts

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

On the same fields

PST
ProShares UltraShort 7-10 Year Treasury · Aims to return twice the opposite of the daily move of 10-year Treasuries (IEF)
TYD
Direxion Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bull 3X ETF · Aims to return three times the daily move of 10-year Treasuries (IEF)
Issuer ProShares Direxion
Sets out to return -2x +3x
Underlying asset IEF IEF
Segment bond bond
Fund returned, 3 months or since launch +11.4% −15.0%
Underlying returned, over that window −4.3% −4.3%
What the stated multiple implies, over that window +8.7% −13.1%
Difference from stated, over that window +2.7 pts −2.0 pts
Fund returned, 1 year or since launch +17.5% −20.0%
Difference from stated, over that window +10.0 pts −8.8 pts
Underlying volatility 5% 5%
Expense ratio 0.95% 1.07%
Launched Jan 4, 2010 Jan 4, 2010
Net assets $11m $26m

PST and TYD on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

PST in plain words

Three months to Sep 30, 2026: PST returned +11.4% where its own daily promise gave +9.1%, 2.3 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −2 times IEF's −4.3% implies +8.7%, which makes PST look 2.7 points over. 0.4 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. PST aims to return -2 times IEF'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. IEF moved at 5% 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.

TYD in plain words

Three months to Sep 30, 2026: TYD returned −15.0% where its own daily promise gave −12.7%, 2.3 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 3 times IEF's −4.3% implies −13.1%, which makes TYD look 2.0 points short. 0.4 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any 3 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. TYD aims to return +3 times IEF's move each day, then resets. 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.

Questions people ask

Which came closer to its stated multiple, PST or TYD?
Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, PST finished 2.7 points from what its multiple implies and TYD finished 2.0 points from its own, so TYD came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
Are PST and TYD levered on the same thing?
Yes. Both are levered on 10-year Treasuries, PST at -2 times and TYD at +3 times the daily move.
Which one decays faster, PST or TYD?
Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window PST’s moved at 5% annualized and TYD’s at 5%, so PST has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
Can I hold PST or TYD 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, PST or TYD?
PST charges 0.95% a year and TYD charges 1.07%, so PST is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, PST against TYD, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/pst-vs-tyd

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