SPCG vs SPCQ: which held to its multiple?
Over the days both have traded, SPCG finished 3.2 points from its stated multiple and SPCQ 4.7. Tradr 2X Short SpaceX Daily ETF and Defiance Daily Target 2X Short [SpaceX] ETF.
SPCG returned −24.0% while −2 times SPCX's move would have been +8.5%
SPCQ returned −31.1% while −2 times SPCX's move would have been +8.5%
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Performance, window by window
| Total return | Multiple would give | Difference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | SPCG | SPCQ | SPCG | SPCQ | SPCG | SPCQ |
| 1 month | −13.2% | −14.6% | −10.0% | −10.0% | −3.3 pts | −4.7 pts |
| 3 months | −24.0% | −31.1% | +8.5% | +8.5% | −32.5 pts | −39.6 pts |
| Since launch SPCG Jun 2026 · SPCQ Jun 2026 | −1.4% | −12.4% | +43.3% | +43.3% | −44.7 pts | −55.7 pts |
SPCG and SPCQ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
SPCG and SPCQ on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SPCG in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: SPCG returned −24.0% where its own daily promise gave −25.1%, 1.1 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −2 times SPCX's −4.2% implies +8.5%, which makes SPCG look 32.5 points short. 33.6 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. SPCG aims to return -2 times SPCX'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. SPCX moved at 70% 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.
SPCQ in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: SPCQ returned −31.1% where its own daily promise gave −25.1%, 6.0 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −2 times SPCX's −4.2% implies +8.5%, which makes SPCQ look 39.6 points short. SPCQ aims to return -2 times SPCX's move each day, then resets.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, SPCG or SPCQ?
- Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, SPCG finished 32.5 points from what its multiple implies and SPCQ finished 39.6 points from its own, so SPCG came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are SPCG and SPCQ levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on Space Exploration Technologies, SPCG at -2 times and SPCQ at -2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, SPCG or SPCQ?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window SPCG’s moved at 70% annualized and SPCQ’s at 70%, so SPCG has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold SPCG or SPCQ 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, SPCG against SPCQ, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/spcg-vs-spcq
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