SPCM vs SPCU: which held to its multiple?
Over the days both have traded, SPCM finished 12.1 points from its stated multiple and SPCU 14.8. Tradr 2X Long SpaceX Daily ETF and Defiance Daily Target 2X Long [SpaceX] ETF.
SPCM returned −20.5% while 2 times SPCX's move would have been −8.5%
SPCU returned −23.3% 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 | SPCM | SPCU | SPCM | SPCU | SPCM | SPCU |
| 1 month | +8.0% | +6.8% | +10.0% | +10.0% | −2.0 pts | −3.2 pts |
| 3 months | −20.5% | −23.3% | −8.5% | −8.5% | −12.1 pts | −14.8 pts |
| Since launch SPCM Jun 2026 · SPCU Jun 2026 | −50.0% | −52.0% | −43.3% | −43.3% | −6.7 pts | −8.8 pts |
SPCM and SPCU over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
SPCM and SPCU on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SPCM in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: SPCM returned −20.5% where its own daily promise gave −18.6%, 1.9 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times SPCX's −4.2% implies −8.5%, which makes SPCM look 12.1 points short. 10.2 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any 2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. SPCM 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.
SPCU in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: SPCU returned −23.3% where its own daily promise gave −18.6%, 4.7 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times SPCX's −4.2% implies −8.5%, which makes SPCU look 14.8 points short. SPCU aims to return +2 times SPCX's move each day, then resets.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, SPCM or SPCU?
- Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, SPCM finished 12.1 points from what its multiple implies and SPCU finished 14.8 points from its own, so SPCM came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are SPCM and SPCU levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on Space Exploration Technologies, SPCM at +2 times and SPCU at +2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, SPCM or SPCU?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window SPCM’s moved at 70% annualized and SPCU’s at 70%, so SPCM has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold SPCM or SPCU 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, SPCM against SPCU, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/spcm-vs-spcu
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