TSL vs TSLI: which held to its multiple?
Over three months against its own daily promise, TSL finished 0.8 points short and TSLI 2.5 points short. GraniteShares 1.25x Long TSLA Daily ETF and ProShares Ultra TSLA.
TSLI costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 25.0 points; TSL is 3.6 times larger.
| TSL | TSLI | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 1.15% | 0.95% |
| Net assets, TSL as of Oct 8, 2026 and TSLI as of Oct 9, 2026 | $12m | $3m |
| Total return, 1 year | −20.4% | −45.4% |
| What it tracks | TSLA | TSLA |
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| What its daily multiple gave, 3 months | −8.5% | −17.6% |
| The multiple over the whole window | 25 times gives −7.7% | |
TSL returned −9.3% while 1.25 times TSLA's move would have been −7.7%. Figures from Jul 10, 2026 to Oct 9, 2026.
Figures from Jul 10, 2026 to Oct 9, 2026.
TSLI returned −20.1% while 2 times TSLA's move would have been −12.3%. Figures from Jul 10, 2026 to Oct 9, 2026.
TSLI returned −20.1% while 2 times TSLA's move would have been −12.3%. Figures from Jul 10, 2026 to Oct 9, 2026.
A percentile among the 517 leveraged ETFs, long, over three months. All leveraged ETFs ranked by it → How it is computed →
Performance, window by window
| Total return | Multiple would give | Difference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | TSL | TSLI | TSL | TSLI | TSL | TSLI |
| 1 month | +4.5% | +6.1% | +5.1% | +8.1% | −0.6 pts | −2.0 pts |
| 3 months | −9.3% | −20.1% | −7.7% | −12.3% | −1.6 pts | −7.8 pts |
| 6 months | +8.2% | −0.8% | +12.1% | +19.3% | −3.9 pts | −20.2 pts |
| 1 year | −20.4% | −45.4% | −15.2% | −24.3% | −5.3 pts | −21.1 pts |
| 3 years | +18.4% | not published | +56.5% | not published | −38.0 pts | not published |
| Since launch TSL Aug 2022 · TSLI Sep 2025 | −6.6% | −17.7% | +43.8% | +20.1% | −50.4 pts | −37.8 pts |
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On the same fields
As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
TSL in plain words
Three months to Oct 9, 2026: TSL returned −9.3% where its own daily promise gave −8.5%, 0.8 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 1.25 times TSLA's −6.2% implies −7.7%, which makes TSL look 1.6 points short. That 1.6 is two pieces: daily compounding, −0.8 points, which happens to any 1.25 times fund over the same path, and the fund itself, −0.8 points against its own daily promise. TSL aims to return +1.25 times TSLA's move each day, then resets. Over one day it does that. Over longer, the daily results compound, so the total is not +1.25 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. TSLA moved at 48% 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.
TSLI in plain words
Three months to Oct 9, 2026: TSLI returned −20.1% where its own daily promise gave −17.6%, 2.5 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times TSLA's −6.2% implies −12.3%, which makes TSLI look 7.8 points short. That 7.8 is two pieces: daily compounding, −5.3 points, which happens to any 2 times fund over the same path, and the fund itself, −2.5 points against its own daily promise. TSLI aims to return +2 times TSLA's move each day, then resets. 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.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, TSL or TSLI?
- Over the window to Oct 9, 2026, TSL finished 1.6 points from what its multiple implies and TSLI finished 7.8 points from its own, so TSL came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are TSL and TSLI levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on Tesla, TSL at +1.25 times and TSLI at +2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, TSL or TSLI?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window TSL’s moved at 48% annualized and TSLI’s at 48%, so TSL has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold TSL or TSLI 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, TSL against TSLI, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/tsl-vs-tsli
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