Which came closer to its stated multiple, TSL or TSLZ?

Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, TSL finished 1.2 points from what its multiple implies and TSLZ finished 15.5 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 TSLZ levered on the same thing?

Yes. Both are levered on Tesla, TSL at +1.25 times and TSLZ at -2 times the daily move.

Which one decays faster, TSL or TSLZ?

Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window TSL’s moved at 52% annualized and TSLZ’s at 52%, so TSL has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.

Can I hold TSL or TSLZ 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, TSL or TSLZ?

TSL charges 1.15% a year and TSLZ charges 1.05%, so TSLZ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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TSL vs TSLZ: which held to its multiple?

Over three months against its own daily promise, TSL finished 0.7 points short and TSLZ 0.3 points over. GraniteShares 1.25x Long TSLA Daily ETF and T-REX 2X INVERSE TESLA DAILY TARGET ETF.

−21.9%

TSL returned, 3 months

+17.6%

TSLZ returned, 3 months

−1.2 pts

TSL from its stated multiple

−15.5 pts

TSLZ from its stated multiple

TSL · 3 months to Sep 30, 20261.2 pts short of its stated multiple

TSL returned −21.9% while 1.25 times TSLA's move would have been −20.7%

TSLZ · 3 months to Sep 30, 202615.5 pts short of its stated multiple

TSLZ returned +17.6% while −2 times TSLA's move would have been +33.1%

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

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

TSL 97.6

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

TSLZ among the 125 inverse ETFs over three months

TSLZ 22

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

A percentile among the 470 leveraged ETFs, long, over three months. TSLZ 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 return		Multiple would give		Difference
Window	TSL	TSLZ	TSL	TSLZ	TSL	TSLZ
1 month	−5.0%	+3.6%	−4.5%	+7.1%	−0.5 pts	−3.6 pts
3 months	−21.9%	+17.6%	−20.7%	+33.1%	−1.2 pts	−15.5 pts
6 months	−11.9%	−18.7%	−8.7%	+13.9%	−3.2 pts	−32.6 pts
1 year	−29.5%	−14.2%	−25.3%	+40.4%	−4.3 pts	−54.6 pts
3 years	+14.7%	not published	+52.3%	not published	−37.6 pts	not published
Since launch TSL Aug 2022 · TSLZ Oct 2023	−14.9%	−98.0%	+31.5%	−122.4%	−46.4 pts	+24.4 pts

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

On the same fields

TSL

GraniteShares 1.25x Long TSLA Daily ETF · Aims to return 1.25 times the daily move of Tesla (TSLA)

TSLZ

T-REX 2X INVERSE TESLA DAILY TARGET ETF · Aims to return twice the opposite of the daily move of Tesla (TSLA)

Issuer GraniteShares T-REX

Sets out to return +1.25x -2x

Underlying asset TSLA TSLA

Segment company company

Fund returned, 3 months or since launch −21.9% +17.6%

Underlying returned, over that window −16.6% −16.6%

What the stated multiple implies, over that window −20.7% +33.1%

Difference from stated, over that window −1.2 pts −15.5 pts

Fund returned, 1 year or since launch −29.5% −14.2%

Difference from stated, over that window −4.3 pts −54.6 pts

Underlying volatility 52% 52%

Difference over the days both have traded no shared window −15.5 pts

Expense ratio 1.15% 1.05%

Launched Aug 9, 2022 Oct 19, 2023

Net assets $11m $30m

TSL and TSLZ on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

TSL in plain words

Three months to Sep 30, 2026: TSL returned −21.9% where its own daily promise gave −21.2%, 0.7 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 1.25 times TSLA's −16.6% implies −20.7%, which makes TSL look 1.2 points short. 0.5 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any 1.25 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. 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 52% 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.

TSLZ in plain words

Three months to Sep 30, 2026: TSLZ returned +17.6% where its own daily promise gave +17.3%, 0.3 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −2 times TSLA's −16.6% implies +33.1%, which makes TSLZ look 15.5 points short. 15.8 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. TSLZ 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 TSLZ?: Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, TSL finished 1.2 points from what its multiple implies and TSLZ finished 15.5 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 TSLZ levered on the same thing?: Yes. Both are levered on Tesla, TSL at +1.25 times and TSLZ at -2 times the daily move.
Which one decays faster, TSL or TSLZ?: Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window TSL’s moved at 52% annualized and TSLZ’s at 52%, so TSL has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
Can I hold TSL or TSLZ 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, TSL or TSLZ?: TSL charges 1.15% a year and TSLZ charges 1.05%, so TSLZ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

TSL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗TSL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗GraniteShares page for TSL ↗TSLZ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗TSLZ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗T-REX page for TSLZ ↗

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