TSLL vs TSLQ: which held to its multiple?
Over three months against its own daily promise, TSLL finished 1.9 points short and TSLQ 2.4 points over. Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X ETF and Tradr 2X Short TSLA Daily ETF.
TSLL returned −37.4% while 2 times TSLA's move would have been −33.1%
TSLQ returned +19.7% while −2 times TSLA's move would have been +33.1%
TSLL among the 470 leveraged ETFs, long, over three months
TSLQ among the 125 inverse ETFs over three months
A percentile among the 470 leveraged ETFs, long, over three months. TSLQ 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 | TSLL | TSLQ | TSLL | TSLQ | TSLL | TSLQ |
| 1 month | −9.0% | +4.0% | −7.1% | +7.1% | −1.9 pts | −3.2 pts |
| 3 months | −37.4% | +19.7% | −33.1% | +33.1% | −4.3 pts | −13.5 pts |
| 6 months | −28.3% | −16.8% | −13.9% | +13.9% | −14.4 pts | −30.7 pts |
| 1 year | −54.8% | −9.7% | −40.4% | +40.4% | −14.4 pts | −50.1 pts |
| 3 years | −32.8% | −95.5% | +83.6% | −83.6% | −116.4 pts | −11.9 pts |
| Since launch TSLL Aug 2022 · TSLQ Jul 2022 | −55.8% | −97.0% | +50.5% | −97.8% | −106.3 pts | +0.8 pts |
TSLL and TSLQ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
TSLL and TSLQ on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
TSLL in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: TSLL returned −37.4% where its own daily promise gave −35.6%, 1.9 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times TSLA's −16.6% implies −33.1%, which makes TSLL look 4.3 points short. 2.4 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any 2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. TSLL aims to return +2 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 +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. 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.
TSLQ in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: TSLQ returned +19.7% where its own daily promise gave +17.3%, 2.4 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −2 times TSLA's −16.6% implies +33.1%, which makes TSLQ look 13.5 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. TSLQ 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, TSLL or TSLQ?
- Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, TSLL finished 4.3 points from what its multiple implies and TSLQ finished 13.5 points from its own, so TSLL came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are TSLL and TSLQ levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on Tesla, TSLL at +2 times and TSLQ at -2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, TSLL or TSLQ?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window TSLL’s moved at 52% annualized and TSLQ’s at 52%, so TSLL has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold TSLL or TSLQ 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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