TSLR vs TSLS: which held to its multiple?

Over three months against its own daily promise, TSLR finished 1.7 points short and TSLS 2.1 points over. GraniteShares 2x Long TSLA Daily ETF and Direxion Daily TSLA Bear 1X ETF.

−37.3%
TSLR returned, 3 months
+14.0%
TSLS returned, 3 months
−4.1 pts
TSLR from its stated multiple
−2.6 pts
TSLS from its stated multiple
TSLR · 3 months to Sep 30, 20264.1 pts short of its stated multiple
4.1 pts short of its stated multipleTSLR returned −37.3% while 2 times TSLA's move would have been −33.1%TSLA −16.6% ×2 implies−33.1%TSLR returned−37.3%4.1 pts short of its stated multipleTSLR returned −37.3% while 2 times TSLA's move would have been −33.1%TSLA −16.6% ×2 implies−33.1%TSLR returned−37.3%

TSLR returned −37.3% while 2 times TSLA's move would have been −33.1%

TSLS · 3 months to Sep 30, 20262.6 pts short of its stated multiple
2.6 pts short of its stated multipleTSLS returned +14.0% while −1 times TSLA's move would have been +16.6%TSLA −16.6% ×−1 implies+16.6%TSLS returned+14.0%2.6 pts short of its stated multipleTSLS returned +14.0% while −1 times TSLA's move would have been +16.6%TSLA −16.6% ×−1 implies+16.6%TSLS returned+14.0%

TSLS returned +14.0% while −1 times TSLA's move would have been +16.6%

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

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

TSLR 79.6
0.1, the lowest in this set99.9, the highest

TSLS among the 125 inverse ETFs over three months

TSLS 66.8
0.4, the lowest in this set99.6, the highest

A percentile among the 470 leveraged ETFs, long, over three months. TSLS 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 returnMultiple would giveDifference
WindowTSLRTSLSTSLRTSLSTSLRTSLS
1 month−9.2%+2.8%−7.1%+3.6%−2.0 pts−0.7 pts
3 months−37.3%+14.0%−33.1%+16.6%−4.1 pts−2.6 pts
6 months−28.0%−1.3%−13.9%+6.9%−14.2 pts−8.3 pts
1 year−54.0%+9.5%−40.4%+20.2%−13.6 pts−10.7 pts
3 years−43.7%−67.6%+83.6%−41.8%−127.3 pts−25.8 pts
Since launch
TSLR Aug 2023 · TSLS Aug 2022
−38.4%−73.5%+104.3%−25.2%−142.7 pts−48.3 pts

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

On the same fields

TSLR
GraniteShares 2x Long TSLA Daily ETF · Aims to return twice the daily move of Tesla (TSLA)
TSLS
Direxion Daily TSLA Bear 1X ETF · Aims to return 1 times the opposite of the daily move of Tesla (TSLA)
Issuer GraniteShares Direxion
Sets out to return +2x -1x
Underlying asset TSLA TSLA
Segment company company
Fund returned, 3 months or since launch −37.3% +14.0%
Underlying returned, over that window −16.6% −16.6%
What the stated multiple implies, over that window −33.1% +16.6%
Difference from stated, over that window −4.1 pts −2.6 pts
Fund returned, 1 year or since launch −54.0% +9.5%
Difference from stated, over that window −13.6 pts −10.7 pts
Underlying volatility 52% 52%
Difference over the days both have traded −4.1 pts no shared window
Expense ratio 0.95% 0.95%
Launched Aug 22, 2023 Aug 9, 2022
Net assets $72m $59m

TSLR and TSLS on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

TSLR in plain words

Three months to Sep 30, 2026: TSLR returned −37.3% where its own daily promise gave −35.6%, 1.7 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times TSLA's −16.6% implies −33.1%, which makes TSLR look 4.1 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. TSLR 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.

TSLS in plain words

Three months to Sep 30, 2026: TSLS returned +14.0% where its own daily promise gave +11.9%, 2.1 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −1 times TSLA's −16.6% implies +16.6%, which makes TSLS look 2.6 points short. 4.7 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −1 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. TSLS aims to return -1 times TSLA's move each day, then resets. Over longer, the daily results compound, so the total is not -1 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, TSLR or TSLS?
Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, TSLR finished 4.1 points from what its multiple implies and TSLS finished 2.6 points from its own, so TSLS came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
Are TSLR and TSLS levered on the same thing?
Yes. Both are levered on Tesla, TSLR at +2 times and TSLS at -1 times the daily move.
Which one decays faster, TSLR or TSLS?
Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window TSLR’s moved at 52% annualized and TSLS’s at 52%, so TSLR has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
Can I hold TSLR or TSLS 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, TSLR or TSLS?
TSLR charges 0.95% a year and TSLS charges 0.95%, so TSLR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, TSLR against TSLS, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/tslr-vs-tsls

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