VRC vs VRTL: which held to its multiple?
Over the days both have traded, VRC finished 2.4 points from its stated multiple and VRTL 3.0. Corgi VRT 2x Daily ETF and GraniteShares 2x Long VRT Daily ETF.
VRC returned −15.8% while 2 times VRT's move would have been −13.4%
VRTL returned −49.1% while 2 times VRT's move would have been −45.0%
Performance, window by window
| Total return | Multiple would give | Difference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | VRC | VRTL | VRC | VRTL | VRC | VRTL |
| 1 month | −15.8% | −16.4% | −13.4% | −13.4% | −2.4 pts | −3.0 pts |
| 3 months | not published | −49.1% | not published | −45.0% | not published | −4.1 pts |
| 6 months | not published | −36.6% | not published | −13.8% | not published | −22.8 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +41.0% | not published | +120.3% | not published | −79.3 pts |
| Since launch VRC Jul 2026 · VRTL Mar 2025 | −44.4% | +187.4% | −41.0% | not meaningful | −3.4 pts | not meaningful |
VRC and VRTL over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
VRC and VRTL on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
VRC in plain words
One month to Sep 30, 2026: VRC returned −15.8% where its own daily promise gave −15.9%, 0.1 points over. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times VRT's −6.7% implies −13.4%, which makes VRC look 2.4 points short. 2.5 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any 2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. VRC aims to return +2 times VRT'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. VRT moved at 61% 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.
VRTL in plain words
Three months to Sep 30, 2026: VRTL returned −49.1% where its own daily promise gave −47.0%, 2.1 points short. Read the multiple against the whole window instead and 2 times VRT's −22.5% implies −45.0%, which makes VRTL look 4.1 points short. 2.1 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any 2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. VRTL aims to return +2 times VRT's move each day, then resets. VRT moved at 66% annualized over that window.
Questions people ask
- Which came closer to its stated multiple, VRC or VRTL?
- Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, VRC finished 2.4 points from what its multiple implies and VRTL finished 4.1 points from its own, so VRC came closer. Neither figure predicts the next window: it depends on how much the underlying moves about.
- Are VRC and VRTL levered on the same thing?
- Yes. Both are levered on Vertiv Holdings, LLC, VRC at +2 times and VRTL at +2 times the daily move.
- Which one decays faster, VRC or VRTL?
- Decay follows how much the underlying moves about. Over this window VRC’s moved at 61% annualized and VRTL’s at 66%, so VRTL has the rougher ride and, at the same multiple, loses more to compounding.
- Can I hold VRC or VRTL 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, VRC against VRTL, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/vrc-vs-vrtl
Free to use with attribution. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology.
Cite this page. ETFIQ, VRC against VRTL, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/vrc-vs-vrtl Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.
Other forms
- Plain
- ETFIQ, VRC against VRTL, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/vrc-vs-vrtl
- APA
- ETFIQ. (Sep 30, 2026). VRC against VRTL. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/vrc-vs-vrtl
- Markdown
- [VRC against VRTL (ETFIQ, Sep 30, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/compare/leverage/vrc-vs-vrtl)