{
 "ticker": "ASTN",
 "name": "Defiance Daily Target 2X Short ASTS ETF",
 "issuer": "Defiance",
 "desk": "leverage",
 "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/ASTN",
 "html": "https://etfiq.com/funds/ASTN",
 "markdown": "https://etfiq.com/funds/ASTN.md",
 "as_of": "2026-09-11",
 "verdict": "Three months to Sep 11, 2026: ASTN returned \u221219.4% where its own daily promise gave \u221210.8%, 8.6 points short.",
 "key_facts": [
  {
   "key": "what_asts_did",
   "label": "What ASTS did",
   "value": "\u221227.4%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "ASTN, what ASTS did: \u221227.4%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "what_2_times_a_day_gives",
   "label": "What \u22122 times a day gives",
   "value": "\u221210.8%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "ASTN, what \u22122 times a day gives: \u221210.8%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "what_the_fund_returned",
   "label": "What the fund returned",
   "value": "\u221219.4%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "ASTN, what the fund returned: \u221219.4%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "the_fund_itself_cost",
   "label": "The fund itself cost",
   "value": "\u22128.6 pts",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "ASTN, the fund itself cost: \u22128.6 pts, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$2m",
   "source": "source, as filed for Apr 30, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "ASTN, net assets: $2m (source, as filed for Apr 30, 2026)."
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "1.31%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Aug 25, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "ASTN, expense ratio: 1.31% (485BPOS XBRL, Aug 25, 2026)."
  }
 ],
 "fields": [
  {
   "key": "sets_out_to_return",
   "label": "Sets out to return",
   "value": "-2 times the daily move of ASTS, reset daily",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "multiple_a_holder_actually_got_over_the_window",
   "label": "Multiple a holder actually got over the window",
   "value": "+0.71 times, against -2 stated",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "underlying",
   "label": "Underlying",
   "value": "ASTS",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "segment",
   "label": "Segment",
   "value": "single stock, company",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$2m",
   "source": "source, as filed for Apr 30, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "1.31%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Aug 25, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "launched",
   "label": "Launched",
   "value": "Feb 6, 2026",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "underlying_volatility_over_the_window",
   "label": "Underlying volatility over the window",
   "value": "98% annualized",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  }
 ],
 "periods": [
  {
   "window": "1 month",
   "Fund": "+30.6%",
   "ASTS": "\u221219.4%",
   "-2x the move": "+38.9%",
   "Difference": "\u22128.3 pts",
   "ASTS moved about": "74%"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 months",
   "Fund": "\u221219.4%",
   "ASTS": "\u221227.4%",
   "-2x the move": "+54.7%",
   "Difference": "\u221274.2 pts",
   "ASTS moved about": "98%"
  },
  {
   "window": "6 months",
   "Fund": "\u221271.7%",
   "ASTS": "\u221230.7%",
   "-2x the move": "+61.3%",
   "Difference": "\u2212133.0 pts",
   "ASTS moved about": "109%"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch",
   "Fund": "\u221270.7%",
   "ASTS": "\u221241.2%",
   "-2x the move": "+82.4%",
   "Difference": "\u2212153.0 pts",
   "ASTS moved about": "107%"
  }
 ],
 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "Did ASTN return -2 times ASTS?",
   "a": "Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, ASTS moved \u221227.4% and ASTN returned \u221219.4%. 2 times that move is +54.7%, so the fund came out 74.2 points short of it."
  },
  {
   "q": "Why does ASTN not return -2 times over a year?",
   "a": "Because it resets daily. ASTN aims at -2 times each day's move, and daily results compound. Over a run where the underlying falls and comes back, compounding a levered daily return leaves a holder behind what -2 times the period move would suggest; over a steady run in one direction it can leave them ahead. The longer the holding, and the more the underlying moves about, the further apart the two figures get."
  }
 ],
 "generated": "2026-09-13",
 "license": "Free to use with attribution. ETFIQ (etfiq.com)."
}