SPCU Defiance Daily Target 2X Long [SpaceX] ETF
Aims to return twice the daily move of Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX)
One month to Sep 11, 2026: SPCU returned +3.5% where its own daily promise gave +5.5%, 2.0 points short.
Key facts
2nd of 13 leveraged and inverse ETFs by net assets
What it aimed at, and what it did
Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, SPCX moved +3.5%. SPCU returned +3.5%, where 2 times that move implies +6.9%. The difference is −3.4 pts.
Period by period
| Window | Fund | SPCX | +2x the move | Difference | SPCX moved about |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | +3.5% | +3.5% | +6.9% | −3.4 pts | 43% |
| Since launch | −51.0% | −21.4% | −42.9% | −8.1 pts | 81% |
The same trade from 7 issuers
Every fund that sets out to return +2 times SPCX, over the days all of them have been trading. Ranked by how close each came to its own stated multiple.
| Fund | Issuer | Returned | +2x the move | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPCH | Leverage Shares | +4.0% | +4.4% | −0.5 pts |
| LOFF | Direxion | +3.9% | +4.4% | −0.5 pts |
| SPAL | GraniteShares | +3.9% | +4.4% | −0.5 pts |
| SPCM | Tradr | +3.9% | +4.4% | −0.5 pts |
| SPAX | T-REX | +3.7% | +4.4% | −0.7 pts |
| SPCF | ProShares | +3.7% | +4.4% | −0.7 pts |
| SPCU | Defiance | +3.5% | +4.4% | −0.9 pts |
| SPCM | Tradr | +4.5% | +6.9% | −2.4 pts |
| SPAL | GraniteShares | +4.5% | +6.9% | −2.5 pts |
| SPAX | T-REX | +4.2% | +6.9% | −2.7 pts |
| SPCH | Leverage Shares | +3.9% | +6.9% | −3.1 pts |
| LOFF | Direxion | +3.8% | +6.9% | −3.1 pts |
| SPCF | ProShares | +3.6% | +6.9% | −3.4 pts |
| SPCU | Defiance | +3.5% | +6.9% | −3.4 pts |
In plain words
Read the multiple against the whole window instead and +2 times SPCX's 3.5% implies +6.9%, which makes SPCU look 3.4 points short. 1.5 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any +2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. SPCU aims to return +2 times SPCX'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. SPCX moved at 43% 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.
| Sets out to return | +2 times the daily move of SPCX, reset daily |
|---|---|
| Multiple a holder actually got over the window (ETFIQ) | SPCX moved +3.5% over this window, too little to read a multiple from |
| Underlying | SPCX |
| Segment | single stock, company |
| Net assets (source, as filed for Jun 30, 2026) | $58m |
| Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Jun 5, 2026) | 1.31% |
| Launched | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Underlying volatility over the window (ETFIQ) | 43% annualized |
Returns are ETFIQ calculations from Tiingo end-of-day prices, distributions reinvested, measured against the underlying over exactly the same days. How these figures are computed
Questions people ask
- Did SPCU return +2 times SPCX?
- Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, SPCX moved +3.5% and SPCU returned +3.5%. 2 times that move is +6.9%, so the fund came out 3.4 points short of it.
- Why does SPCU not return +2 times over a year?
- Because it resets daily. SPCU 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.
- Which +2x SPCX ETF tracked its stated multiple most closely?
- 7 issuers sell one. Over the days all of them have been trading, the table on this page ranks them by how far each finished from 2 times the underlying's move. ETFIQ does not rate funds; the order is the arithmetic.
The words on this page
- Stated multiple
- What the fund sets out to return against its underlying, each day. A fund at 2x aims to return twice the underlying’s daily move, and an inverse fund at -2x aims to return twice it in the opposite direction.
- Daily reset
- The fund starts each day aiming at the multiple again, from wherever it now stands. It is the mechanism that makes these funds behave as they do, and the reason the stated multiple applies to a day rather than to a holding period.
- Compounding
- Daily results multiply together rather than adding up. Two days of the multiple is not twice the multiple, and over a run of days the difference between the two grows with how far the underlying moves about.
- Decay
- What compounding costs a holder when the underlying falls and rises back to where it started. The underlying is level and the fund is down; the more violently it moved, the further down.
- Difference against the stated multiple
- The fund’s return minus the stated multiple times the underlying’s return, in percentage points. The one figure that says whether a holder got what the fund’s own multiple describes.
Every term used here, defined in full on the leveraged ETFs vocabulary page.
Where these figures came from
ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure. It is not affiliated with any issuer, and a link is not an endorsement.
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, SPCU, leveraged ETFs, data as of Sep 11, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/SPCU Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.