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AAOZ Tradr 2X Short AAOI Daily ETF
Aims to return twice the opposite of the daily move of Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI)Tradr1.49% fee$6mSince Jul 15, 2026SEC filings ↗Every Tradr fund ETFIQ covers
One month to Sep 30, 2026: AAOZ returned +6.5% where its own daily promise gave +6.4%, 0.2 points over.
−7.8%
What AAOI did
+6.4%
What −2 times a day gives
+6.5%
What the fund returned
+0.2 pts
The fund itself added
What it aimed at, and what it did
Over the 1 month to Sep 30, 2026, AAOZ returned +6.5%, where −2 times that move implies +15.7%. The difference is −9.1 pts.
Over the since launch to Sep 30, 2026, AAOZ returned −55.2%, where −2 times that move implies +18.0%. The difference is −73.2 pts.
| Window | Fund | AAOI | -2x the move | Difference | AAOI moved about |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1M Aug 31 – Sep 30, 2026 | +6.5% | −7.8% | +15.7% | −9.1 pts | 64% |
| Since launch Jul 15 – Sep 30, 2026 | −55.2% | −9.0% | +18.0% | −73.2 pts | 120% |
AAOZ over each window to Sep 30, 2026. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation. Source: ETFIQ.
In plain words
Read the multiple against the whole window instead and −2 times AAOI's −7.8% implies +15.7%, which makes AAOZ look 9.1 points short. 9.3 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −2 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. AAOZ aims to return -2 times AAOI'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. AAOI moved at 64% 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 AAOI, reset daily
Multiple a holder actually got over the window (ETFIQ)-0.84 times, against -2 stated
UnderlyingAAOI
Segmentsingle stock, company
Net assets (the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Sep 30, 2026)$6m
Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Jun 23, 2026)1.49%
LaunchedJul 15, 2026
Underlying volatility over the window (ETFIQ)64% annualized
AAOZ (Tradr 2X Short AAOI Daily ETF), leveraged ETFs fields as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
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 about AAOZ
- Did AAOZ return -2 times AAOI?
- Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, AAOI moved −7.8% and AAOZ returned +6.5%. −2 times that move is +15.7%, so the fund came out 9.1 points short of it.
- Why does AAOZ not return -2 times over a year?
- Because it resets daily. AAOZ 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.
Sources and dates
Prices, AAOZ and AAOITiingo end-of-day prices ↗
Fee, 1.49%SEC 485BPOS XBRL · Jun 23, 2026
Net assets, $6mThe issuer’s own daily fund list · Sep 30, 2026
IssuerTradr website ↗
All fund filingsFund filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
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ETFIQ, AAOZ, leveraged ETFs, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/aaoz
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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.
AAOZ, Leveraged ETFs, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 30, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, is not a fund issuer, broker-dealer or investment adviser, and makes no recommendations.