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GDXD MicroSectors Gold Miners -3X Inverse Leveraged ETNs

Aims to return three times the opposite of the daily move of gold miners (GDX)MicroSectorsan exchange traded note holds no assets; it is the issuing bank’s unsecured debtSince Dec 3, 2020Every MicroSectors fund ETFIQ covers
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Three months to Sep 30, 2026: GDXD returned −56.8% where its own daily promise gave −56.8%, 0.1 points over.

+17.0%
What GDX did
−56.8%
What −3 times a day gives
−56.8%
What the fund returned
+0.1 pts
The fund itself added
What it aimed at, and what it did
3.5 pts short of its stated multipleGDXD returned +29.1% while −3 times GDX's move would have been +32.6%GDX −10.9% ×−3 implies+32.6%GDXD returned+29.1%3.5 pts short of its stated multipleGDXD returned +29.1% while −3 times GDX's move would have been +32.6%GDX −10.9% ×−3 implies+32.6%GDXD returned+29.1%

Over the 1 month to Sep 30, 2026, GDXD returned +29.1%, where −3 times that move implies +32.6%. The difference is −3.5 pts.

5.9 pts short of its stated multipleGDXD returned −56.8% while −3 times GDX's move would have been −50.9%GDX +17.0% ×−3 implies−50.9%GDXD returned−56.8%5.9 pts short of its stated multipleGDXD returned −56.8% while −3 times GDX's move would have been −50.9%GDX +17.0% ×−3 implies−50.9%GDXD returned−56.8%

Over the 3 months to Sep 30, 2026, GDXD returned −56.8%, where −3 times that move implies −50.9%. The difference is −5.9 pts.

63.3 pts short of its stated multipleGDXD returned −37.7% while −3 times GDX's move would have been +25.6%GDX −8.6% ×−3 implies+25.6%GDXD returned−37.7%63.3 pts short of its stated multipleGDXD returned −37.7% while −3 times GDX's move would have been +25.6%GDX −8.6% ×−3 implies+25.6%GDXD returned−37.7%

Over the 6 months to Sep 30, 2026, GDXD returned −37.7%, where −3 times that move implies +25.6%. The difference is −63.3 pts.

40 pts short of its stated multipleGDXD returned −87.2% while −3 times GDX's move would have been −47.2%GDX +15.7% ×−3 implies−47.2%GDXD returned−87.2%40 pts short of its stated multipleGDXD returned −87.2% while −3 times GDX's move would have been −47.2%GDX +15.7% ×−3 implies−47.2%GDXD returned−87.2%

Over the 1 year to Sep 30, 2026, GDXD returned −87.2%, where −3 times that move implies −47.2%. The difference is −40.0 pts.

ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score
18.8102nd of 125

GDXD finished 0.1 points ahead of what -3 times GDX’s daily move would have given, compounded through the same days.

points against its own daily promise, compounded+0.1 pts · 19th pct
All 125 ranked by this score →How it is computed →

Did it keep up with its own daily multiple, compounded day by day?

Points against its own daily promise, compounded
QBTZ −24.9 ptsRKLZ −21.5 ptsIONZ −14.0 ptsRGTZ −10.3 ptsASTN −9.3 ptsSPCQ −6.0 ptsSMZ −5.6 ptsMUZ −3.1 ptsAPLZ −2.0 ptsSMCZ −1.1 ptsCONI −0.9 ptsSVIX −0.9 ptsSMST −0.8 ptsBMNZ −0.7 ptsSNK −0.5 ptsCORD −0.3 ptsCRCD −0.3 ptsSSPC −0.2 ptsIREZ −0.1 ptsMSTZ −0.1 ptsPLTZ −0.1 ptsSTSM −0.1 ptsNBIZ 0.0 ptsBEZ +0.2 ptsNVDQ +0.2 ptsDAMD +0.3 ptsETHD +0.3 ptsSNDQ +0.3 ptsTSLZ +0.3 ptsBTCZ +0.5 ptsCBRZ +0.5 ptsLITZ +0.5 ptsSBIT +0.8 ptsMSFD +1.0 ptsSETH +1.0 ptsEFZ +1.1 ptsSPCG +1.1 ptsBITI +1.2 ptsDULL +1.2 ptsGGLS +1.2 ptsMETD +1.2 ptsPALD +1.2 ptsAMZD +1.3 ptsBZQ +1.3 ptsYXI +1.3 ptsAAPD +1.4 ptsAMZO +1.4 ptsCSCS +1.4 ptsEUM +1.4 ptsJDST +1.4 ptsNVD +1.4 ptsNVDS +1.4 ptsORCS +1.4 ptsQCMD +1.4 ptsREK +1.4 ptsEFU +1.5 ptsNFXS +1.5 ptsSCO +1.5 ptsTSDD +1.5 ptsTSMZ +1.5 ptsDOG +1.6 ptsDRIP +1.6 ptsEWV +1.6 ptsMUD +1.6 ptsMYY +1.6 ptsNVDD +1.6 ptsRWM +1.6 ptsSBB +1.6 ptsSKRE +1.6 ptsDUG +1.7 ptsDUST +1.7 ptsPSQ +1.7 ptsSEF +1.7 ptsSH +1.7 ptsSPDN +1.7 ptsTBX +1.7 ptsAVS +1.8 ptsEPV +1.8 ptsERY +1.8 ptsTBF +1.8 ptsEEV +1.9 ptsRXD +2.0 ptsREW +2.1 ptsTSLS +2.1 ptsSMN +2.2 ptsSZK +2.2 ptsPST +2.3 ptsTSLQ +2.4 ptsWEBS +2.4 ptsFNGD +2.5 ptsSDS +2.5 ptsSKF +2.5 ptsSRS +2.5 ptsDXD +2.6 ptsQID +2.6 ptsSDP +2.6 ptsTBT +2.7 ptsFXP +2.8 ptsSIJ +2.8 ptsTECS +2.8 ptsMZZ +2.9 ptsEDZ +3.0 ptsGLL +3.0 ptsLABD +3.0 ptsSCC +3.0 ptsSDD +3.0 ptsTWM +3.0 ptsHIBS +3.2 ptsYANG +3.2 ptsSPXS +3.4 ptsSPXU +3.4 ptsSQQQ +3.4 ptsDRV +3.5 ptsSOXS +3.7 ptsFAZ +4.0 ptsSDOW +4.0 ptsTTT +4.0 ptsZSL +4.1 ptsTZA +4.2 ptsSMDD +4.3 ptsSRTY +4.4 ptsTMV +4.6 ptsTYO +4.7 ptsBIS +5.1 ptsGDXD +0.1 ptsGDXD +0.1 pts−24.9 pts+5.1 pts
−24.9 pts to +5.1 pts across 125

That is the share of the 125 inverse ETFs over three months sitting at or below GDXD.

A position in this set, not a rating: it moves when the set moves, and it is not a figure to average against another desk's.

WindowFundGDX-3x the moveDifferenceGDX moved about
1M Aug 31 – Sep 30, 2026+29.1%−10.9%+32.6%−3.5 pts42%
3M Jul 1 – Sep 30, 2026−56.8%+17.0%−50.9%−5.9 pts48%
6M Apr 1 – Sep 30, 2026−37.7%−8.6%+25.6%−63.3 pts49%
1Y Sep 30, 2025 – Sep 30, 2026−87.2%+15.7%−47.2%−40.0 pts51%
3Y Sep 29, 2023 – Sep 30, 2026−99.8%+237.8%not meaningful over this windownot meaningful over this window40%
Since launch Dec 3, 2020 – Sep 30, 2026−100.0%+166.3%not meaningful over this windownot meaningful over this window37%

GDXD 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 −3 times GDX's 17.0% implies −50.9%, which makes GDXD look 5.9 points short. 5.9 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −3 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. GDXD aims to return -3 times GDX's move each day, then resets. Over one day it does that. Over longer, the daily results compound, so the total is not -3 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. GDX moved at 48% 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-3 times the daily move of GDX, reset daily
Multiple a holder actually got over the window (ETFIQ)-3.35 times, against -3 stated
UnderlyingGDX
Segmentsector or country, index
Net assetsan exchange traded note holds no assets; it is the issuing bank’s unsecured debt
Expense rationot read by ETFIQ
LaunchedDec 3, 2020
Underlying volatility over the window (ETFIQ)48% annualized
GDXD (MicroSectors Gold Miners -3X Inverse Leveraged ETNs), 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 GDXD

Did GDXD return -3 times GDX?
Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, GDX moved +17.0% and GDXD returned −56.8%. −3 times that move is −50.9%, so the fund came out 5.9 points short of it.
Why does GDXD not return -3 times over a year?
Because it resets daily. GDXD aims at -3 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 -3 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, GDXD and GDXTiingo end-of-day prices ↗
Fee, not read by ETFIQ
Net assets, an exchange traded note holds no assets; it is the issuing bank’s unsecured debt
IssuerMicroSectors website ↗
SourceSEC investment company series and class file, which lists every registered fund ↗

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ETFIQ, GDXD, leveraged ETFs, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/gdxd

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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.
Every term used here, defined in full on the leveraged ETFs vocabulary page. →
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