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TECS Direxion Daily Technology Bear 3X ETF

Aims to return three times the opposite of the daily move of technology (XLK)Direxion1.01% fee$69mSince Jan 4, 2010SEC filings ↗Every Direxion fund ETFIQ covers
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Three months to Sep 30, 2026: TECS returned −21.0% where its own daily promise gave −23.8%, 2.8 points over.

+5.6%
What XLK did
−23.8%
What −3 times a day gives
−21.0%
What the fund returned
+2.8 pts
The fund itself added
What it aimed at, and what it did
0.9 pts ahead of its stated multipleTECS returned −14.3% while −3 times XLK's move would have been −15.2%XLK +5.1% ×−3 implies−15.2%TECS returned−14.3%0.9 pts ahead of its stated multipleTECS returned −14.3% while −3 times XLK's move would have been −15.2%XLK +5.1% ×−3 implies−15.2%TECS returned−14.3%

Over the 1 month to Sep 30, 2026, TECS returned −14.3%, where −3 times that move implies −15.2%. The difference is +0.9 pts.

4.3 pts short of its stated multipleTECS returned −21.0% while −3 times XLK's move would have been −16.7%XLK +5.6% ×−3 implies−16.7%TECS returned−21.0%4.3 pts short of its stated multipleTECS returned −21.0% while −3 times XLK's move would have been −16.7%XLK +5.6% ×−3 implies−16.7%TECS returned−21.0%

Over the 3 months to Sep 30, 2026, TECS returned −21.0%, where −3 times that move implies −16.7%. The difference is −4.3 pts.

63.1 pts ahead of its stated multipleTECS returned −73.2% while −3 times XLK's move would have been −136.3%XLK +45.4% ×−3 implies−136.3%TECS returned−73.2%63.1 pts ahead of its stated multipleTECS returned −73.2% while −3 times XLK's move would have been −136.3%XLK +45.4% ×−3 implies−136.3%TECS returned−73.2%

Over the 6 months to Sep 30, 2026, TECS returned −73.2%, where −3 times that move implies −136.3%. The difference is +63.1 pts.

46.6 pts ahead of its stated multipleTECS returned −72.2% while −3 times XLK's move would have been −118.8%XLK +39.6% ×−3 implies−118.8%TECS returned−72.2%46.6 pts ahead of its stated multipleTECS returned −72.2% while −3 times XLK's move would have been −118.8%XLK +39.6% ×−3 implies−118.8%TECS returned−72.2%

Over the 1 year to Sep 30, 2026, TECS returned −72.2%, where −3 times that move implies −118.8%. The difference is +46.6 pts.

ETFIQ Decay Resistance Score
78.827th of 125

TECS finished 2.8 points ahead of what -3 times XLK’s daily move would have given, compounded through the same days.

points against its own daily promise, compounded+2.8 pts · 79th 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 ptsGDXD +0.1 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 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 ptsTECS +2.8 pts+2.8 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 TECS.

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.

WindowFundXLK-3x the moveDifferenceXLK moved about
1M Aug 31 – Sep 30, 2026−14.3%+5.1%−15.2%+0.9 pts18%
3M Jul 1 – Sep 30, 2026−21.0%+5.6%−16.7%−4.3 pts26%
6M Apr 1 – Sep 30, 2026−73.2%+45.4%−136.3%+63.1 pts29%
1Y Sep 30, 2025 – Sep 30, 2026−72.2%+39.6%−118.8%+46.6 pts26%
3Y Sep 29, 2023 – Sep 30, 2026−96.4%+143.3%not meaningful over this windownot meaningful over this window25%
Since launch Jan 4, 2010 – Sep 30, 2026−100.0%+1992.5%not meaningful over this windownot meaningful over this window22%

TECS 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 XLK's 5.6% implies −16.7%, which makes TECS look 4.3 points short. 7.0 of that is daily compounding, which happens to any −3 times fund over the same path, and the rest is the fund. TECS aims to return -3 times XLK'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. XLK moved at 26% 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 XLK, reset daily
Multiple a holder actually got over the window (ETFIQ)-3.76 times, against -3 stated
UnderlyingXLK
Segmentsector or country, sector
Net assets (issuer page, as of Sep 30, 2026)$69m
Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Feb 26, 2026)1.01%
LaunchedJan 4, 2010
Underlying volatility over the window (ETFIQ)26% annualized
TECS (Direxion Daily Technology Bear 3X 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 TECS

Did TECS return -3 times XLK?
Over the window to Sep 30, 2026, XLK moved +5.6% and TECS returned −21.0%. −3 times that move is −16.7%, so the fund came out 4.3 points short of it.
Why does TECS not return -3 times over a year?
Because it resets daily. TECS 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, TECS and XLKTiingo end-of-day prices ↗
Fee, 1.01%SEC 485BPOS XBRL · Feb 26, 2026
Net assets, $69mIssuer page · Sep 30, 2026
IssuerDirexion website ↗
All fund filingsFund filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
SourceSEC investment company series and class file, which lists every registered fund ↗

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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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