- As of Nov 4, 2026, the median leveraged or inverse ETF charges 0.97% a year, against 0.55% for all ETFs and 0.45% for stock ETFs.
In plain words
A leveraged ETF aims for a set multiple, such as two times, of an index or stock over one day. It borrows or uses swaps and futures to do it, which costs more than owning stocks.
The fee is only part of the cost. The fund also pays to finance its borrowing and resets daily, so longer results drift from the stated multiple. Across 726 funds the median fee is 0.97%. ETFIQ shows the full cost: what the fund returned against what its daily multiple would have returned over the same days.
Questions
- Why do leveraged ETFs charge more?
They use swaps, futures and borrowing to reach the multiple, and they trade every day to keep it. That work costs more than a plain index fund.
- Is the fee the full cost of a leveraged ETF?
No. Financing and daily resetting also change the result. ETFIQ shows the gap to the daily multiple.
- How many leveraged ETFs are there?
ETFIQ covers 726 leveraged and inverse ETFs as of Nov 4, 2026, of which 475 follow a single stock.