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ETFIQ Quarterly

ETFIQ Quarterly

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2026-Q3 · Jul 1 to Sep 30, 2026 · published Oct 2, 2026
Leveragefunds measured599

599 funds measured in all. One closed quarter at a time. These numbers do not change once published.

ETFIQ Quarterly · 2026-Q3599 leveraged and inverse ETFs, measured over Q3 2026 (Jul 1 to Sep 30)
492 of 599
returned less than their stated multiple
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2026-Q3

Leveraged ETFs · 2026-Q3Leveraged ETFs against their own promise492 of the 599 leveraged and inverse ETFs that traded the whole of the third quarter of 2026 returned less than their own stated multiple implied, by a median of 2.25 percentage points.599 fundsPDF

2026-Q2

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How much of a theme was already the indexAcross the 227 thematic ETFs that traded the whole of the second quarter of 2026 and filed a book inside it, the median had 32.5 percent of its money in companies already in the S&P 500, ranging from 0.0 percent at the tenth fund to 72.8 at the ninetieth, at a median fee of 0.56 percent that barely moves across that range.PDF
Leveraged ETFs against their own promise289 of the 349 leveraged and inverse ETFs that traded the whole of the second quarter of 2026 returned less than their own stated multiple implied, by a median of 2.80 percentage points.PDF
What option-income ETFs paid and madeThe median of the 275 option-income ETFs that traded the whole of the second quarter of 2026 paid out 4.66 percent of its own price and returned 6.55 percent in total, and 116 of them paid more cash than they made.PDF
Spot crypto ETPs against the coin they holdThe median of the 41 US listed spot crypto ETPs that traded the whole of the second quarter of 2026 kept 99.4 percent of what its own coin did over the same days, and 15 of them finished behind the coin they hold.PDF
What a buffer ETF delivers mid-periodAcross the 114 buffer ETFs whose outcome period ran through the whole of the second quarter of 2026, the reference rose in every case and the median fund delivered 48.5 percent of that rise, with the buffer engaged on none of them.PDF
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