What are leveraged 3x ETFs?

Leveraged 3X ETFs are funds that track a wide variety of asset classes, such as stocks, bonds and commodity futures, and apply leverage in order to gain three times the daily or monthly return of the respective underlying index. Such ETFs come in the long and short varieties.

What is a leveraged 3x inverse/short ETF?

Leveraged 3X Inverse/Short ETFs seek to provide three times the opposite return of an index for a single day. These funds can be invested in stocks, various market sectors, bonds or futures contracts. This creates an effect similar to shorting the asset class. The funds use futures and swaps to accomplish the leverage effect.

How much should a leveraged ETF return?

These leveraged ETFs seek a return that is 300% or -300% of the return of their benchmark index for a single day. The funds should not be expected to provide three times or negative three times the return of the benchmark’s cumulative return for periods greater than a day. NAV and Market Price information as of 07/18/2024. Loading chart...