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DUST

DIREXION DAILY GOLD MINERS INDEX BEAR 2X SHARES

$30.61-5.93% today
3118152-WK
Price & daily flows
148.4105.762.930.61DAILY NET FLOWAug 22Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$324M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$52M of net buying over the past month, about 69.1% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -59.0% so far this year.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$75Massets under management
expense ratio
+$52Mnet flow, trailing month
1.1Mavg daily volume, 30 days
1holdings · US-domiciled
2024listed May 13, 2024
Performance
1 week-26.3%
1 month-51.1%
3 months-44.0%
6 months-32.7%
YTD-59.0%
1 year-83.1%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$22M
1 month+$52M
3 months+$17M
YTD−$596M
1 year+$324M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
114%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
100%realized volatility, 1 year
-83.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-83.1%where it sits vs. that peak today

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
1Kcalls today
250puts today
0.18put/call ratio
3.2Mshares traded
The case against DUST

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat DUST on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
GLD SPDR Gold Shares0.40%$146B+$4.4B1935× the assets · +$4.4B in over the monthHead-to-head
SLV iShares Silver Trust0.50%$38.5B511× the assetsHead-to-head
RING iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF0.39%$2.4B−$386M32× the assetsHead-to-head
SLVP iShares MSCI Global Silver and Metals Miners ETF0.39%$978M−$10M13× the assetsHead-to-head
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